The Final Week Begins...

I can't believe it was my last monday here in Rathmines... in my box cozy apartment... going to the IES center... walking by Bretzel Bakery (and smelling what I imagine heaven smells like)... its surreal and sad... but whether or not I like it, it's happening. I know I will be here another week with my parents in the Western part of Ireland, but the end of this week will mark the end of a life changing expereince. Luckily (or not so luckily) I have a ton of work to do this week to help distract me from the end of the week.... 
With that said.... 


Today in History of Ireland we were watching a movie and whose name should pop up in the subtitles but Eamonn Duggan... that's right. Duggan. Turns out my distant relative was an Irish Nationalist, a member of Sinn Fein, fought in the 1916 Easter Rising, and was the Director of Intelligence for the IRA. Now if you were like me 6 weeks ago, you will read this and think.... ummm what? 
To be brief, ol' Eamonn was a participant in one of the most important events in Irish history, signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty making the Republic of Ireland a free state...and I'm just going to go out on a limb and say he must have been the craic. 

Eamonn is the second man to the left in the front row... looking somewhere else.... Leave it to a Duggan to be doing something goofy in a picture. 

Something else thats pretty cool, the man he's standing next to is Arthur Griffith, the founder of Sinn Fein...he was a pretty big deal. In fact he is going to be on the test that I have tomorrow... 

Looks like I better hit the books! 

Until Tomorrow... 

Cheers, 

   Becca :)