Thanksgiving, which Americans – including those living in Ireland – celebrate today, is his favourite holiday. “American holidays are very commercialised whereas there’s nothing about Thanksgiving other than eat, drink, family and sport,” he says. The couple were attending a Thanksgiving event with other Americans when the riots broke out in November 2023 and they couldn’t get home. “The major thing with Thanksgiving is family so it’s a weird experience being away from family,” she said. “Thanksgiving – it’s tradition and it’s part of me.”[ US students drawn to Ireland struck by hard realities of rental marketOpens in new window ]

Source: The Irish Times November 27, 2025 15:02 UTC