THURLES CITY TOUR FIELD GUIDE
Heist in Thurles: Crack Codes, Meet the Crew, Escape with the Loot
A 90-minute, city-wide interactive game in Thurles where small teams use smartphone GPS and pre-filmed character encounters to stage a casino heist — this guide explains what to expect.
Heist in Thurles: Crack Codes, Meet the Crew, Escape with the Loot.
Join Dan Rooney and his crew for an exhilarating 90-minute city-wide adventure in Thurles. Teams follow a GPS map on their smartphones to locate and meet Dan’s pre-filmed crew of experts — Jack Potts, Wheels and a cadre of safe-crackers and hackers — as they guide you through a staged casino heist, culminating in a safe blow and a fifteen-minute dash to escape with the loot.
Highlights
Outing Highlights
City-wide Gamble
This is a city-wide, interactive experience played across Thurles: teams navigate via a smartphone GPS map over a tight 90-minute run that blends route-finding with timed puzzles.
Meet the Crew
You encounter Dan Rooney’s assembled specialists — Jack Potts on the inside, Wheels the getaway driver and a rotation of safe-crackers and hackers — presented to teams as pre-filmed character meetups.
The Casino Heist
The experience builds to a staged casino safe break; once the safe is opened teams have a fixed fifteen minutes to make their escape with the loot.
What the day feels like
What it Feels Like
The Big Escape plays like a compact urban thriller: you and your team consult a smartphone GPS map, rendezvous with pre-filmed members of Dan Rooney’s crew who give you the leads you need, follow clues to the casino set-piece, execute the safe operation and then race against a final fifteen-minute countdown to escape — all within a ninety-minute window.
Suitability
Who it's for
Who this is for and who should reconsider.
Practical planner
Details to review before reserving
A smartphone capable of running a GPS map is required — teams navigate and locate pre-filmed crew meetups via the device.
The experience is GPS-driven on participants’ smartphones; ensure your device is charged and that you can access the map throughout the 90-minute game.
Review cancellation policies before reserving.
Frequently asked questions
Planning Your Outing
How long does The Big Escape - Thurles take?
The experience runs for 90 minutes.
How many people make up a team and what does it cost?
Teams are sized 2–4 people and the price is €48 per team.
Where does the game take place and how do teams navigate?
The game plays across Thurles and teams navigate using a GPS map on their smartphones to meet the crew and locate puzzle checkpoints.
Who will we meet during the game?
You will meet Dan Rooney’s crew — including Jack Potts, Wheels and various safe-crackers and hackers — presented to players as pre-filmed character encounters.
What happens at the end of the heist?
After you blow open the safe you will have 15 minutes to escape with the loot as the final timed segment of the experience.
Who operates The Big Escape - Thurles?
The activity is offered by Team Activities and led in-concept by Dan Rooney and his crew.