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
Declan Ganley
Whither The Western World?
Is there a Future for The Western World?
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
