Explore Irish Culture

Irish culture at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Aquinas College loves Irish culture! We’ve embraced Irish culture - offering a study-away experience in Tullycross, Ireland, since the early 1970s. The program has always focused on the goal of in-depth experience of another culture, culture as rich and varied as its countryside.

 

 

 

It's Your Time to Explore Irish Culture at Aquinas

9 Thatched roof cottages in Tully Cross
47 Years Aquinas has studied away in Ireland
900+ AQ students and faculty have experienced Ireland

 

Ireland Study Away

Ireland Study Away

 

Aquinas College has been proud to provide  the opportunity to study abroad in Tully Cross since  1973 .Read More about Ireland Study Away
Students in Dr. Michelle DeRose's Literature of the Black and Green Atlantic course

Research

 

Students in Dr. Michelle DeRose's Literature of the Black and Green Atlantic course: Maggie Rose, Lauren Heyboer, and Alyssa Noch (pictured with Dr. Michelle DeRose).
AQ Delegation in Ireland

AQ Delegation

 

Dr. Jennifer Dawson, Ireland faculty director 2020; Dr. Michelle DeRose, Ireland faculty director 2021 and coordinator of the Irish studies minor; Dr. Heather Kesselring-Quakenbush; and Tim Ramsay, former director of international programs visited the U.S. embassy in Dublin, Ireland.

 

Community Partners

Connemara West (Ireland Partner) Michigan Irish Music Festival Sparta Celtic Festival