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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
And Away I went
Robert Louis Stevenson said “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” Those are words I have tried to live by in the second part of my Mitchell adventure. … Continue reading
A Scattered Traveling Reflection
For the first few weeks in Ireland, I successfully hid my identity as a naval officer through my beard and hair. This was useful because there is a man in my program from Baghdad. Both of us are foreigners on … Continue reading
Travel and thought
We are well into the second semester, and we’ve settled into an academic groove here in Limerick. Last semester started slowly but finished strong with a grueling set of final examinations, lengthy papers and tough presentations. Without a doubt, the … Continue reading
Dublin Marine Corps Ball
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
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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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