Ireland or I an gonna Die!

It's only 6 days until I leave for Ireland with my Celtic Literature class. It feels like time is just dragging by and May 25th will never come. I know it will, but I'm just am so excited to see Dublin, Belfast, and Sligo.

As a school group we have the literary pretense of learning on the 12 day trip, surely I will learn a lot about Irelands poets, writers, and literary artist, but most of the excitement stems from my desire to connect with the motherland for the first time in my life.

 My self perceived thoughts of myself have always had Irish feelings. My ethnic heritage is supposedly Scottish, English, German, and Irish. I wish to just forget the first three and focus solely on my Irish heritage, since that is how I think of my self more and ways. Even my last name, Rowan, sounds and feels so very Irish to me. It's a tree that grows in the United Kingdom and the surrounding European countries and is said to have magical properties.

 All I can say now is that I am SO EXCITED to GO TO IRELAND!!!!!

Thanks for reading my thoughts,
Harley Rowan

Please give me any comments or any suggestions on things I should see while in Belfast , Dublin, or  Sligo.