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A Deep Legacy

It is only when we travel beyond our familiar frontiers that we begin to recognize what home is.
We define it in hindsight.

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October 12, 2021

The Cliffs of Moher

Current location: Liscannor A small day-trip to the Cliffs In early August when I was still in my beloved Ireland, one of my best friends

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August 4, 2021

The Guinness Storehouse

Current location: The Guinness Storehouse, Dublin. A poem about Guinness. “Ye got to Fancy this Hearty Stout, Aye,Soot-soaked with tub-flavoured Laurels of GoldNow bloke-haste Juggers

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August 4, 2021

Student Stories

Grazie Mille

Thoughts and feelings about my internship experience with Learn International

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August 4, 2021

Student Stories

Georgian Houses in Dublin

a small tour through the oldest and most peculiar streets of Dublin, belonging to the Georgian Era.

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August 4, 2021

Staff Corner

The Giant’s Causeway

Current location: Bushmills A productive week This week has been full of achievements and challenges that we have tried to face in the best way

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July 22, 2021

Student Stories

Inis Mór- The largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay

Ele took a chance and went to Galway for the weekend with the hope that the weather wouldn’t be too rough to travel to the Aran Islands. The risk paid off and she had a beautiful time!

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July 15, 2021

Student Stories

The Ring of Kerry

A crazy adventure immersed in the green irish lands.

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July 6, 2021

Student Stories

My Internship experience during the Covid pandemic

A small journal of my first week in Dublin: how to work remotely while self-quarantined in a room.

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July 2, 2021

Student AND STAFF Stories

Streetwalking on a Dublin Night

“In some way, I’d like to think a lone walk through the city streets may be analogized to the pinball freely exploring the interior of the chamber, free from the careening shunts of the levers and absent all the flashing lights.”

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Film shoot inside Kiladoon House, County Kildare

Stargazing

“Leaving the foggy cobbled streets for the empty quiet of the freeways, I felt affirmed by the fact that here we were, up and at ‘em early before anyone else. It’s like a game of dominoes – you nail the first push and the rest of the pieces fall seamlessly. In line with this metaphor, awaking on time and being the first to arrive on set portends a day of good old fashioned hard work.”

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Fighting the Tide

“Imagine your mind is a great ocean in which the crest and troughs of waves, representing fleeting thoughts, swell in and out of existence. It is your choice, should you choose to ride a particular wave, whether you will fight against it and in so doing expend your precious energy or whether you will simply let it carry you until it gently dissipates.”

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The Long Room

“My prior impression of library hallways is that they are typically flooded with sterile white light. The Long Room instead relies quite heavily on natural light, which casts itself more carefully across the 65-meter-long hall.”

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