July 13th– Dublin & Halfin’. Welcome to Dublin! What experience stands out the most? How is Dublin similar or different from Belfast? I spent a few days in Dublin prior to meeting my iEi group; I adored the city. Dublin has a bustling, cosmopolitan energy. It encourages a consumer-centric lifestyle and is, unfortunately, a hotspot […]
Dublin and Belfast are like night and day. That’s a horrible cliché, but it’s fine. Earlier in my travels I compared Belfast to the calm after the storm, but in Dublin there was never a storm. It’s always sunny all the time. Anyone who came with me to the meeting at Storyful is going to […]
“Authentic Irish breakfast, only €7!” “National Leprechaun museum, 700 meters!” “Viking Splash Tours: Helmets Included!” These are my first impressions of Dublin. I’ve been chronicling my first impressions of Northern Ireland for the past two weeks, and the dominant emotion has been one difficult to put into words. The unnerving juxtaposition of rolling green fields, […]
Now that I’m done pontificating for the moment about the deeper truths of the universe, why not recollect the positively silly hijinks of a bunch of Americans let loose in the most cosmopolitan, tourist-ready municipality on the whole Irish island? On both nights, drink ran gratuitously, songs were sang (beautifully, of course), dancing, frivolity, whatnot […]
I’ve been told by poetry instructors, when writing about a specific term, to write the term over and over and over again until you’ve distilled all of the riding luggage the word carries from the true meaning and sensation of the term. I’ve been prompted to write about the true truth of Faith Healer, a […]
Who is telling the truth in Brian Friel’s Faith Healer? Everyone, and no one at the same time. Judging the truth of the three characters’ stories and anecdotes is nearly impossible, as they all relate the same set of events from different vantage points and present different sets of facts. Perhaps a better question regarding […]
The journalism students are required to keep their own, separate blogs. By my logic, keeping my own blog and then summarizing those thoughts less completely and carefully for the group blog seems like a pointless task. I have been recording my extreme and highly informative experiences in as vivid detail as I please on this account […]
“Gardaí have begun a criminal investigation into the discovery of the bodies of two brothers in their late 60s. The remains of the men were discovered at their house on New Antrim Street, Castlebar, Co Mayo, at 7am. One of the bodies was found inside the house and the other outside the property . . […]
For real? What I’ve noticed around here is that large Irish newspapers enjoy writing about ALL of the news instead of writing about the really important stuff. But sure, earless men are worth the front page of the website. *reads article* This article was so not worth the front page! It doesn’t list the names, […]
I was tasked with paging through a Northern Ireland newspaper and commenting on an article within with my American sentimentalities. Fortunately, as would be the case, I frequently flout the prompts that we’re given to write about something I want to write about. I wanted to talk about what struck me when flipping through the […]
