Arcadia Ireland

January 6th marks the religious Feast of the Epiphany and in Ireland, it is also frequently referred to as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas or Little Christmas, the celebration of which has seen a revival in this country over the last number of years…

Each year at midnight mass I am always grateful to call Inniskeen my home county in Ireland. As soon as the reader (usually someone who reads Kavanagh very well) hits the podium, I know it is Christmas. Patrick Kavanagh from Inniskeen in County Monaghan…

This is the first time in eighteen years where we haven’t had students on the ground in Ireland during the much-celebrated Thanksgiving holiday. For years we had the joy of watching students form groups of new friends and fellow study abroad students…

Throughout the fall semester, the Engagement committee, composed of members of the Student Services team, has been reimagining how we engage with inquiries and applicants throughout their journey towards study abroad. As part of this initiative, the committee…

As we prepare for students coming to Ireland in the Spring I wanted to share some suggestions on how I think you could spend your free time. We can’t say what level of restriction we will be facing so with that in mind I'm going to keep my suggestions…

Once upon a time (in March of this year), a study abroad office of staff, busy at their desks in Dublin were told to pack up and go home! Our students had already been directed by their own government officials to return to the States but now staff in…

A few years ago I completed Mental Health First Aid training as an employee of the University. Since the training, they send out regular updates on mental health related topics and this week I would like to share some of those. In their recent update…

This week, my supervisor, our Director,  suggested that I reach out to a colleague who we have worked with for quite some time. In my case, eighteen years. There were maybe one or two suggestions for the call but it was really meant to be a catch up.…

This week, Ireland and beyond learned of the death of John Hume, a Northern Irish politician widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland and one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process…