I studies in Ireland through NUI Galway. It was a great experience and the staff was great to work…read morewith even communicating from the USA. They helped me transfer credits to the University of St.Thomas in Minnesota and get a language certification. The teachers were best in class and I really learned a lot. The campus is beautiful and a place you should check out even if you are just visiting. I highly recommend NUI Galway!

I was here for a conference and once you get a hang of this place it's pretty easy to navigate. The…read moreplace is an odd mix of historical and modern. There are some amazingly beautiful buildings and then neat modern architecture.

I spent a summer 15 years ago learning Gaelic through NUI Galway. It was a great experience. The…read moreteachers were the best and the immersion was total. When I got back to the states NUI worked with the University of St.Thomas to transfer the credits and create a certificate with the classical language department so it was credited for graduation foreign language requirements. The staff was always great to work with and I learned a lot!

We were traveling and came across an elderly man that had been knocked over by an unleashed dog on…read morethe Mutton causeway to the lighthouse, near Salthill. He was bleeding from a deep gash on his head, his nose was dripping blood, and blood was dripping from his right arm, which appeared could be broken. He also looked like he may be going into shock. We called emergency services. After 25 minutes of sitting at the end of the causeway, in the cold, and on the hard rocks waiting for them, we finally took him ourselves to the hospital. Once at the hospital itself there was no triage done on him. We explained what had happened, and were just told to sit in the ER and wait. There were about 35 other patients waiting to be seen, none of which looked to be suffering as he was. After about 2 hours this man's son came to be with him and we left. We later learned that he had sat there for 20 HOURS before treatment! That was horrifying to us! He was roughly 75-77 years old, possibly concussed, bleeding from wounds from his head and arm, and we later found out his arm was broken at the elbow (hence the dripping blood from his arm). He was in a lot of pain and we couldn't even get an aspirin or pain reliever for him. The staff seemed ill-equipped to answer any questions. The hospital desperately needs a stronger triage system so the patients that are seriously injured can get help before those that are just there because they don't have a doctor get seen.