Stories From 2014

Exploring the Capital!

The day started out as most days have thus far on the trip. We woke up entirely too early and had a predictable breakfast that consisted of cereal and orange juice.…

Famine Letters

In Brigid's Irish American history class, the students had 10 minutes to imagine themselves immigrating to the the US during the Famine and write a letter back home…

Castle Mania

On Monday morning we had our first castle tour at Cahir Castle, which is one of the largest castles in Ireland. It was built in 1142 by Conor O'Brien, Prince of…

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…

An Extraordinary Day Along the Coast of Waterford!

We woke up to sun and blue skies! After breakfast, everyone got back into the routine of classes. Due to the comfortable weather, Angie took the students outside…

Set Me Free!

This morning we were able to “lie in” and didn’t have to be on the bus until 11 AM. Some students chose to sleep in, while others got up for breakfast and Sunday…

US Prevails During the ILE's World Cup!

The students woke to another structured class day on campus. After breakfast they got their first taste of Irish (Gaelic language class.). Alex, even though…

Wonderful Waterford!

Day #1 was pretty successful with our only non-show at breakfast being a certain boy named Dylan. The ILE Staff were well impressed. This unusual success first…

Slan Go Foil to the US of A and Spain!

#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…

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…

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…