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Many questions befall the American student who considers attending graduate school abroad. What kind of cell phone plan should I get? Will my terrible American health insurance extend its terrible American coverage overseas? Most importantly, how far away from campus … Continue reading →

The ping in my inbox made my heart flutter: an update on a long-awaited Freedom of Information request that’s been sitting with the Northern Irish authorities for months. It’s a simple ask, or seemed to be: I need access to … Continue reading →

The past few weeks have been beautifully packed with melody, from the power of the Irish tradition of sing along to the energy of music from home(s), the company sounds can keep in everyday life, the experiences that can center … Continue reading →

As I write this, I am in my room at my Dad’s house in South Carolina. The same place I once prayed to whatever God might hear me to please let me one day be writing a blog about my … Continue reading →

University College Dublin Glenomena Student Residences, Belfield, Dublin 04. 1 November, 2022. To begin with breaking news, Ireland was officially declared as the 51st U.S. State last week by an expert. My last cab driver Brendan, an expert Dublin taxi … Continue reading →

Expectation differs from reality but those expectations have to come from somewhere, right? Countless people, from friends and family, to former Mitchells and Irish accented strangers in New York, defined those expectations of my first few months in Dublin. Here … Continue reading →

Greetings from the wild west!! Galway is a magically little medieval city and I feel so lucky to live here. My life in Ireland has been full of so much adventure and beauty thus far. Here are some of the … Continue reading →

When I travel, I love reading books that have roots in the place I’m visiting. It livens up the experience of the book, and I feel like I can hear little echos of the story in the new streets I … Continue reading →

By Ali Watkins It was around 8 a.m. the first time I stepped off the ledge at Blackrock. I had anticipated the adventure for days, and it took me seconds to regret it entirely. The water slammed into my chest … Continue reading →

I turned 22 the day before I left for Belfast. Having gone to a college in the same town that I grew up in and ending undergrad tumultuously, I looked forward to my year in Belfast as a chance to … Continue reading →

… From there I got away my spirits never failin’Landed on the quay as the ship was sailin’Captain at me roared, said that no room had heWhen I jumped aboard, a cabin found for PaddyDown among the pigs, I played … Continue reading →

It has been such a wonderfully eventful time in Dublin so far – to be able to return as a full-time student to the city I have grown to love over the years as my third home has been so … Continue reading →