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Sessions: November 5 at 4:00 in Ross 412
November 18 at 4:00
in Ross 412
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Accommodation in shared rooms at Comhaltas in Monkstown, Dublin, plus Continental breakfast
Dublin bus/rail pass
Writing Workshop with an Irish writer in Dublin
Entrance fees for site visits, including Joyce Museum, Irish Writers' Museum, the Joyce Centre,
Newgrange, Hill of Tara, Lisadell House, Drumcliffe, Thoor Ballylee, Coole Park, Dublin Literary Pub
Crawl, theatre performances at the Gate and Abbey Theatres
Use of private coach for travel to Sligo and Clare--and to Limerick for the beginning of free time
Bed and breakfast accommodation in shared rooms in Sligo and Doolin
Ferries to and from Inisheer, one of the Aran Islands
Shared Apartments in Dingle Bicycle hire
Use of private coach for transfers to and from airports
WHERE WILL I STAY?
This three-week course spends its first week in Dublin, where students will stay in a bed and breakfast run by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, an organization devoted to promoting traditional Irish music and culture. See: www.comhaltas.com
Next the class travels into County Clare, to see the Cliffs of Moher and to visit one of the Aran Islands. We will spend two nights at the hostel in Doolin, a center of traditional Irish music. See: : www.doolinireland.net
After four days of free time for students to explore Ireland on their own, the class will reconvene in Dingle, where we will stay in full-service town houses, for a week of reading, writing, and discussion, plus many opportunities to prowl the Dingle Peninsula. See: www.dingle-region.com
What's not included?
ISU summer tuition and fees
U.S. passport, airfare and spending money
Meals other than breakfasts in the bed and breakfast houses. Our accommodations in Dublin and Dingle will have kitchen facilities
The cost of the four free days: lodging, food, transportation, etc.
Where does the program take place? This course is broadly based in the Republic of Ireland. Since joining the European Union, the Irish economy has taken off, leading some to call Ireland "the Celtic Tiger." While Ireland now has all energy and diversity of other European countries, it retains its distinctive cultural identity. Students will have many opportunities to explore on their own. Dublin has many fine museums, interesting historical sites, restaurants, pubs, and array of fine stores. Students can visit Trinity College to see the Book of Kells or tour the Guinness brewery. As the class moves around Ireland--from Dublin to Sligo to Clare to Dingle--students will see the remarkable geographic and cultural variety of this small island country. During free time students might head to Cork to kiss the Blarney stone, or head to Galway for pleasures of a buzzing resurgent European city. The Dingle peninsula is home to Ireland's highest mountain, Mount Brandon (or the Irish, liabh Bhreandáin or Cnoc Bréanainn), many ancient sites, and miles of stunning coastline. Dingle town's most famous resident is Funghi the dolphin, always ready to leap beside boats in Dingle Bay.
Who Is Eligible? Undergraduate and graduate students from all majors and colleges are welcome in this course. Although this course has as its central focus writing and reading, special preparation is not required. There are no prerequisites, other than an interest in discovering the cultural riches of Ireland and a willingness to explore the experience of Ireland through writing and Irish literature.
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