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Welcome to our blogs page! There are many blogs here, including a blog on each group trip, blogs on Irish poems, Irish movies, and lots of rambles we made around the Northwest for you to enjoy. You can also check out the daily posts of each college and visiting group on our social media platforms- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. High-res versions of our photographs can be viewed on our Institute of Study Abroad Ireland Flickr page. All photos are copyright of ISAI and permission given to reproduce here- some photographs have been taken by participants of the groups, all are not to be used without permission. You can contact us at info@isaireland.com regarding permission to use images. Thank you.

Calling for Papers!

If you are a scholar of Irish Studies, we want to let you know about the unique Drew University Transatlantic Connections Irish Studies Conference, which is hosted by the Institute of Study Abroad Ireland each January. The aim of the Transatlantic Conference is to enable conversations between interested Irish and

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Fall 2015 Outdoor Sports Semester

Come to Ireland this Fall! Spaces still available The Outdoor Instructor Semester Program begins in September 2015 and you can still join in! It’s possibly the coolest semester program in the universe, and by the end of the eleven weeks, you will be superfit, healthy, happy and in love with

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Milwaukee- The Good Land!

Institute of Study Abroad Ireland visit Milwaukee Irish Fest 2015   As the summer programs for August 2015 finished up, a treat was in store for Niamh and John from the Institute of Study Abroad Ireland. ISAI had been invited to join the Milwaukee Irish Fest Cultural Tent at their

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Tari Hackborn

We took a family trip with Niamh, John and the folks at the Institute of Study Abroad Ireland. We cannot praise them enough, or thank them for an amazing- and affordable- visit to Ireland. Tari Hackborn, Bay City MI

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Craven Community College, North Carolina

In 2014, we travelled to Ireland with the Institute of Study Abroad Ireland. We had students and community members, age ranges from 18-80! It was fantastic, excellent classes, guided tours, activities and entertainment. John and Niamh are amazing hosts, and we couldn’t have had a better time. We return in

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Kirkwood Community College, Iowa

We have had wonderful trips from Kirkwood to the Insitute of Study Abroad Ireland. Niamh and her staff arrange everything we need, and the classes and tours are absolutely excellent. We cannot recommend them highly enough. Mark Abel, Kirkwood Community College, 2015.

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Drew University, New Jersey

We began bringing students to Donegal in 2013, as part of a Peace Studies Trip. It was extremely successful, and is now an annual program for our undergrads and grad students. Dean William Rogers, Drew University.

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And then there were ten

And so, our 19 2-weekers left for home, and there were ten kiddies left with Niamho to have two more weeks of fun and culture around Ireland. We wiped away our tears and hit the road again on Tuesday- and what a beautiful day it was. We went first to

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Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina

I can’t say enough great things about the Institute of Study Abroad Ireland! In March 2010 I began my faculty-led trips with students, and I have continued to bring students every year since. Dr. Travis Feezell Travis Feezell Belmont Abbey College, NC

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