· Meet the Team
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…
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News & Stories
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· Meet the Team
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 &…
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· Summer Diaries
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…
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· Summer Diaries
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…
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· Summer Diaries
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…
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· Summer Diaries
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…
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· Summer Diaries
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…
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· Summer Diaries
Hip Hip Hooray for a Great Day!
Top of the morning! Today started out like any other normal class day. Breakfast was served bright and early and classes started at 9 AM. In Scones' Gaelic Class…
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Up the Dubs
Sunday morning in Dublin-finally a lie in for everybody. A choice was given to all of the students to sleep in until lunch at 12.30 PM if they wished. The vast…
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· Summer Diaries
Green Lightening
Dia Duit! On Friday, we took tours of Cahir Castle and Kilkenny Castle. They were equally impressive in terms of the historical significance, but they couldn’t have…
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Happy 4th of July!
Today was a spectacular day and a lesson in Irish history, as we went to Wexford to visit the Irish National Heritage Park in Ferrycarrig. It is a place where…
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Winning Limericks
The students had to write limericks in their drama groups last week and the ILE Team chose three winners-Caroline, Tiernan, and Chris. Congratulations!They won Cork…
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