School+of+Irish+Studies

State University of NY, College at Cortland sponsored a study abroad semester at the **School of Irish Studies** in Dublin Ireland which I had the good fortune to attend. Classes were held in a lovely Georgian building at 34 Harcourt Street just up the block from St. Stephens Green, Grafton Street and Trinity College. Our professors were scholars from Trinity College as well as University College Dublin and my English professor was a famous Irish poet, Evan Boland! I also took classes in Irish History, Political Science and Archaeology. These courses were taught to a far greater depth than anything I had experienced in New York. At that time (1970s) the Irish university experience was less broad in scope than typical American liberal arts colleges but far deeper in specific disciplines. Visits to Trinity's library as well as archaeological digs in different parts of the country were definitely the educational highlights. //~Patricia Hallinan Canini//