After 3 months of fun-filled excursions, I’m now back home in the States. The idea of studying abroad came on a whim after my friend, Abby, told me that she was going to Ireland. Truthfully, I didn’t even know the Mount had a program in Ireland. But now, I’d like […]
Dublin, Ireland
Mount students typically travel to Dublin in the fall semester of odd years
Rock On Dublin!
Oh, how time flies when you study abroad. Am I crazy or did I just write about landing in Dublin and attending a Boygenius concert? Crazy or not, it’s only fitting that my last blog in Dublin is about another of my concert-going experiences, a little full-circle moment if you […]
After the Rain Comes the Rainbow: An LGBTQ+ Tour of MoLI
As I’ve written in prior blogs of mine, Ireland is rich in literary history and home to work that is still studied all over the world. But how much of that literary history has a deeper connection to the queer heritage of Ireland? The MoLI (Museum Literature Ireland) offers an […]
Fun Times in Finland
Fresh snow and a fantastic journey! As I sat down to eat my ice cream in the IKEA outside of Dublin airport, I contemplated the trip I was about to undertake. Two years ago, I met a Finnish guy on the internet who was a wizard at video editing and […]
Hanging Out With the Dead
For our last excursion in Ireland, we visited the Hill of Tara, Knowth, and Newgrange: burial tombs in County Meath, just 30-minutes outside of Dublin. Since we went on Halloween, our trips were being wrapped up with a tidy, spooky bow. Fun fact about Ireland: they take Halloween very seriously. Last week […]