…And so dawns the last incredible day on this magical island. Gathered here together in a final farewell at the airport, I offer a final thank-you…

Day one through day five in this beautiful place. From Bunratty Folk Park to Kylemore Abbey, and Dan O’ Hara’s Famine Cottage to the wild Aran Islands…these 5 final days are sure to be nothing short of incredible…

Bonjour bonjour! Wow, sorry—I am very much running out of ways to start these blog posts. However, the ILE is not running out of ways to start their days! This morning, everyone donned their swimsuits, and we headed for Inch Beach…

Hello!!! Today dawned our first full day in the lovely county Kerry. Everyone made their breakfast and packed their lunches, for today we are doing the Ring of Kerry drive! Our first stop was the Kenmare Stone Circle in the charming little village of, well, you guessed it—Kenmare…

Everyone then had an hour to go kiss the Blarney Stone or explore Blarney’s multitudes of GORGEOUS gardens—like the Fern Garden, the Vietnamese Garden, the Poison Garden, the Carnivorous Garden, or the Fairy Garden. There were even special little things mixed around in there, like a Druid’s Stone, the Witches Cave, and the Stone Circle…

Hello dear friends! Today is our LAST day of classes!! Wow, it’s crazy how speedily this trip has flown by! Once again, our morning started with a yummy breakfast and classes with our dear Máire. Máire has a quarter-finals game coming up tomorrow, so everyone is getting ready to root for Meath…

Before our free day began, we had a guided tour of Dublinia—a fascinating interactive museum with three levels—viking Ireland, medieval Ireland, and a short film. It was very neat! Liam and Aiden were very excited to find all sorts of viking and medieval merchandise in the gift shop, including a drinking horn and a small shield…

Good morning good morning good morning!!! I hope everyone is doing just wonderfully. Today was yet another day of skies bordering on the promise of drizzly storms or warm golden sunshine, but it seemed to finally compromise by being a slab of solid gray slate above us, broken up by an occasional mound of dark cloud…

Hello hello hello!! What a lovely morning today, with the sky slowly and undecidedly shifting between fine shades of grays and blues. After a wonderful breakfast of a chocolate croissant, cereal, yogurt, and fruit, everyone scrambled onto the bus for another fantastic tour day…

Gooooddd morning!!! Everyone is FULL of excited energy–today we go to CROKE PARK!! “That was the best thing I’ve ever done,” Strider said with a huge grin. “I screamed so much, I don’t think I’ll be able to talk tomorrow…”

There’s a giant cause to celebrate, because today we are heading to the Giant’s Causeway! As legend states, the Causeway was created by the Irish giant Fionn Mac Cumhaill, when his enemy, Benandonner, was running from him in fear and tore up the Causeway behind him…