Skip to main content

Tuesday, June 18th, 2024

Week Three Blog

Sheep, cows, horses, and pigs! This week I got to interact with several adorable animals, see beautiful nature, learn about history, enjoy nightlife, and go on three boats! This week was wonderful, because I drank a Galway Girl cocktail, ran 32 miles, and held a lamb! The highlight of the week was our trip to the West Coast. First we saw the Cliffs of Moher. They are on the west coast, facing toward the Aran Islands. They are nine miles long and 700 feet high, at the highest point. The waves of the ocean slowly erode the shape and reveal […]

Continue reading Week Three Blog »

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024

Week Two Blog

Week two was full of rolling hills, Murphy’s ice cream, and 28 miles of running! This week we explored Glengalough, Kilkenny Castle, and the Natural History Museum of Ireland. In the sixth century, Glendalough was founded as a small settlement between two lakes, Lower Lake and the Upper Lake. The architecture from this small village includes a Gateway, the Round Tower, the Priests’ House, The Deer Stone, St. Kevin’s Cell, St. Kevin’s Bed, The “Caher”, and several churches. This small village several places of worship and other buildings to accommodate daily life (workshops, an infirmary, and farm buildings). This settlement […]

Continue reading Week Two Blog »

Wednesday, June 5th, 2024

Week One Blog

My name is Clara Eikeboom and I am interning at Her Sport, where I will be working on marketing, communications, and content creation. As soon as I landed in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday morning, I began noticing new cultural norms around me. The streets and road signs are labeled in English and Irish (Gaelic). Also, the cars drive on the left side of the road, which felt disorienting at first. When I arrived at my apartment in University College of Dublin, I noticed more differences between Europe and America. The shower floor is the bathroom floor and the toilet barely […]

Continue reading Week One Blog »