Felipe, Brazil

Felipe, Brazil

I had my first contact with Maynooth University in 2013, when I started an English course with the language centre. I stayed on for another year studying biotechnology and returned to the University in 2016 ...

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Thinking Back on My Time at Maynooth So Far

I have become fairly familiar with airports. When I leave home destined for Dublin, I look forward to the freedom I have in Ireland to live my life completely independently. I get to decide what ...

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A Day in the Life of an International Undergrad Student

The question I get asked most often from both Irish and American friends is how my daily life is different in Ireland compared to the United States. A typical day for me living in Ireland ...

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A tale of beginnings and endings

I've now gone through the leaving-someplace-I-love process more times than I'd care to remember. And let me tell you – it never gets easier, at least for me. This time around it was even harder ...

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A month of Irish Summer

It wasn’t the whole month of May, only a last couple of weeks and the first part of June, but we experienced the Irish Summer in its full and undimmed glory! There was sunshine, blue ...

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Tess, Iowa, USA

I originally wanted to get my degree abroad because I wanted to travel and experience a new culture. Ireland has definitely done that. I've gotten to travel to Cliffs of Moher and Galway and explore ...

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