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County Cork

Kissing the Blarney Stone, Kinsale’s colourful streets, and Charles Fort on the harbour.

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A “fort”unate day, you couldn’t even put a cork in it!

Hello hello hello! What a lovely tour day that approaches us. After a two hour bus ride, we arrived in County Cork. The sky was a soft blue full of bright sun and wispy clouds, which felt like such a treat when in Ireland...

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How fab is the gift of the gab?!

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...

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Up the Cats!!!

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..."

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You Kin-SAY-le that was a good day!

In the Cork School of Art, a student in 1832 once stated that "we are indebted for the weaving of that spell which once brought up before our eyes the brightest forms of antiquity for inspiration..."

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Gift of the Gab

Many of our students do not need the "gift of the gab," but they had the opportunity to kiss...

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Forever Grateful

I am confident that the only reason I am standing here today is because the Irish Life Experience, and all of the wonderful people involved, helped me find my way...

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