Tag Archives: Travel

How does humanity express hope

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Ellie Sell | University College Dublin

I am now approaching the end of my fifth month in Dublin and I can hardly believe how quickly the time has gone. It feels like just yesterday that I got on a plane to fly to Ireland for the … Continue reading →

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Sharing Ireland With My Family

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Micaela Connery | University College Dublin (UCD)

My full name is Micaela Erin Flynn Connery.  We have a sign “No Irish Need Apply” to remind us of when relatives first moved to Newport from Ireland many years ago and how they struggled.  My grandparents, although born and raised … Continue reading →

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A Photo Journal of my Holiday Holidays

Posted on January 14, 2016 by ksheridan16

The Mitchell Scholars Whatsapp messaging thread is a traveller’s dream. All semester long, impossibly exciting plans pop up weekly. “I’m going to Iceland next weekend, who wants in?” “Anyone up for Morrocco in February?”  “Planning a trip to fabulous city in … Continue reading →

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Ham in a Box—Spending the Holidays Abroad

Posted on January 14, 2015 by stanaka15

In 25 years, I have never spent a Christmas away from my parents’ home. This past year, I spent not only Christmas, but Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and New Year’s as well, all across the Atlantic. So, my approach to celebrating the holidays this year in Dublin was to try to recreate, as closely to possible, what I deemed to be the perfect holiday menus. Continue reading →

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Being a Tourist

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Elizabeth Katz - Dublin City University

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 →

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