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Coming to the End/Beginning
In my last couple of blogs I reflected on politics and identity in Northern Ireland. My thoughts on those subjects are developing, but as the end of my time in Northern Ireland draws near, I’ll pivot toward personal reflections on … Continue reading
Bloomsday! Dublin, Books, and Home
As I look around my small UCD student residence—a different room in a different building, after moving at the official end of the semester to summer housing—I’m struck by the fact that this year, no matter how momentous it has … Continue reading
A Positive Report
Where does time go? What was that movie where the main character had a huge remote control and could fast forward through life? If I could get my hands on one of those jumbo-size remotes, I would only use the … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Tagged Benedictine monks, Catholid Church in Ireland, Glenstal Abbey, Irish Student Union, Irish youth, Maynooth, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, National University of Ireland Maynooth, National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM)
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Winter Time
When taxi drivers, store keepers, professors, and students in Galway mention the winters of 2010 and 2011, they adopt the tone of those recounting tough, repressed experiences. Ice and snow clogged the stone streets of the city as temperatures dipped to … Continue reading
Nearing the Halfway Mark
I’ve been back in Dublin for two and a half weeks now, after a very good and lengthy visit with my family and friends back in West Virginia. Finals went very well, provisional grades have been released, and this semester’s … Continue reading
Being a Tourist
For many years, I have utterly detested the sight of cameras strewn around necks and gawking eyes open wide with astonishment. Overloaded sojourners stopped in the middle of sidewalks and even streets near designated tourist sights drive me crazy. I … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, Dublin City University
Tagged Betsy Katz, Cliffs of Moher, DCU, Dingle, dublin, Dublin City University (DCU), Elizabeth Katz, Giants' Causeway, ireland, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, photography, Scotland, tourism, Travel, University of Georgia (UGA)
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On Coffee and Culture
I woke up early last Friday morning to essentially do one thing: get free coffee. If you have spent any time with me, I have probably waxed poetic about my desire for coffee. What might surprise you is that I … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Abbey Theatre, American, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Irish, mitchell scholar, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, performance studies, TCD, theater, theater studies, Theatre, Trinity, Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
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Base of the Fifth Metatarsal
Today I write to you about the base of the Fifth Metatarsal. No, unfortunately not an exotic European mountain range, but the location of a broken bone in my foot! A week before Christmas, while taking out the trash, I … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, Queen's University Belfast, Uncategorized
Tagged David Gobaud, e-governance, ireland, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, northern ireland, online education, Queens University Belfast, Stanford University, study in Northern Ireland
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Belfast: Part 2
For the first time this year, I spent the holiday season away from home. And though I missed Wisconsin (a place often known to my Belfast friends only as the setting of “That ’70s Show”), it was a true delight … Continue reading
Having the Craic
Sheep: these cute, fluffy (arguably much softer in my imagination than in reality), rather nonchalant animals welcomed me to Ireland when I arrived with my family in August to see the sites before I settled into Trinity to begin my … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged abortion, dublin, familial planning, gender studies, ireland, Jessica Moldovan, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, northern ireland, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), women's rights
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Wells of Oil, Pots of Gold
A chara, My winter holidays are kicking off earlier than those of the other Scholars. I’m currently enjoying an overnight layover in London (complete with shortbread shaped like Scottie dogs and an enchanting night at the circus). This time tomorrow … Continue reading
Belfast: Part 1
My time in Northern Ireland has been a series of pleasant surprises. It began when I boarded my flight to Belfast, a bit nervous, having not traveled abroad for the better part of a decade. I was excited not only … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, University of Ulster
Tagged Belfast, Derick Stace-Naughton, ireland, Irish Culture, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, northern ireland, post-graduate study in northern ireland, the Troubles health communication, University of Ulster (UU)
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