The Irish Emigration Museum was on our list to visit, and I am glad we got to cross it off today! Each room within the museum was filled with interactive technology that told us a little bit more about Ireland. Some of my personal favorites were the music & dance room, whispering library, and connection…
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Emigration or Immigration?
Today we visited the Irish Emigration museum, also known as the EPIC museum in the docklands of Dublin. I was a little confused at first because I was not sure why a museum would be created in honor of people LEAVING Ireland, however after walking through the museum and stamping all of my passport stamps…
Today we went to the EPIC museum in the Dublin Docklands area. The EPIC Museum is a state-of-the-art museum that tells the story of the Irish dispersion, which is the global migration of Irish people and their descendants. The museum is divided into multiple galleries all with different topics designed to showcase aspects of Irish…
EPIC Day!
Hi everyone, It was another great day. Today we had one activity planned and it was EPIC!! We went back to the Docklands but instead of meeting Dr. Kelly we visited Epic The Irish Emigration Museum. I really enjoyed this museum, it was a very interactive experience so all ages could enjoy it. At the…
5/13/2023
Today we visited Kilkenny and rural East Ireland. The first stop was at the Kilkenny Castle and surronding historical town. Upon arrival, I was very excited to see that there were entrepreneurial street pop ups. There were tents selling jewlery, food, and art. I contributed to one of these entrepreneurs by purchasing a hand-made juice…
Today was EPIC
Today we got to visit the EPIC Irish Emigration Museum. This museum was different than any other one I have been to because it is fully digital and interactive. The way it is set up with a theme for each room and a paper passport to stamp in each room is engaging as well. This…
Going Back To The Roots
This morning’s adventure was to the EPIC Irish Immigration Museum. It is a very unique museum that’s so jam packed with new information on the inside that it would take a day or two just to read through everything and to learn everything that was inside of them. The EPIC museum was a self-guided format,…
EPIC
This morning, we visited the EPIC museum located near the docklands. This was a very unique museum that I have never experienced before. We get a passport that we have to get stamps on from each location on it. It was fun going around and collecting all the stamps after seeing what each section had…
An “EPIC” Adventure
EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum is an interactive museum that walks through Irish history and culture and important figures that came from Ireland. Going through the museum, I found myself particularly engaged in the art/music sections. I’ve never been much of a history person, so sometimes reading through the countless paragraphs on geography, dates and…
Immigration Experience
This morning we visited the EPIC museum, and I enjoyed it overall. This was expected because I’m kind of a history nerd. I feel like with all the information we learned about Ireland in the past week, much of the material covered in the museum we had already talked about, just in less depth. For…
An EPIC day
After a week filled with all different kinds of activities, today was supposed to be a free day where we get to choose whatever we want to do. To my surprise, we were informed a day prior that our program managers Phil and Meade had purchased tickets for our group to venture out to EPIC,…
The EPIC Museum!
Today was a free day in which we got to go to the EPIC museum. This was a very interesting museum that focused on the emigration of Irish people. It included information on why they emigrated, what they did, and where they ended up. During the museum, you received a “passport” which allowed you to…
Rural living > City
Today, we had a change in scenery when we took a day trip to Kilkenny, Wicklow, and a sheep farm. It was probably my favorite day out of all them. However, the bus started out rough, but I fell asleep and felt like a new person. Our first stop was Kilkenny and we went to…
A Day in the Life of a Sheep Farmer
This Saturday we spent a good amount of time on a bus, but we got to see so many new places and learned so much about rural Ireland. On the drive there it looked like everything I expected out of a movie. There were rolling hills and beautiful landscapes. Our first stop was at a…
Baby Lambs and Stunning Views!
Hello everyone, today was another great day here in Ireland. We had a really early wake up call this morning so we could make it to our tour bus for the day. We made it to the tour bus at around 8am. The tour bus took us to 3 different places. First we went to…
Just Sheepin’ Around: Irish Tourism!
Today was by far my favorite day of the trip. While I have loved every minute of the trip so far, there is truly something magical about rural Ireland. Today we went on a two hour bus tour, stopping in Kilkenny and then we headed to the gorgeous Wicklow mountains to visit a working sheep…
Exploring Outside of Dublin!
Today was such a fun day! We visited multiple sites, including Kilkenny, Wicklow, and a sheep farm! While each place was distinct and fun, I am able to reflect back on my views of Ireland as a whole, and how they have changed from this one trip. This past week, we have only been in…
To the Countryside We Go
As a part of our first day trip, we went to Kilkenny and Glendalough, two small towns just an hour or so outside of Dublin. It was rough to wake up at 6:30am in the morning, especially being exhausted by the ten or so miles I walk each day, but the sights that we saw…
Venturing the Outskirts of Dublin
All day tours are an interesting dynamic. On one hand, you hate waking up early, but on the other you feel a sense of amazing accomplishment when you finish the day. Rural Dublin is picturesque and slow. City Dublin is just as picturesque but has an air of rush to it, and that makes you…