Arcadia Ireland

The countdown is on and oh, what a treat we have in store.  Next weekend we have our regional trip for Fall 2017. This year, Arcadia students from Ireland, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland will be joining forces in the beautiful Belfast to explore…

You’ve arrived, you’ve settled in, you’ve made some friends and now it’s the big challenge- you have to cook!!  One life skill that living in Ireland will teach you is the art of cooking.  We don’t expect you to be the next Gordon Ramsay, but it’s a good…

Instagram, oh how we love it. We love the likes, the comments and the general knowledge that we ourselves (and our friends) are having an awesome time. But, what happens when we put down our phones? When we are no longer looking at things through a screen?…

I’m starting this by giving you a round of applause. In my eyes, you have already made a stellar choice by deciding to come and study on the beautiful Emerald Isle. You’ll meet me and figure out pretty quickly that I am passionate about all things Ireland…

What a summer we have had here at the Arcadia Dublin Centre. A fantastic group are just about to depart but they have certainly left their mark on Ireland. They have managed to capture this through photos and videos and we have had the highest entries…

The vast majority of Irish citizens go to school for 12 or 13 years. Of that majority, most learn the Irish language for that amount of time. This said, hardly any of us can string together even the most basic sentence. We all have a ‘cúpla focal’ (couple…

I hope you clicked into this blog purely for the fact that you have no idea what ‘exam weather’ is and you are hoping to find out. Well, your dreams have been answered as I’m going to dedicate this blog to telling you exactly what summer in Ireland is…

Every semester our Dublin centre run a social media competition. Students are encouraged to share pictures with the hashtag #ArcadiaIreland during their time in our lovely country and we get some absolutely breath-taking pictures. Sometimes when you live…

Waiting for your study abroad program to start is kind of like waiting for a festival, isn’t it? You diligently bought your early bird ticket, you’ve been waiting patiently for any murmur of what may lay ahead, you’ve read and re-read the posts about…