Page 17 - The 15th Percy French Festival: French Awakenings

THE PERCY FRENCH FESTIVAL !"!#

JULY 19th WEDNESDAY

!.$% AM Cllr John Keogh Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council
Introduction and Welcome

#&.#% AM Mike McCarthy
The Spiritual Landscape of Tulsk

#&.%& AM Prof Luke Gibbons
Aliens of the West: Roscommon Women Writers and the Revival

##.$& AM tea /coffee

#'.#& PM Dr Martin Mansergh
Outside the Pantheon: The place of Percy French, the Orpens
and Moody-Manners in Irish art and culture at the turn of the
!"th century, and the case for broadening the universe of discourse

#'.$% PM Brendan Kilty SC
$"$ Reasons Not to Execute Someone

#.(& PM lunch

afternoon tours

'.$% PM Marie Gillooly Hidden Gems of Roscommon Town (%$" extra)
or
Guided Tour of House & Grounds includes the Percy French Room
Prebooking essential for either as limited places available.

(.(& PM gardens open
questions & answers to follow each talk

Music | Theatre | Literature | Visual Arts | Panel Discussions
Battle of the Bands | Workshops for Children
Bringing to Ballaghaderreen some of the f nest !"#$ %&$# '()–()() !*+*$# ,-,)
talent from across Ireland and beyond !"# $%#&"#'%#(, %)%*+(, ,*- +./0%+( ).(.+:
www.ballaghdreamartsfest.ie

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