Page 13 - The 17th Percy French Festival: The Quest for Authenticity

THE PERCY FRENCH FESTIVAL !"!#

JULY 23 RD WEDNESDAY

!:"# am Cllr Liam Callaghan Cathaoirleach of Roscommon Co Council
Introduction and Welcome

$#:## am Dr Brian Gri+n
Percy French and the Great War

$#:%# am Q & A

$#:"& am Dr Caitriona Clear

Percy French as philosopher and chronicler of everyday life
$$:$& am Q & A

$$:%# am Tea/Co'ee

$(:## pm Dr Patrick Maume
Political Satire Verse/Performance in the late C!*th/early C"#th
$(:%# pm Q & A

$(:"& pm Dr Maeve O’Riordan
Ideas of self and the ‘surplus woman’:
single women of the Big House
$:$& pm Q&A

$:%# pm Lunch

%:## pm First Keynote Address
Eddie Hobbs
Freedom or Total Control?

":## pm Gardens Open

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

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