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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.

La Salle University Philadelphia March 2018

We were delighted to welcome Professor Siobhan Connaty and her students from La Salle University to our ISAI campus in Bundoran as part of their study abroad trip to Ireland. Siobhan and her students joined our college groups from Michigan and Arizona for a few days, to visit Yeats Country,

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Spring Break for Arizona and Michigan! March 9-20 2018

What a week we had with our friends from Jackson College Michigan, Central Arizona College and Pima Community College! We welcomed back the awesome Becky Roberts and the Jackson Crew for the 5th Ireland visit, and to join them we had CAC on their second annual visit, and Pima CC

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

It’s March 17th, and this year we are so happy to have some very special guests of the Institute of Study Abroad Ireland to march with us in the Bundoran St.Patrick’s Day Parade. We have with us Central Arizona College students, we have students from Pima Community College, and we

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Happy Halloween/Samhain

Greetings from us all on this weekend of Halloween celebrations. Did you know that Ireland has been celebrating Halloween for over 1000 years? The Celts called the festival ‘Samhain’, marking the  division of the year between the summer and winter . At Samhain, this  division allowed spirits to pass through from

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Florida group trip to Ireland

Brewin’ up a storm with Florida Southern College

Not many people can say they have experienced a hurricane on two different continents, in the same month, but our lovely group from Lakelands Florida had only just weathered Irma, and made it safely to Ireland, when Ophelia ignored all the hurricane rule books and made a bee line for

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specialist trips to Ireland

Fall-ing in love with Ireland

We just finished our ‘Fall in Love with Ireland’ Program.  We had a wonderful experience with our friends from Wisconsin and Michigan, who brought family, friends, husbands, wives, children, grandmothers and grandchildren on this enjoyable and informative tour of Ireland. A big thank you to Connie and Nancy, who put

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summer camp students in Ireland

Summer Camp rocks!

We are two weeks into our global scholars summer camp, and having a wonderful July, with students from USA, Germany, Italy, France, UK, Ireland, Morocco, Russia, Spain and Ireland. Tonight, we had our legendary talent show, and it surpassed all expectations, with wonderful performances by our many gifted visitors. We’ve

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Sea Sessions Trip 2018

Surf and Music Program

We can hardly speak, so full of shouting, singing, surfing, climbing and fun was our Surf & Music week! Our crazy crew from all over the USA were cool, fun, and the best of craic. Thanks to the Donegal Adventure Centre for a few great days of surfing, and to

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USA trip to Ballyshannon

Carolina on our minds!

What a great couple of weeks we’ve had here with our old friends from Craven Community College (and Knight, the panther mascot, of course), and our new friends from Central Piedmont Community College. GO North Carolina! A lot of fun was had on this trip, and some serendipity too; it

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