Ms Farrells & Ms Philbins 6th Year L.C.V.P. classes visited O'Neills House of Sport in Walkinstown on Wednesday 28th of November. As part of the course students study enterprise and must do a local enterprise investigation as part of their portfolio of work.
In class we learn all about the production process so it was invaluable to see the whole production process for ourselves in O'Neills. We got to see first hand our county jerseys, tracksuits etc being designed by the designers, the raw materials being manufactured, the material being dyed & the jerseys being sewed and packed for delivery.
We also were shown how they hand-stich the footballs & sliotars in the factory. We found it hard to believe that still in this day and age that the leather of the balls is still handstiched! Each stitcher would sew only 4 balls per day! We presume this is why it is only O'Neills footballs & sliotars that are used in Croke Park today.
During our tour of the factory we got to see all the stages involved in getting our clothes to the retailer & we also had a chance to ask any questions we had to all the staff.We all thoroughly enjoyed the day.
We would like to thank O'Neills for kindly giving us the tour of the factory & for the goodie bags we all got on our way home!
In class we learn all about the production process so it was invaluable to see the whole production process for ourselves in O'Neills. We got to see first hand our county jerseys, tracksuits etc being designed by the designers, the raw materials being manufactured, the material being dyed & the jerseys being sewed and packed for delivery.
We also were shown how they hand-stich the footballs & sliotars in the factory. We found it hard to believe that still in this day and age that the leather of the balls is still handstiched! Each stitcher would sew only 4 balls per day! We presume this is why it is only O'Neills footballs & sliotars that are used in Croke Park today.
During our tour of the factory we got to see all the stages involved in getting our clothes to the retailer & we also had a chance to ask any questions we had to all the staff.We all thoroughly enjoyed the day.
We would like to thank O'Neills for kindly giving us the tour of the factory & for the goodie bags we all got on our way home!
