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West Coast, Best Coast
It is 7am on a Saturday, and the sleepiness in Galway is infectious. Most students have gone home for the weekend, and those who haven’t have yet to stir from the warmth of their abodes. Resisting the temptation to follow … Continue reading
Posted in class of 2016, Irish University, National University of Ireland Galway, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Natural Resources, Travels on the Island, Uncategorized
Tagged aileen's, claremont mckenna college, Cliffs of Moher, county clare, Galway bay, graduate fellowship, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, National University of Ireland Galway, surfing, surfing in Ireland, the burren, the great outdoors, west coast
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The adventure continues
As January comes to a close, it is hard to believe that we are already on the other half of our time in Ireland. It seems like only yesterday that I ventured onto a Dublin City bus headed for the … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2011, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Tagged graduate fellowship, military and strategic studies, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, National University of Ireland Maynooth, NUIM, post-grad in Ireland, Steven Sifuentes, study in Ireland, United States Naval Academy
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No Longer a Tourist
Every evening these days, we get a knock at the door a little after dinner. At the door often stand two people, sometimes older, sometimes younger, and they politely ask for a moment of my time. Am I by any … Continue reading
In Dublin’s Fair City…
An American, a Czech, two Germans, and a Kosovan walk into a bar… This isn’t the start to a joke; it’s a Friday night in Dublin. Though the Irish are said to have left the island in droves since the … Continue reading
A New Home
What can I say that pictures cannot? They describe family, friends, travel, and experiences that I can never hope to convey in words. Heather and I arrived in Ireland at the beginning of September and have loved every moment of … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2011, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Tagged graduate fellowship, military and strategic studies, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM), post-grad in Ireland, Steven Sifuentes, study in Ireland, US Naval Academy
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Yo, Belfast! How YOU doin’?
Ecoutez et Ecrivez Let me start by stating the obvious: I’m one lucky son of a gun, as my grandfather would say. Returning from a weekend in Barcelona where I attended my first ever football match (FC Barcelona 2 – … Continue reading
Welcome to Galway
As I got off the plane at Dublin airport, I remember the strange looks of those around me as I started laughing to myself that I was actually moving to Ireland for a year. You see, a combination of lack … Continue reading
Alive, alive, oh!
Shortly after I arrived in Dublin, whenever I spoke to a stranger I often received a puzzled look. For a while, I thought it was simply because I am American. There are mixed opinions of American politics in Europe, and … Continue reading
Settling in Galway
I took a trip to the “chemist” yesterday and a woman across the shop, a woman I didn’t recognize, called out my name. “Deirdre!” she shouted, with obvious affection. I nearly dropped my small bundle of purchases. Now, who was … Continue reading
Athmhachnamh
I have never truly examined who I am, what I stand for, and in what I believe. My first two months in Ireland have not revealed concrete answers to these questions, but this time has given me the opportunity to … Continue reading
Quiet life in Limerick
Living in Ireland has been a complete, and welcome, departure from American life. Life is simpler, and I am so grateful for the opportunity the Mitchell Scholarship has provided me for meaningful reflection and further engagement in my academic life … Continue reading
Dublin Marathon
Early in the morning on October 25th, I hopped into a taxi and rode towards St. Stephen’s Green to see hundreds of runners gravitate towards Merrion Square Park, the location for both the beginning and end of Dublin’s annual marathon. … Continue reading