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Ireland looks to attract even more study abroad students

Choose Ireland for education was the message delivered during the recent International Education Week in New York City. A large crowd turned out to celebrate and promote the education links between Ireland and the United States at an event last Thursday evening hosted by the Education in Ireland group and the Irish Consulate.

According to Education in Ireland, the country has witnessed a 70 percent increase in American students studying in Ireland in the last seven years, making it a lucrative enterprise. More than 7,000 American students chose Ireland as their study abroad destination last year alone.

“Ireland has a history of excellence in the liberal arts,” said Michelle Dervan, U.S. manager for Education in Ireland.

“What makes us really unusual is that you have that history on one hand, and on the other we’re this emerging hub for technology and global companies and there are not many other countries that can offer that mix.”

Guests at the event heard from American students who shared their personal stories of studying in Ireland.

Anthony MacKenzie, a 16-year-old senior at Frederick Douglass High School in New York, told the gathered crowd about his time studying in the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM).

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