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Ahead of Belfast…
Today we had a guest lecture from Dr. Niall Gilmartin from Ulster University. The lecture was in preparation for our trip to Belfast in Northern Ireland tomorrow. Dr. Gilmartin lectured us…
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Guest Lecture
Today, we had another guest lecture from Dr. Niall GIlmartin from Ulser University, who spoke about the Troubles and conflict in general in Ireland and how bits of it related…
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Parliament and Martina Devlin
Irish politics are rather silly based upon the presentation from Sean, our CEA contact. Besides their convoluted nature, however, I will say I rather like some of the reasoning behind…
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Learning about the Troubles with Niall Gilmartin
By this point in the trip, my need to be up super duper early in the morning and do a million things has settled a little bit, so this day…
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Day Eleven: Guest Lecture
On my eleventh day in Dublin I attended a guest lecture given by Professor Niall Gilmartin of Ulster University. His lecture was about the Troubles and how media played a…
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Headlines, Binaries, and Broadcast Bans: Media, Conflict, and Northern Ireland
This morning, before our scheduled lecture, I went on a peaceful “Mary walk”—a ritual I've started, named after the statue of Mary I pass each time. I ended up in…
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The Weight of Words: From Print to Performance
Guest Lecture We began the day with a thought-provoking guest lecture on Irish identity, media, and the evolving landscape of culture in Ireland. The speaker touched on everything from newspaper…
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Me? In a Government Building?
May 20: Irish Parliament Tour and Guest Lecture Today was the day we got to see the parliament building. I did not exactly know what that meant, since I do…
Posted inDay Sixteen Guest Lecture Ireland Parliament
A Visit to the Dáil and a Lecture with Martina Devlin
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 The class standing in front of Leinster House while on our visit to the Irish Parliament Today we took advantage of the fact that our trip…
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Tattoos, The Troubles… and more Tattoos!
Friday, May 16, 2025 Today saw the first day in a while that I slept in and didn't run around first thing. It was pleasant to get a more leisurely…