Category: Ireland: Maynooth Univ

Over the past few weeks, I took a few trips to the Wicklow Mountains to visit the old monastic site of Glendalough. Glendalough means “valley between the two lakes” and the view from the large lake was absolutely phenomenal. The monastic site had large historical significance as the monks used to live in the monastic…

I am currently on Easter Break! For the first half of the break some friends and I travelled to Scotland.  The best part of the holiday was the day we took a bus ride through the Highlands to Loch Ness.  Scotland is such a beautiful country full of glens (valleys), lochs (lakes), and bens (mountains)….

It’s been a while since I’ve last blogged, sorry about the lapse in time. Earlier this week I took a tour out to the West Coast of Ireland to the Cliffs of Moher. The trip out to the west coast was lovely and we drove along through the valleys of the west coast along Galway…

It has been my dream to visit London ever since I was little. This weekend I achieved that dream. Trying to experience London in 48 hours was a daunting task. To help see everything possible, my friend and I booked tickets for a hop-on hop-off double decker bus tour. The tour was great because it…

I never thought that I would be able to spend St. Paddy’s Day in Ireland.  Dublin goes above and beyond to celebrate the holiday.  There are parades, music sessions, and plenty of drinks and merriment.  I had a great night with friends!  The weekend was made even better by the arrival of my family.  They…

Hey, sorry for the late blog post, the semester has hit a halfway point and the work is starting to accumulate. As of Wednesday of this past week, I have been on spring break and working on preparing for the midterm exams and assignments for my classes. Over the past few weeks, I have been…

I cannot believe that I have been in Ireland for 6 weeks! Where has the time gone?  Learning more about the Irish culture, meeting family, and making new friends has made this an incredible experience so far.  Classes are starting to pick up and are really interesting.  While in Ireland, I have also been able…

It’s been about 4 weeks since I’ve arrived in Ireland and so far the experience has been great. I’ve finally started to understand and work with the public transportation in Ireland and took a train for the second time in my life. Getting my Leap card allowed me to better access public transportation and is…

This past week I was lucky enough to be able to go on a class trip to an archaeological sites called Newgrange. This site is located in the Boyne Valley and provides a wealth of archaeological evidence for burial practices during the Neolithic Period in Ireland. We are talking around 3,000 B.C.!! The tombs at Newgrange…

It’s hard to believe that it’s been two weeks already, as they have completely flown by. Within the first two weeks of being in Ireland,  I have noticed the incredible hospitality of the Irish people, everyone who I’ve encountered thus far have been very helpful and courteous. During the first week here I went into…