On Wednesday the 30^th of May 2001 eight children from Crowenstown met with the President , Mrs. Mary McAleese and her husband Martin

  We travelled to Áras an Úactarain on a Taxi. Fr. Heaney met us at the Áras.

  Here are Wendy, Dean, Shauna, Sarah Moore, Sarah Burmanje, James, Linda & Ciara outside the Áras.

  We stood in a line for a half an hour waiting to meet the president. A clown entertained us.

  Eventually we met the President and her husband. We presented her with

 Plants we grew from seed

 Chocolates made in a local school

 Eggs from James' farm

 A photo album of our concert with the old folks

 a book we wrote about people, places & events which took place in our area,Crowenstown

 The president was very nice & told us to relax. Sarah is a twin and she told us she has twins too.

After meeting the president we went to a hall where we ate buns, sandwiches, cakes and drank 7up

 We walked around the Áras and saw some beautiful room.

  At 4 o`clock we travelled through the phoenix park. We had a great day.