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Summer Diaries

Day-by-day stories from every ILE summer — the tours, the classes, the craic, written from the road.

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July 9, 2023 · Summer Diaries

From Newtown to a new town…

Good-bye sweet Waterford, and hello Dublin!!! After a few drizzly days, the morning welcomed us with warm golden sunlight for our last day at Newtown. Sad…but everyone was so very excited for Dublin...

July 7, 2023 · Summer Diaries

Watery Day in Waterford

Good morning!! Sad news…today is our last full day in Newtown. :( But, happy news…tomorrow we head off to Dublin!!!! Today was another class day, and also the day when the kids gave their presentations on Irish-Americans...

July 7, 2023 · Summer Diaries

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..."

July 6, 2023 · Summer Diaries

Let’s Indepen-Dance The Day Away!

Happy 4th of July, everyone!!! Today we celebrated our independence, even though we’re on The Emerald Isle. We are going to not one, not two, but THREE castles today! Talk about amazing...

July 5, 2023 · Summer Diaries

Tire-some, but a wheelie fun day!

We went to a bridge that was bombed while a train was going over it, a moss and fern covered tunnel full of fairy doors, the old train station, and a little cottage overlooking the ocean...

July 4, 2023 · Summer Diaries

Classes and Céilís

This morning, we were greeted by yet another beautiful dawning of the day--the sky is cloudy yet bright, the wind crisp, the robins and chaffinches still calling out their morning tunes, twittering away in their respective shrubs...

July 2, 2023 · Summer Diaries

Keepin’ it glassy

Charles Haughey once stated that “Ireland is where strange tales begin, and happy endings are possible...

July 1, 2023 · Summer Diaries

Home in Ireland!!!

With baited breaths, curious hearts, and several overweight suitcases, this wonderful band of people took their first steps into the adventure of a lifetime...