Welcome to my page. This page is about my trip to Ireland. I went to Ireland with my college as part of an interim class. We first prepared for the trip by doing research. We then went to three classes to prepare. We were studying the women in politics in Ireland. We researched many topics which we would later be visiting in Ireland. My topic was the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition. On January 7th we left for Ireland. We spent 15 days traveling the country side meeting important people as we went. First we boarded a plane for Boston where we sat for four hours until our plane left for Shannon Ireland. We had a quick stop in Shannon before taking off again for Dublin Ireland. Once in Dublin we were all exhausted, but it was 8 am in Ireland so we had to go through the whole day. We were met by our bus driver, Tommy O'Riley, who gave us a memorable trip across Ireland. We stayed in Dublin for a few nights before boarding the bus and heading to Newry in the north. We were in Newry for a few nights and then headed to Belfast for two nights, and then on to Enniskillen for a night. Then proceeded back to the Republic stopping in Galway for three nights and Bunratty Castle for one. We then were back at Shannon on January 22nd where we left the country for the States.

PLACES WE VISITED (PEOPLE WE MET)

Dublin--

Institution of Public Administration (Mr. Michael Mulreany)

Dail (Parliament) (TDs Monica Barnes and Francis Fitzgerald)

WITS meeting (Bank Of Ireland) (Ms. Helen Hughes)

University College Dublin (Dr. Albhe Smith)

Trinity College (Dr. Marianne Valiulis, Women Studies)

Belfast--

Linen Hall Library (Dr. Maurna Crozier)

Stormont (Parliament) (Ms. Monica McWilliams and Minister Martin McGuiness)

Queen's University (Dr. Myrtle Hill)

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (Ms. Paddy Sloan)

Permanent Secretary of Culture, Leisure & Arts (Aideen McGinley)

Enniskillen--

Women Organizers: Fermanagh Women's Center (Ms. Fidelma Carolan, and other women)

Galway--

National University of Galway (Ms. Ann Lyons and Ms. Vivvien Batt)

Senator Margaret Cox

City Tour of Dublin--CIE Tours, Abbey Theatre--(we saw Tartuff), Glendalough and Wicklow Mountains--CIE Tours, Boyne Valley and Newgrange--CIE Tours, Belfast City Tour--CIE Tours, Enniskillen Castle & Museum, Galway City Tour--CIe Tours, Bunratty Castle (although I did not go through the castle).

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE TRIP

Looking out the window of the airplane.

Pretty country side of Ireland.

Bunratty Castle

Allie and Ashley

Our Chaprones

Our bus on the last day

Christie and Jenny

Mary, DeAnna,and Crystal

A church in Belfast

Cliffs of Moher

A celtic cross

Enniskillen Castle

Out the back door of our hotel in Enniskillen

An exit sign in Ireland

Glendalaugh

Glendalaugh

Grafiti in Belfast

Grafiti in Belfast

A light house

Me in the driver's seat

A self portrait of me

Ashley and Me

Jenny and Tommy (the bus driver) and Me

Three Monastic Settlements

Newgrange

Senators of the Republic of Ireland

A tower--it is part of one of the monastic settlements