A Snowy Leprechaun

From Sandy Gallo '75, Director of Alumni Relations at LA – she writes in an email:

I received some pictures from my contact in Ireland who just had the kids over yesterday. The weather was miserable. These are pics of the kids and some of the horses they saw in the snow. 

They were at Frog Lodge and Royal County Equine in Ratoath, Ireland.

They battled the snow and the ice to get there and enjoyed homemade soup, warmth from the wood burning stove, Dandie Dinmont Terriers and some horses in a demo fraught with snow and wind!

NAY (horse sound)

Shooting the horses...with a camera of course

Dashing through the snow

Sniper

An Ancient Land

Students in Ireland are visiting landmarks for photo opportunities. They are allegedly taking better photos than one of their Winterim Leaders. They came together and celebrated a student's birthday, and they got to see a castle, which is currently a 5-star hotel.

Trinity College in Dublin

Photo shoot overlooking the Irish Sea on the East Coast

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Croagh Patrick (statue is St. Patrick)

Ashford Castle

Land of the Leprechaun

Lawrence Academy sends people all over the world during Winterim. For the second year in a row a group of students are in Ireland to photograph that wondrous land. The group is being lead by John Rooney and our very own Laurie McGowan, both of whom are professional photographers.  Another leader is NGP teacher Matt Greene who has "always wanted to go to Ireland."

This week the group is in Tollymoore Forest Park in Ireland. This photo was taken from Google images, it was not taken by a student, but maybe the group got to see this feat of Irish stone architecture.