Classes
The Irish Life Experience includes 50 hours of classroom education in a relaxed environment. All classes are taught by certified teachers who focus on real world events and encourage student interaction.
- Gaelic Language - 10 Hours
Study basic Irish language, grammar, and vocabulary. You will also have the chance to hear it first hand throughout your journey, especially when you visit the Aran Islands where Gaelic is still their first language. - Irish History - 10 Hours
Learn how Ireland, its people, and historical culture was born and formed dating back to 2500 BC including: Pre-Celtic Ireland (c. 2500 BC) - Early Christian Ireland to the Vikings (c. 458-900) - The Normans and Ireland (c. 1200-1400) - Daniel O'Connell and Catholic Emancipation - The English and the Anglo Irish in Ireland - The Famine and Emigration (c. 1850) - From Rising to Independence (c. 1916-1922) - Irish American History - 10 Hours
Learn how the Irish originally helped American settlements and how it still affects American culture, with a focus on: Ulster Men and Women Emigrate to Colonies (c. 1750) - The Famine and Mass Emigration (c.1860-1900) - The Irish and the Towns (New York, Boston, Chicago) - "From Shanty to Lace Curtains" - The Irish Join the Middle Classes - The Irish Contributions to the US - Famous Irish Men and Women - Irish Studies - 10 Hours
Study of the currency, education, and geography of Ireland; The European Community, law, media, politics, social concerns, and economics. - Irish Literature - 10 Hours
Study of the Irish writers, poets, and playwrights including: Paul Durcan - Brian Friel - Seamus Heaney - James Joyce - Hugh Leonard - Frank O'Connor - Liam O'Flaherty - J.M. Synge - Oscar Wilde - W.B. Yeats - Dance - 5 Hours
Learn, participate, and enjoy traditional folk dances of Ireland. - Drama - 5 Hours
A study of contemporary Irish drama and interactive session of drama and movement to Irish poems and songs.
