Word: irishness
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...Tomás Ó Cathasaigh is a world figure in his field,” says Colloquium presenter Marion Deane of the University of Ulster, in reference to Harvard’s Shattuck professor of Irish studies. “The fact that he is here stimulated me to come here...
Celtic studies is an interdisciplinary field which includes the study of the six existing Celtic languages—Cornish, Manx, Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh—along with the traditional and modern literature, mythology, history, law, folklore and religious tradition of the Celtic countries...
...large inspirations behind my choice of Ireland was the poetic and literary tradition; another was the mythology. I keep Yeats; The Poems next to my pillow and have a Field Guide to Irish Faeries on my shelf. This does not make much sense to most of my fellow Americans abroad—all hardworking, motivated students—who came here for the Guinness and to reconnect with their Irish roots...
...learned more fun and frivolous lessons here as well. I’ve learned that Irish men seem sexy until they get on the dance floor (keep them chatting at the bar, ladies, you don’t want to see them bust a move). It’s OK to go to the campus pub in between your 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. classes. To de-frizz my hair, “you’d best go back to New York” (that comes from the wise woman at the local hair salon). Irish youth prefer Budweiser...
...heard the gorgeous sound of travel stories being exchanged in various accents—“We’ve just been in London,” “We’re heading to Amsterdam,” “Have you seen the Irish countryside?” It made me want to keep travelling forever...