WEDNESDAY 22nd July | THURSDAY 23rd July | FRIDAY 24th July
WEDNESDAY 22nd July
9.45 am
Michael Fitzmaurice TD
Opening of the Festival
10.00 am
Maria Steen
The Sad Demise of the Moderate Man
10.50 am Tea/Coffee
11.20 am
Mary Kenny
Journalism a Despised Career?
Reflections on Five Decades in the Communications Trade
12.10 pm
Kevin Myers
The Death of Journalism
1.00 pm Lunch
2.30 pm Afternoon Recital
Eileen Coyle (Soprano) and Frasier Hickland (Piano)
A Vision of Ireland
3.15 pm Gardens Open
Questions & answers to follow each talk
THURSDAY 23rd July
10.00 am
Vincent Pierse
From Cloonyquin to the Clogherbrien:
Stories to warm your heart
10.30 am
Professor Patricia Casey
Percy French and the Changing Face of Ireland
10.50 am Tea/Coffee
11.30 am
Jayne Barry
Irish Watercolours
SEAN FREYNE 1935-2013
12.15 pm The Sean Freyne Memorial Lecture
Dr Fáinche Ryan
Politics, Truth, and Theology:
Conversations with Hannah Arendt
1.10 pm Lunch
2.30 pm Afternoon Recital
David Larkin
With a Toot on the Flute and a Twiddle on the Fiddle
3.15 pm Gardens open
Questions & answers to follow each talk
FRIDAY 24th July
10.00 am
Professor Gerard Casey
How Free Should Free Speech Be?
10.50 am Tea/Coffee
11.20 am
Professor Ray Kinsella
This time it really is different:
why we need to build an alternative to Globalization
12.10 pm
Professor Gerard Casey & Kevin Myers
Presumption of Guilt?
1.00 pm Lunch
2.30 pm Afternoon Recital
Michael Banahan & Friends
As French as Dylan
3.15 pm Gardens open
Questions & answers will follow each talk
