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-34 posts tagged "Ireland"
Campus Ministry | Monday, April 8, 2019
March 17 is a day most people highlight on their calendar. It’s a day to celebrate a great saint, an honorable heritage, a beautiful country and, simply, a reason to turn anything and everything green. I’m Irish and only Irish, and green just so happens to be my favorite color, so you won’t hear me
Abigail Piper | Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Notre Dame International is giving students a chance to be their own “Galway Girl,” or “Galway Guy” if you prefer, with a new study abroad program in Galway City, Ireland. The first cohort of Fighting Irish, nine students in total, will be on the west coast of the Emerald Isle this coming fall. “You’re blazing
Molly Chen | Monday, March 26, 2018
“Song of Granite” (2017) tells the stirring life story of one of the 20th century’s greatest proponents of traditional Irish music —Seosamh Ó hÉanaí, known locally as Joe Éinniú or Joe Heaney. The film was shown at the Browning Cinema on Thursday, March 22. The event was sponsored by the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies.
Colleen Zewe | Friday, September 1, 2017
This fall marks the 40th anniversary of the Maynooth, Ireland, program at Saint Mary’s, making it the longest-running study abroad program at the College, Karen Chambers, associate professor of psychology and faculty coordinator of the Ireland program said. A week-long celebration of the program’s anniversary is planned in Ireland, Chambers said, including a visit from College President
Kelli Smith | Wednesday, August 30, 2017
This past summer, some students set their sights beyond the United States. Some turned to China, Israel or the United Kingdom. Others looked to Russia, Ireland or South Africa. A handful focused on France, Brazil or Italy. Despite the diverse range of locations, they all had something in common: all were part of Notre Dame International’s (NDI)
Jack Rooney | Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Alright, this one snuck up on me. Last year around this time, I sat down to compose what I thought then would be my last piece for The Observer. I took nearly a month to craft my commencement column, my farewell to a school that became home and a newspaper that became family. I wrote
Jack Rooney | Wednesday, April 12, 2017
It’s always pizza. Well, it’s people, too, but also always pizza. A few months ago, one of the students studying in Dublin asked me what I missed most about home after being in Ireland for six months. The answer was easy. Now, in less than a week, I will return to the the United States
Jack Rooney | Wednesday, March 29, 2017
I spent much of last weekend talking with family and friends, which is a normal enough way to spend some free time, except that none of them were actually in the same room as me. Some, like my mom and girlfriend, I hadn’t talked to for a few days. Others, like some friends from school,
Jack Rooney | Wednesday, March 8, 2017
My name is John Clarke Rooney. That’s just about the simplest, most important thing I can say about myself. I was named after my dad, John Flynn Rooney. Flynn was his mother’s maiden name. Clarke is my mom’s maiden name. To avoid confusion in the house, I became Jack. Still, I like to say that
Marie Fazio | Thursday, February 23, 2017
Novelist Michael Collins, member of the Notre Dame class of 1987, read excerpts from his most recent novel, “The Death of All Things Seen,” on Wednesday in the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore. As an undergraduate, Collins was a varsity track athlete at Notre Dame on scholarship from Limerick, Ireland, majoring in English and business. “I came as