Makena Margolin, a recent Trinity graduate from Long Beach, California in Dublin, on Sept. 3, 2025.
Photographer: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg
Americans Want to Study in Ireland. But First They Need a Place to Live.
When Jack Grindley saw Yale University students being arrested at pro-Palestine protests in his native New Haven last year, he began thinking about going abroad to study. The 17-year-old landed on Ireland.
“I’m less worried about speaking my mind,” the incoming University College Dublin freshman said of his new home. “Especially given how Trump is trying to intervene in our education system.”