Schedule
July 23rd
Wednesday
10.00 am
Dr Brian Griffin
‘Wounded men are calling me to come and ease their pain’:
Percy French and the Great War
10.30 am
Q & A
10.45 am
Dr Caitriona Clear
Percy French as philosopher and chronicler of everyday life
11.15 am
Q & A
11.30 am
Tea/coffee
12.00 pm
Dr Patrick Maume
Political Satire Verse/Performance in the late C19th/early C20th
12.30 pm
Q & A
12.45 pm
Dr Maeve O’Riordan
Ideas of self and the 'surplus woman':
single women of the Big House
1.15 pm
Q & A
1.30 pm
Lunch
3.00 pm
Afternoon recital
Michael Banahan
An authentic broken heart
4.00 pm
Gardens Open
July 24th
Thursday
10.00 am
Dr Eve Watson
The extraordinary realm of meaning and affirmation that comes from direct human interaction
10.30 am
Q & A
10.45 am
Dr Stephen S Costello
Meaning and the drama of authentic human existence
11.15 am
Q & A
11.30 am
Tea/coffee
12.00 pm
Michael Hardiman
Authenticity: The antidote to postmodern nihilism
12.30 pm
Q & A
12.45 pm
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Sean Freyne |
The Sean Freyne Memorial Lecture
Una B Agnew
Authenticity: learning not to care
1.15 pm
Q & A
1.30 pm
Lunch
3.00 pm
Afternoon recital
Ciara Lawless
No rain no fowers/I am your healer
Paul McDonald
TBC
4.00 pm
Gardens open
July 25th
Friday
10.00 am
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Anthony Waldron |
The Anthony Waldron Memorial Lecture
Michael Harding
My Dark Rosaleen–Myth and authenticity in Irish history
10.30 am
Q & A
10.45 am
Stephen Collins
Why the Centre has held in Ireland
11.15 am
Q & A
11.30 am
Tea/coffee
12.00 pm
Keynote Address
Senator Michael McDowell
TBC
12.30 pm
Q & A
12.45 pm
Summing-up & Panel discussion
Senator Michael McDowell, Una Agnew, Alf Monaghan, Dr Eve Watson
Chair: Paul Healy
1.30 pm
Lunch
3.00 pm
Afternoon Recital
Col Ceathair
The Authentic Oscar Wilde and Percy French
4.00 pm
Gardens Open
Please be seated 15 minutes before the first talk each day.
The Festival schedule is subject to change.