The “Celtic Tiger” was a period of rapid economic development across Ireland from 1995-2008. In this time, Ireland transformed from a poor (by western standards), rural nation that had experienced tremendous out-migration over the previous 150 years to a surprising hub of technology and growth. This course will examine the growth, infrastructure investment (e.g., transportation, schools, healthcare) including social and economic development activities. Stunted by the global financial crisis of 2008, we will examine and experience the uneven development and residual hope that leaves some ‘places’ transformed and others poor and isolated. This course will examine the history of development in Ireland in pre-, mid-, and post Celtic Tiger, embedding our study in a small number of communities including Dublin, Galway, Gaeltacht islands (Inis Meain), and Kilbeggan.