There was a beautiful red and orange sunset over the village if Annagry tonight and many of the children, bedding down in a cluster of four houses on a hillside over looking the village had a bird's eye view it - as well as a stunning view of the Atlantic Ocean.
It was a long journey today but true to St. Kilian's children they were good humoured throughout hardly pausing to take breath, simply talking their way from Dublin to Donegal!  As soon as we arrived the children were dispersed to their houses around the village and then back again to the school  for a bit of Irish Céili dancing - exhausting the very last of their energy supplies.

At about nine they were dispatched back to their Bean an Tí for a light supper (lots of chocolate spread on toast) and then they settled down for what should be a good night's sleep......

In the meantime we will keep tweeting and keep you up to date.
We'll see them all again first thing in the morning as they head for their first day in school here in Annagry and tomorrow afternoon the long golden sands of the  local beach beckon.....let's hope that glowing sunset keeps its promise.To settle parental nerves let me report that though there was a little homesickness being felt by one or two, they were all in great form at lights out.  Even for those one or two feeling a little blue, it was only an intermittent little, perfectly understandable after a tiring and exciting day.