by Kate Mullins | Apr 21, 2022 | Adventure & Leadership, Adventure Camping, Gap Year, Hiking, Ireland, Leadership Skills, Student Trip
Lately we have been living the life in beautiful Bundoran, in our lovely Portbeg homes. Today we even got a visit from from the best Easter Bunny ever! As we are writing this, it is Easter Sunday. Some of our group members are off to a nice dinner, while others are...
by Kate Mullins | Nov 8, 2021 | Arts and Culture, Bundrowes House, Ireland, Student Trip
Hi everyone! We are working on portraits with Michael currently, and he is a wonderful teacher. He really shows you how to look at objects and people as information, and always encourages you to be bold with the charcoal. Working with Ken is always super hands on and...
by Kate Mullins | Nov 8, 2021 | Arts and Culture, Bundrowes House, Dublin, Gap Year, Ireland, Student Trip
Hi everyone! Week 5 here in Ireland was spent in Galway. It was nice to be able to explore the city with some free time, there are so many cool and unique stores to explore. We visited some cafes, bookstores, and thrift shops. The next day we were headed to the Aran...
by Kate Mullins | Nov 8, 2021 | Arts and Culture, Gap Year, Ireland, Student Trip
Hi everybody! This week we headed on a trip to Moville in North Donegal, and Derry in Northern Ireland. We stayed in the cutest little hostel, like straight out of a fairytale. We were led on a walking tour of Derry’s street art and were also given the history...
by Kate Mullins | Sep 28, 2021 | Arts and Culture, Bundrowes House, Gap Year, Hiking, Ireland, Surfing
Hi! My name is Addie and I’m from Connecticut, USA. I’m currently doing the Arts and Culture Gap Year program with Irish Gap Year. It’s been almost a week since we’ve been here and every minute has been absolutely amazing. I’ve already...
by Kate Mullins | Aug 9, 2021 | Adventure & Leadership, Ireland, Student Trip, Wild Atlantic Way
We started off our last week by exploring the castles of Lough Erne (Monea and Tully)! We learned about their history and were able to climb around and explore one of them. In the afternoon, we continued on to Cavan Burren Forest Park, where we saw megalithic tombs,...
