by Kate Mullins | Oct 26, 2016 | Gap Year, Lessons, Surfing, Uncategorised, Volunteering, Wild Atlantic Way
As part of the Irish Gap Year Adventure and Leadership course our Gappers volunteer with many local charities and community groups. Over the past number of weeks they have been volunteering with Liquid Therapy who are an awesome charity who bring young people facing...
by Kate Mullins | Oct 7, 2016 | Gap Year, Organic Farm]
Fun, Foraging, Gin Cocktails & a Sing Song… just another day in the Irish Gap Year House. Whitehill Eco Farm treated our Gappers to an awesome day out foraging for wild berries. Sloes, Blackberries, Rosehips and Haws were just a few of the wild berries that...
by Kate Mullins | Oct 4, 2016 | Absentee Ballot, Gap Year, Uncategorised
Here are three simple steps to exercise your civic duty and vote using an absentee ballot in the forthcoming presidential election. Whilst it is fast approaching November 8th, it may sneak up on you a little faster if you’re off enjoying yourself abroad. The...
by Kate Mullins | Oct 4, 2016 | Galway, Gap Year, Wild Atlantic Way
The Irish Gap Year “Gappers” took a trip to the beautiful city of Galway, on the Wild Atlantic Way, this weekend to check out the quirky cobbled streets, the live music on every corner, the electric atmosphere and one of Ireland’s oldest Universities, NUI Galway. It...
by Kate Mullins | Sep 26, 2016 | Eco Farm, Gap Year, Organic Farm], Volunteering
Hi! My name’s Katherine Lazar and I’m from San Francisco, California. Last Tuesday we kicked off the volunteering portion of our Irish Gap Year Program trip with a day spent at Whitehill Eco Farm. The group of Irish Gap Year students cleared last...