Helpful Advice from 2013 Alumna, Kate Lanagan!
Hey 2014 ILE’ers! My name is Kate Lanagan from Chicago, Illinois and I went on the Irish Life Experience last summer. I just wanted to give you a few recommendations, before you leave in a few weeks. I think the most important thing is to keep an open mind and to not be too nervous! […]
Introducing Alex McKinnon-Your 2014 Male Counselor
Alex (Also known as El Nino or Ninny in the office.) is very excited to join the Irish Life Experience Team this summer after getting to know Taryn and hearing her many passionate stories about the program and the people. Currently working for a sister company of the Irish Life Experience, Go Blue Tours; Alex […]
Introducing PK Creedon-Your 2014 Male Counselor
PK is ECSTATIC to join the ILE Team this summer! He was born just south of Chicago into a family of five. With family names from Patrick Kevin to Erin Kathleen and Sean Michael-it’s safe to say he was blessed with a true South Side Irish family! After picking up German in 2008, he traveled […]
Introducing Brigid Lundy-Your 2014 Irish Studies Teacher
Hi 2014 ILE’ers, My name is Brigid Lundy, and I’m originally from New Jersey but residing in Boston. I have been a long-time fan of international travel & intercultural communication. My father is from Belfast, and my maternal grandfather was from County Kerry. At the ripe age of 12, my parents took me on a […]
The Craic is Mighty
Today the heat wave in Ireland continued and we woke to glorious sunshine once again. It was also the last class day today-there was weeping and wailing until the kids realized that wey hey-it’s holiday time! During Irish literature class, Angie took both groups to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine while she read them […]
Cool, Wow, Awesome!
And yet another day waking up to sunshine and happy smiling faces at breakfast. Today was a class day and the penultimate of our ILE 2013 Program-hard to believe we only have one more class day to go then holiday time in Killarney and Galway! Woo hoo! The kids started the day with a healthy […]
A Giant of a Day
We had an early start this morning-6:00 AM, but the King’s Hospital Kitchen Staff pulled out all the stops with Cheerio’s for breakfast. We all enjoyed the meal in silence before hopping on the bus for the long journey north. First stop when we got over the border was the new Titanic Exhibition in Belfast […]
Deadly Days!
Today started with classes bright and early. Angie treated the group to a workshop on WB Yeats and a little bit about James Joyce. Riley was left speechless (For once.) by the tale of Nora Barnacle. Dan covered some of Ireland’s forgotten heroes in Irish history class-Daniel O’Connell (“A wonderful guy.” © Ellie Kincaid) and […]
Voice of an Angel
Here are some tunes from the ILE’s favorite new singer-Laura Moynihan!
Heat Wave
Back to normal today as all of the students woke for breakfast for 8:30 AM. Class started with Irish literature with Angie. The students took a look at WB Yeats-one of Ireland’s most well known and writers. Angie spoke about Yeats’ love story with Maud Gonne, which we all know did not end up being […]
