Category Archives: Class of 2011

Dublin Marine Corps Ball

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Yongjun Heo - University College Dublin

I am in disbelief that more than half of my Mitchell year has already passed. Apart from a calm and snowy two week period in December, time spent on course work, with new friends, and with Mitchell Scholars has kept … Continue reading →

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A New Home

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Steven Sifuentes - NUI Maynooth

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 →

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Yo, Belfast! How YOU doin’?

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Ryan Merola - Queen's University, Belfast

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 →

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Welcome to Galway

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Joseph Graziano - NUI 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 →

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Alive, alive, oh!

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Stephen Dorner - Trinity College Dublin

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 →

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Settling in Galway

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Deirdre Mask - NUI 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 →

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Athmhachnamh

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Kyle Krieger - Dublin City University

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 →

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Quiet life in Limerick

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Fagan Harris - University of 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 →

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Dublin Marathon

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Yongjun Heo - University College Dublin

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 →

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Craic from Stroke City

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Ibrahim Elshamy - University of Ulster, Magee

Many folks think of where I am in contextual terms–perhaps as the site of the outbreak of the Irish Troubles in 1969, or the site of the Bloody Sunday Massacre of 1972, or perhaps as the UK City of Culture … Continue reading →

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