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Tea and Conversation
For the last several weeks I’ve been co-facilitating a Facing Prejudice class at the Lifford Youth Reach Home in County Donegal. Essentially this means that my friend and I ask a group of 16-18 year old boys to openly discuss … Continue reading
Dispatches from Oireachtas na Gaeilge
I recently spent a weekend at the Oireachtas na Gaeilge in Letterkenny in County Donegal. I didn’t really have a choice. For months now, everyone around me has been talking about the Oireachtas. I had heard a lot about it, … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2013, National University of Ireland Galway
Tagged Cavan, Conor Walsh, Donegal, Gaeilge, Harvard, ireland, Irish language, Irish music festival, Letterkenny, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2013, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, National University of Ireland (NUIG), Oireachtas, Oireachtas na Gaeilge, Sean-nós, study abroad
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Rights, Change, and Reflection
A few weeks ago, four courageous women came forward and shared their stories with the Irish Times. They did so again the next day in meetings with TDs and senators, whom the four women had e-mailed repeatedly in an effort … Continue reading
The Old and the New
A cactus and a sheep make an odd couple. Let me explain. I began the new year very far away from Ireland, visiting my best friend who is doing research in Buenos Aires. We took a road trip to the … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Argentina, Connemara, Donegal, Galway, gender quotas, Seanad, women in politics, women's health
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