· Summer Diaries
A Day In the Life...
Rise and shine #ILE17! Saturday, July 1st, marked the first class day of the Program. Students woke up at 8:00 AM, showered, and made their way to breakfast.…
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County Waterford
Ireland’s oldest city and the first Irish Way home base at the Newtown School — plus Waterford Crystal, Tramore, and the Greenway.
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Gummy Bananas, Anyone?
Following breakfast in Newtown, it was straight into morning class. The students had a quick chat about the Leinster Hurling Final and then it was back into…
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· Irish Culture
Newtown Boarding School
Counselor Tyler has been having quite a lot of fun getting aerial views of some beautiful areas in Ireland. We wanted to share with everyone how truly beautiful the…
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· Summer Diaries
Up the Deise!
The wheels of the airplane came to a screeching halt and before the #ILE17 Group knew it, they were in Ireland on the morning of June 30th. Bright eyed and bushy…
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Up the Dubs!
Today marked our last day in Waterford as we made the journey onto Dublin. We began our day with our usual class schedule. Miles taught about the great famine that…
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Terrific Tramore
The students had the luxury of being allowed to sleep in this morning. Some took the advantage of having the morning off and with it being our first Sunday they…
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· Irish Culture
A Day in the Life of an #ILE15 Student
Today started off like most days with breakfast at half eight and class at nine. Professor Miles talked today about Irish influence in America and how that has…
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Waterford "I Can't Afford That" Crystal
Students woke up this morning and looked out the window and boy, was it a crystal clear day! Once again, everyone thought about how lucky they were to be…
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I Love One Direction
After a very long adrenaline filled day of traveling, getting students situated into the rooms, and making friends..., bedtime finally came. I think the students…
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Jet Lag Joys
After the ILE boarded the bus, they started making their way to Waterford. This is where they would call home for the next week. Since it had been a long night/day…
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#RiverdanceFail
After a long and eventful Saturday in and around Dublin, all of the ILE’ers had the chance to lie in Sunday morning. With an optional breakfast, a few popped in for…
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So Cool!
Today began bright and early with an 8 AM breakfast-Weetabix Cereal, toast with Flora spreadable butter, fruit, and OJ! Not long afterwards, we departed from…
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