After a three-year break due to Covid, the program is Ireland-bound for an eight-day trip as of September 22, with 41 alumni and family members participating.
“We are so happy to
have this program, which has always been popular with our alums, up and running
again,” said
Jennifer Silva ’93, senior associate director with the Office of Alumni
Engagement, who is travelling with
the group.
Silva is joined
by Stonehill’s former director of Communications Martin McGovern who was born in
Ireland and previously served as the director of the College’s Semester in Irish Studies program.
A trip to Ireland launched
the Alumni Travel Program in 2007 and, on that visit, the late Richard B.
Finnegan, professor of political science, served as a guide on Irish history,
culture and politics to 48 alums.
The program returned
to Ireland in 2014
with 46 alums travelling and Professor Finnegan serving as the guide again. This
current tour represents the third time the program has visited Ireland.
After arriving in
Dublin, the group will travel to counties Tipperary, Cork,
Kerry, Clare, Galway, Mayo and will return to Boston from Dublin.
During that time, they
will explore historical and scenic sights such as the Rock of Cashel, the
Blarney Stone, the Cliffs of Moher, Bunratty Castle, Knock Shrine, and the
River Shannon.
The program has
previously toured Italy (twice), Greece, Spain, Iceland, Portugal, Scotland and
France. In addition, it has visited London and Paris, explored Central European
cities and cruised European rivers.
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