Today marked the first day of class in Ireland. Boo. Just kidding it wasn't so bad. Today most of us had 2 classes, Irish History and Contemporary Irish Catholicism which were three hours long each. Both classes seem like they will be interesting and our professor for Irish Catholicism seems like a very fun lady to say the least. I am excited to see what classes tomorrow bring, we all have our required senior seminar class at 9 and then I have Gaelic Archaeology and Culture from 11 until 2.
Yesterday we went on a short day trip to W.B. Yeats' house and Coole Park where he went to get inspiration and write at the residence of his good friend, the Lady Gregory. Yeats' house was very interesting even though it was closed and we couldn't go inside. He bought the house because it merged the royalty of a castle with the meagerness of a cottage. The house itself was a classic Norman tower with an attached cottage, I forgot my camera but it was really cool, take my word for it!
After seeing his house, we went to Coole park which used to be the estate of the Gregory family. Coole park was amazing, it was a very beautiful wooded area with lots of exotic trees and a very beautiful lake. The professor for the literature class guided us through the two spots and said that we had only touched the surface of Coole park, so I think it would be very cool to go back and check it out again sometime.
After our adventures in Coole park we made a stop at the grocery store to stock up on food and drink and it was definitely worth it because tonight our cottage mate Pat cooked up some amazing soup that has put the 5 of us in a food induced coma. It was absolutly delicious and we are trying to make our way down to the beach shortly but we are struggling.
Anyway, like I said I believe we off to the rocks to watch the sun go down, relax, and wear off some food. I added some more pictures to the album, "Ireland, First Impressions", so check them out and enjoy!
I hope all is well at home and school is going well for those of you in classes!
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