Arcadia Ireland

This blog was written by Fiona Kavanagh. This week the Summer Session 2 students settled into Dublin and saw the show ‘Two Pints’ at the Abbey Theater. Two Pints isn’t exactly traditional theater as it consists of very few characters: two chatty men in…

Last weekend many of the summer 2019 students embarked on the Galway & Cliffs of Moher co-curricular. On Saturday morning we left the Dublin Center and drove across the country to Galway City. First, we were taken on a walking tour to learn about the…

As our students learn each semester on the Experience Gaelic Games trip during orientation, hurling is a Gaelic game which has been played in Ireland for thousands of years. The sport embodies the ancient tribal nature of the Irish people, as players…

Free summer events are a great way to engage with the local community and explore new areas on a budget. Loads of these will take place all across Ireland during the warmer months, and our students are encouraged to attend. Science On Thursday 20th…

We have had a marvelous Spring Semester and have met many very interesting excited students on their Irish Study Abroad Experience. Now its time to bid farewell and say hello to all of you Summer participants (a nice big group you are!) and help get you…

The Semester isn't over just yet but tomorrow we will have our second last co-curricular event of the Spring in Kinsale County Cork. Students from Galway, Limerick and Cork will join their lovely guide Manuela for an evening of history, food and culture…

Our fifth co-curricular event of the Season invited students from all over Ireland to commemorate all those hours spent fixated on Jon Snow! This event encapsulated many of Arcadia University's co-curricular themes; active, global, imagined and for many…

The title of this play caught my eye immediately having been a Country Girl (Monaghan) myself for over 19 years before moving to the Big Smoke (Dublin)! Tonight I will join some students from Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Maynooth for what we've heard is…

This weekend our wonderful colleagues in London will host what has now become a highlight of every Semester - the Regional weekend. Each Semester our Centers in London, Scotland and Ireland take turns in planning a co-curricular event which brings students…