Just five days until a life-long dream comes true for me. It's not often many of us can say that, and while touching down on the Dublin airstrip may be ordinary for some, I'm going to cherish that moment I see the Emerald Isle rise to greet me. Thanks to St.Thomas University in Fredericton, my great Irish Studies profs there, and the ICUF (Ireland Canada University Foundation), I receieved a scholarship to study Irish Gaelic for 4 weeks in a small village in the Connemara area of Ireland, about an hour west of Galway city. I completely freaked out when they told me I would be going to Carraroe (or An Cheathrú Rua in Irish) and living with a host family there while I attend classes and cultural activities during the program. I'm especially excited for
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