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Croke Ain’t No Joke
Up Ireland!!!! Today is our very exciting CROKE PARK MATCH! Whooop! And....last day of classes! So many exciting things happening...
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The capital — Croke Park, Trinity and the Book of Kells, Kilmainham Gaol, Howth, and life at the King’s Hospital.
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Dublin the Fun
After a quick bus tour of Phoenix Park (where the Áras an Uachtaráin–the President of Ireland–lives, also one of Europe’s biggest enclosed parks), and another bus tour of the main parts of Dublin, students had 6 hours to explore Dublin with their buddies...
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An Epic Day
Today we had a fantastic tour-filled day! After a breakfast of Belgian waffles, we headed into Dublin with Neil, the most normal bus driver we've ever had. Our first stop was Croke Park...
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Guinness What?
Goooooood Morning! Greetings from the Emerald Isle...and our weather sure has been quite emerald-y too. We've been blessed with perfect gray skies and green fields, with the occasional cool breeze or drizzly storm. Perfect Irish weather...
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A Tree-mendous Day
Good morning to all! Students had a bit of a lie-in today, as breakfast appearance wasn't mandatory. Today we leave Newtown for King's Hospital in Dublin, and there are some heavy hearts around here...
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No Treble Whistlin’ Today!
Greetings from Dublin!! Everyone seemed to sleep soundly through the night…and breakfast was a busy affair, as we share King’s Hos with several hundred international kids…some have even made friends with our group...
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New Things in Newtown
Ar maidin mhaith!! Good morning!! So dawns another lovely day in the lovely Ireland...the students were greeted with the soft gray light and dewy grass as they trodded on down to breakfast...
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Welcome ILE 2024!
Today, on June 30th, 2024, twenty-eight students from different corners of the US converge together—with little to no knowledge of these strange people they stand around—everyone simply there to embrace the beautiful unknown...
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ILE’s Got Talent!
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...
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We’re Dublin Our Luck Today!
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...
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An EPIC day!
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...
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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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