Exploring Ireland Through History and Art
This collaborative history/art course offers students an immersive experience in Ireland, blending creative expression with cultural exploration. Students will learn digital photography and capture images across Ireland to accompany personal chapters in a class-produced, self-published book.
Together, we鈥檒l engage in lectures, hands-on projects, and on-the-ground discovery鈥攆rom the music of Dublin and the sea air of Galway to the ancient light of Newgrange and stained glass of St. Patrick鈥檚 Cathedral. Students will feel the mist in the hills, touch castle ruins, taste Irish stew, and gaze from the Cliffs of Moher.
快播视频 to all college-eligible students, the course celebrates diverse perspectives and emphasizes learning through all five senses.
Dates
- Registration: In the preceding spring.
- Coursework: Fall 2025 (late start, 10-week session)
- ART 212 - Digital Photography
satisfies SUNY Gen Ed. The Arts - HSTY/POSC 230 - History of Ireland
- ART 212 - Digital Photography
- Trip: January 2-14, 2026
Requirements
- 快播视频 to all disciplines
- Language Requirements: None
- Pre-Requisites: Art 212 has a Pre-Req ART 117; prior completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, ENGL100 that can be waived after discussion with Prof. Keith Millman.
- GPA Requirements: None
- Travel Fee: $3200
- Fee includes airfare, in-country transportation, lodging, and entrance fees. Meals include breakfasts and dinners.
- Fee does not include passport fees, any vaccinations needed, personal spending money, tuition (included in fall course load), and any applicable baggage handling fees imposed by the airline or entry/exit fees.
What to expect in Ireland
Varied environment, such as鈥
- Dublin 鈥 city
- Carlingford, Galway 鈥 more town-like
- Sligo - Rural
- We walk a lot on cobblestones, and in rural settings
- We are outdoors often
- It rains often but is 40 degrees or warmer
- Lots of rainbows
- Students with significant mobility issues will struggle
- We move as a group so group dynamics are important for collaboration, friendship and safety
- Students share rooms
- Most of the trip is in rural, lower density places.
How LGBTQ+ friendly is Ireland?
Very friendly and accepting of every kind of person we have had on all our trips including race, age, weight and identity.
How is the experience for students with mobility or learning issues?
- Learning issues may be accommodated after assessment from our interview.
- Mobility issues will make it very difficult for students because so much of seeing Ireland involves walking, sometimes miles a day and many Irish buildings do not meet standard ADA compliance requirements.
Faculty Trip Leaders
Keith Millman
Professor of Art
Email Keith: millmak@tc3.edu
John Sheehan
Adjunct Professor of History and Anthropology
Email John: sheehaj@tc3.edu
Both Professors have led this study abroad trip many times! Keith has led four times and John eleven times. Both professors are active in their fields and are published including coauthoring the book, 鈥淭he Immortal Imagination: The 22nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment in War and Peace鈥 Published by M.T. Publishing Inc., 2016.
Dr. Sheehan鈥檚 first book entitled 鈥淭he Cultural Roots of European Imperialism鈥 highlights the hegemonic relationship of Britain and Ireland
Professor Millman exhibits his Art regularly and his two most recent projects include:
鈥淚 Came from Out of the Blue鈥, Self鈥損ublished book. Inadvertent poignancy and poetry from dementia. (2022).
鈥淎drift鈥, Self鈥損ublished book. Impossible Adirondack waterscapes taken from a solo canoe. (2024).