CC Cobb Profile

By Kiley Hearst

Wide open fields and gentle rolling hills. The smell of a salty breeze coming off of the ocean. Children laughing and playing at school. This was the life of 5 year-old CC Cobb while she lived in Dublin.

Cobb was only 5 years old when she lived in Ireland but it’s an experience that has permanently impacted her life. Even at such a young age, Cobb still clearly remembers her time in there. She remembers playing with her friends at their school which had a farm-like feel. Cobb’s family on her mother’s side lives in Ireland, and she recalls how nice it was to see them whenever she wanted.

“Living abroad really opens your mind,” Cobb says. One of the biggest lessons she learned was that not everything revolves around the United States. Living abroad also helped her see the United States’ strengths.

“In general a lot of people in Ireland are less accepting,” says Cobb. She calls the United States “more of a melting pot” of people, and that generally there is “a lot more acceptance” in the United States than there is in Ireland.

Cobb remembers visiting a variety of places during her time in Ireland. She went to Cork, played in a castle on the Aran Islands and visited her grandfather’s hometown of Tubbercurry. Her daily life included wearing a uniform everyday to preschool, and watching and playing soccer. Cobb still keeps in touch with a few of the friends she made there.

In Cobb’s family, Irish holidays like St. Patrick’s Day are much less about wearing green and catching leprechauns and much more about family. They are a time to enjoy the company of loved ones.

Some of the biggest differences Cobb has noticed between Ireland and the United States are that drinking and cursing are not considered as offensive in Ireland as they are in the United States. To Cobb, Ireland seems more laid back, whereas people in the United States are frequently much more concerned about “being politically correct all the time.”

When it comes to an accent, Cobb does not have one around Americans, but anytime she is around people with Irish accents hers comes back.