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Stonecoast in Ireland Frequently Asked Questions What is Stonecoast in Ireland? Stonecoast in Ireland is a lively and innovative program allowing current Stonecoast MFA students the opportunity to take one of their graduate school residencies in Ireland. For each residency, ten students are selected to meet in Ireland with Stonecoast faculty and prominent Irish writers. Where Do the Residencies Take Place? Summer residencies are held in Dingle on the scenic west coast of Ireland. Students, faculty, and visiting Irish writers stay together in the beautiful 3 star Coastline Guesthouse which overlooks the harbor and mountains. Recent field trips have included a visit to the Blasket Island Centre and a boat trip to the spectacular Great Blasket Island, home to an extraordinary renaissance of writing in the 20th century. Winter residencies are held in Howth, a beautiful seaside town just north of Dublin. Participants are housed in The King Sitric, a 4 star guesthouse with a view that includes Howth’s pier, a lighthouse, and the striking island of Ireland’s Eye. Field trips have included visits to the James Joyce tower in Sandymount and the massive W.B. Yeats exhibition in the National Library of Ireland. Expect to be totally immersed in Irish literature and the beautiful Irish landscape, while you map out the course for your next semester of writing. While offering a unique cultural opportunity, residencies in Ireland maintain the same rigorous academic discipline as the Stonecoast program in Maine. We’re a smaller group than in Maine, which leads to a more intimate climate, and appreciative students have remarked that the Irish residency manages to be somehow simultaneously laid-back and intense. Visiting Irish authors and Stonecoast faculty offer an intensive slate of seminars, workshops, and readings. In our first three years, Stonecoast faculty have included Ted Deppe, Annie Finch, Michael White, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Richard Hoffman, and Baron Wormser. We have been joined by many outstanding Irish poets, fiction writers, popular fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, including Dermot Bolger, Harry Clifton, Theo Dorgan, Paul Durcan, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Carlo Gébler, Anthony Glavin, Eamon Grennan, Hugo Hamilton, Claire Keegan, Martin Malone, Paula Meehan, Kate Newmann, Joan Newmann, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, and Macdara Woods. Our residencies have also been enriched by traditional storyteller Liz Weir, Trinity College professor emeritus Vincent McBrierty, and musicians Áine Uí Laoith and Eilín Ní Chearna. * Tuition and the cost of room and board cost only $85 more than in Maine. Airfare is each student’s responsibility, though we are happy to advise students on keeping costs down. * Students are chosen primarily by seniority, though other factors, such as the need to balance workshops, are also considered. * Students select mentors from the full Stonecoast faculty for the next term. * Students who wish to come early or stay afterwards have a great opportunity to explore Ireland and Europe! |
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