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PROGRAM COST*
$5,595 CDN
Program fee includes:
Round-trip airfare from Toronto
All Transfers via private coach
Accommodations
Breakfast and dinner daily (except Saturday dinners)
Program tuition
Supervision
Orientation tours of the cities you visit
Pre-departure briefing and material
MORE INFORMATION
on GALWAY, CORK and DUBLIN
GALWAY
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National
University of Ireland, Galway
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Galway, the top youth destination
in Ireland, we stay at Corrib Village Residence
and the National University of Ireland Galway.
Classes are held on campus at NUI Galway on the
banks of the River Corrib. We are ideally located
in the vibrant and exciting medieval city of Galway.
Explore the City of The Tribes, Spanish Arch,
Middle Street, Claddagh, Eyre Square, and watch
the sun on Galway Bay. Experience the street theatre,
culture and ambience of this fastest growing and
youngest city in Ireland during the The Galway
Film Fleadh, a six day international film event
held during July. This world famous Irish arts
festival has so much to offer from music to dance,
theatre and visual art - it's programs are truly
spectacular. Galway is the gateway to Connemara,
a Gealtacht (Irish speaking) area of Spiddal on
the north side of Galway Bay. We will all have
the opportunity to visit the spectacular Aran
Islands and visit Dun Angus heritage visitor center
overlooking the wind-swept Atlantic Ocean and
site of late Bronze Age settlements dating to
c.800 BC. What a way to start your visit to Ireland!
Beautifully situated on the
banks of the river Corrib, Corrib Village,
the student accommodation, is a complex of modern
apartments and bungalows grouped around pleasantly
landscaped court yards in a village setting. Designed
for both students and tourists alike, the accommodation
is of a higher standard than usually associated
with University accommodation.
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Corrib Village rooms |
Facilities at Corrib Village
include:
• 24-Hour Security
• Direct Dial Telephone in All Bedrooms
with Voice Mail Facility
• Broadband Internet Access available
• Fully Stocked Mini Market
• Fully Serviced Laundrette
• Floodlit Tennis Courts
CORK
Ireland's second city, Cork, is also one of its
premiere tourist attractions, it was Europe's
City of Culture in 2005 and has a brilliant music
and cultural scene. Cork has a reputation for
some of the best story tellers and talkers in
Ireland, we will have the opportunity to Kiss
the Blarney Stone to get the Gift of the Gab.
Students will be able to to experience Cork and
learn the art of conversation from the true locals
(those born within earshot of Shandon Bells) and
visit such sites as St Finbarres, The Market established
in 1788, Fota Island and Cork harbour which boasts
some of the best sailing in the word, as well
as some of its most spectacular scenery.
DeansHall Crosses Green
is situated in the most historically rich part
of Cork City,
the rooms are private (some doubles available)
and are arranged in three and five bedroom apartments.
DeansHall apartments are fully equipped with one
Deluxe En-suite Bedroom and two or four Standard
Bedrooms. There is one Shower Room/Toilet per
two Standard Bedrooms. The apartments are located
in a mature courtyard setting approximately eight
minutes walk to UCC main campus and three minutes
walk to Cork city centre. Meals are provided at
Proby's Bistro, which is on-site at DeansHall
and is recognized as on of the finest restaurants
in Cork.
DeansHall, Features include:
• Mercy Hospital, UCC, Maltings Complex
are nearby.
• Great Location to
explore Cork
• Walking distance
to UCC & city centre
• Caretaker
Service
• C.C.T.V. Security System
• Security Guard
• Proby's
Bistro
• Front Door Intercom
• Laundry Room
• Recycling
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DUBLIN
All Celtic programs are centred in Dublin, the
capital of Ireland which was founded by the Vikings
in the 9th Century. Students will have ample opprtunity
to explore this famous millenium city, steeped
in history and buzzing with youthful energy. Dublin
is at the same time Medieval, Georgian and thoughly
modern with a truly cosmopolital flavour. It has
been rated as one of the safest destinations in
Europe (based on a 2006 Insurance Industry study).
We spend our time between Dublin City University
and the University of Dublin - Trinity College.
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We are ideally located on the
main campus of Trinity College Dublin,
the oldest university in Ireland, founded by Queen
Elizabeth I. Trinity has a beautiful campus atmosphere
which belies its location in the urban centre
of a capital city. This is in large part due to
the compact design of the campus. The main buildings
look inwards and there are a small number of public
gates. The main campus is approximately 47 acres,
set in the geographical centre of Dublin. There
are cobbled squares, beautiful cricket pitches,
playing fields, stunning historic architecture
and state-of-the-art modern facilities; the accumulated
architectural riches of nearly three centuries.
Dublin offers a particularly congenial atmosphere
for students and it has in all respects the resources
of a capital city with a full and varied cultural
and intellectual life.
TCD in the city centre is steps
to Stephens Green, Grafton Street, and Temple
Bar. Dublin is the thriving centre of Ireland
's recent economic miracle and also the centre
for culture. It is home of a great literary tradition
- Shaw, Yeats, Becket, Joyce, Beckett are native
sons, as well as it being home to Ireland's music
phenomenon; from the Dubliners, The Chieftains,
Cranberries, and Thin Lizzie to U2.
Dublin has many attractions - from Kilmainham
Gaol (scene of the execution of Irish patriots
in 1916, and setting for may films including In
The Name of The Father), the word famous Abbey
Theatre,the Book of Kells located at Trinity,
Temple Bar, Croke Park (HQ of Gaelic games in
Ireland) and museums, too numerous to mention.
Dublin is also set in some of the most spectacular
settings of any capital city, on the Irish seacoast
of Dublin Bay, surrounded by Howth to the north
and Killiney and Dun Laoghaire to the south. There
will be plenty of opportunity to take the included
DART train excursions and view spectacular vistas
of Dublin from Howth, and Dun Laoghaire and Killiney
- Ireland's Riviera. Come and see my home town
of Dalkey, current abode of such Irish luminaries
as Maeve Binchy, Hugh Leonard, Chris De Burgh,
and Bono. Visit Dun Laoghaire and James Joyce's
Martello Tower, the setting for Ullysses, also
the home of George Bernard Shaw and our end of
course banquet at the National Yacht Club. We
are truly at home in Dublin and would like to
share this great city with you. Stephens Green,
Grafton Street, Temple Bar and the city centre.
There are busses outside the door of GCD, and
the Luas (tram) is up the road. Dublin is the
thriving centre of Ireland 's recent economic
miracle and also the centre for culture. It is
home of a great literary tradition - Shaw, Yeats,
Becket, Joyce, Beckett are native sons, as well
as it being home to Ireland's music phenomenon;
from the Dubliners, The Chieftains, Cranberries,
and Thin Lizzie to U2.
We will be staying at Goldsmith Hall
which is on is on main campus of TCD
located in the centre of Dublin and boasts:
• Modern safe and secure apartments on campus
• Single 5 bedroomed apartments (some doubles
available) shared private bathrooms
• Breakfast on campus
• Dinners in Temple Bar
• Located adjacent to DART
• Full and free desktop computer and internet
access at numerous locations throughout the campus
• Access to the new TCD Sports Hall, incl
swimming pool.
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