Visitors from other countries give students the opportunity to be exposed to a greater variety of both views and language. 
Brian Cullen, who works at Nagoya Institute of Technology has visited four times. He hasn't been back to talk about Ireland recently, but he is still enjoying making music, and is always looking into the future, as here:

Visitors who have been welcomed (in an upright position) since 2004 are:

2004

James Venema (January)

Mort Mascarenhas and Alison Scholtze (April)

Gemma McGoldrick (July)

JICA international visitors (July)

Peter Ivy (December)

2005

James Venema (January)

Christopher Hood (May)

Yasmin Villatoro (July)

Brent, David, Jill and John (October)

Rika Kojima (December)

Ramon Anibal Iriarte Casco and Yasmin Villatoro (December)

2006

Jee Hyoung Bun (February)

James Banner (May)

Martin Siebenhaar (May)

Barton and Jaramiah (June)

Takeshi Yamamoto (June)

2007

Frank Adams (January)

James Banner (May)

Barton, Charlie, Jaramiah and Joel (June)

Rie Yamamoto (October)

Tessa Robins (October)

2008

Bruce Johns (February)

James Banner (April)

Jonathan Robinson (June)

Rika Kojima (December)

How about visitors between 2000 and 2003?