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13 of the most Freshers' Week things that ever happened in Ireland

Havoc and destruction.

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FRESHERS WEEKS ARE starting all over the country, as the new breed of fresher heads to college.

All of this is ahead of you…

1. This UCD student’s EPIC Iron Stomach competition fail

anoooo

YOU FELL OVA.

Source: UCD Stomach/YouTube

2. The queue for this Harry Potter society sorting in UCC

PastedImage-89337 Source: annaheverin

People joining a society for something other than free pens? WOW.

3. When Scooter played the UCD Freshers Ball

Freshers_poster_2015_2 Source: Ucdsu

4. UL calling their Freshers week passes banter bands

Follow us and retweet this to be in a chance to win two #BanterBands' for UL freshers week (modeled by @tonyismyname) pic.twitter.com/6LB9zGpD5I
— First Seven Weeks UL (@ULF7W) September 4, 2013

Source: First Seven Weeks UL/Twitter

5. When all hope was abandoned in DIT and beer was drank on frisbees

First night of freshers week was great..and a lot of beer was drank from frisbees #DIT #freshers pic.twitter.com/rqrnECXu5E
— Rebecca (@rederss) September 17, 2013

Source: Rebecca/Twitter

6. This pizza stand, because freshers’ week is basically free pizza week

PastedImage-18779 Source: FourStarPizza4

7. Seriously

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#IADTfreshers pizza eating contest is about to begin! pic.twitter.com/zbHqwgNf
— IADT Clubs & Socs (@IADTclubs_socs) September 24, 2012

Source: IADT Clubs & Socs/Twitter

8. This absolute mountain of goodie bags

Bag packing for #UCD Freshers Week! #ArtsSoc #UCDFreshers pic.twitter.com/DwjxqEY4
— Feargal Hynes (@feargalhynes) September 14, 2012

Source: Feargal Hynes/Twitter

9. When Wheatus played UL’s Freshers Week and blew the roof off the place

Source: University of Limerick Students' Union/YouTube

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10. This delight in using the shite you pick up during the freshers’ fest

Got quite a lot of use out of my @labouryouth bottle opener tonight, am rightly pleased with it! #freshersweek
— Shane Folan (@shanefolan) September 20, 2011

Source: Shane Folan/Twitter

11. The First Year Matters soc in IADT

NO first year isn’t for boozing and sleeping in.

Honestly.

The lovely Sarah & Greggles are waiting patiently with all the goodies. This is it! #iadt #firstyearmatters #freshers pic.twitter.com/aJbp5yEKN8
— IADT FYM (@IADTFYM) September 8, 2014

Source: IADT FYM/Twitter

12. The wise words of this Maynooth freshers’ guide

Only on the 7th page and I already love the Maynooth Freshers survival guide :P pic.twitter.com/qwc7GH8Vs6
— Clay-Ear Mo Uillean (@ClaireIzAwkward) September 20, 2013

Source: Clay-Ear Mo Uillean/Twitter

13. And inevitably, the WE HAVE ARRIVED destruction of their new sign

Kudos on the idea of a bit of distinctiveness, but the crossword ninjas take Freshers Week seriously :) #Maynooth pic.twitter.com/exNZ57HnFP
— Tom Byrne (@TomByr) September 16, 2014

Source: Tom Byrne/Twitter

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13 of the most Freshers' Week things that ever happened in Ireland

Havoc and destruction.

1. This UCD student’s EPIC Iron Stomach competition fail

2. The queue for this Harry Potter society sorting in UCC

3. When Scooter played the UCD Freshers Ball

4. UL calling their Freshers week passes banter bands

5. When all hope was abandoned in DIT and beer was drank on frisbees