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Build your Irish Community with our Spring 2026 Co-curricular Programme!

The co-curricular programmes at Arcadia Ireland are all about community – connecting you with the Arcadia network of students studying across Ireland, while also introducing you to the many facets of community life on the island. Urban and rural; ancient…
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Abby Duncan
Irish Programmes Officer

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Summer is coming!!!!

Summer 2023 Co-Curricular Events We are so happy to be at this stage of the year once again!  The mornings are bright and the evenings are long, the trees are in full bloom, grass is greener than ever in Ireland. This can only mean one thing, Summer…

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Holidays

Easter is coming!

It’s coming to the end of Lent so that means one thing- Easter Eggs. The shops are packed full of chocolate delights and everyone is preparing to stock up for a much needed binge. The Easter tradition is strong in Ireland so I thought I’d tell you a bit…

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Student Life

Wellness Wednesday: Study Abroad builds Resiliency

We have heard so much about how traveling and experiencing new cultures changes perspectives and broadens horizons, but these experiences also make one more socially durable and confident.  Planning a trip, navigating airports and hectic city streets…

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Wellness Wednesday: Help with Homesickness

This week I'm going to share an article written by one of the students who studied in Spain back in 2019. She talks about a "new kind of homesickness" which she goes on to call "culture-sickness". To quote the student she says  "I feel culture-sick.…

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Fifty Shades of Green- Sustainable Costume Design!

One of my fondest teenage memories is when I shaved my hair and pierced my nose! I was sixteen years old and I wanted to reinvent myself into something “different”. My inspiration was Sinead O’Connor (my idol) and it was during a Late Late show moment…

Gráinne Hand

Ireland and Black History Month

Before February draws to a close, I wanted to share some of my thoughts about Black History Month and its significance in contemporary Ireland. In Ireland, our observance of Black History Month and our relationship to and understanding of the concept…

Stanley Van der Ziel

Imbolc and Saint Brigid

Many of us have been feeling the January blues these last few weeks. In the darkest, coldest time of the year, with the light and warmth and conviviality of the Christmas season behind us for another twelve months and springtime nowhere in sight, many…

Stanley Van der Ziel

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