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Arrival to the Great Isle!
Tired, hungry, and a bit jet-lagged, all 19 students and the 6 of us counselors joined together at the Dublin airport in our matching ILE T-Shirts. To beat jet-lag…
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County Wicklow
Glendalough’s glacial valley and the Wicklow Mountains — the Garden of Ireland.
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It's Always Sunny in Glendalough
The first few days of the ILE often blend together due to the different time zones and the sheer exhaustion of everyone in question. The stormy weather we…
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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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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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#ByeFelicia
_ “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” St. Augustine _ On Sunday, June 28th, the Irish Life Experience said “Bye Felicia” to the…
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#TimeTravel
Monday, June 30th, marked the departure of the Irish Life Experience. Twenty-one students from all corners of the country met at Boston Logan Airport to begin their…
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Oh My My My, Oh My My My, Oh My My My July!
And what a way to start to lovely July–the kids had their first history class with Dan, where they learned that Barack O’Bama was from Co Offaly, which explained…
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The Craic Begins
Hello ILE Families and Friends, On Friday, June 28th, 30 high school students from 16 different US states, Italy, and Spain embarked on an amazing journey…, the…
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Welcome to Waterford
Hello ILE Families and Friends! After students had arrived Dublin Airport on Friday, met Mar and Raquel-from Spain, they began their three hour bus journey south to…
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Fáilte to Ireland!
Hello Irish Life Experience Families and Friends, Just a quick update on Tuesday's events. After we met Edel and Dan at Dublin Airport, we gathered our belongings…
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Fáilte go hÉirinn!
Hello Family and Friends of the 2010 Irish Life Experience Participants! Just a quick update to let you know we have arrived safe and sound to the Emerald Isle. The…
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The ILE has landed in Eire!
The ILE left JFK last night at 9:40 PM and arrived Dublin Airport safe and sound at 9:10 AM this morning. All of the students made the Aer Lingus flight and there…
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