Schedule

July 17th

Wednesday

10.00 am

Dr Brian Griffin

The Jarvey, 1889–1890: The Irish Punch?

10.45 am

Dr Tony McCarthy

Percy French–A portrait of the Country House at play

11.30 am

Tea/coffee

12.00 pm

Dr Pauric Travers

Parnell and French

12.45 pm

Dr Kevin Kiely

Percy’s Irish Irony: Close reading Percy French’s lyrics, with Pamela Brown’s support in co-presentation

1.30 pm

Lunch

2.45 pm

Dr Pádraig Lenihan

The Battle of Aughrim 1691, History, Myth and Memory, with some historical reenactment

3.30 pm

Gardens Open

Questions & answers to follow each talk

July 18th

Thursday

10.00 am

Dr Michael Hardiman

The Postmodern Condition and the end of Intimacy

10.45 am

Dr Eve Watson

Sexuality, Identity and its Discontents in Contemporary Ireland

11.30 am

Tea/coffee

12.00 pm

Dr James Bradshaw

The Human Person and Community

12.45 pm

Keynote Address

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern

Towards a vision for a New Ireland in the current landscape

1.30 pm

Lunch

2.45 pm

Afternoon recital

Don Baker

Eileen Óg reworked

3.30 pm

Gardens open

Questions & answers to follow each talk

July 19th

Friday

10.00 am

Louise Lennon

The Language of Adolescents

10.45 am

Pearse O'Shiel

Educating for a Human Future

11.30 am

Tea/coffee

Ciara Lawless

Guest appearance, sometime between 12.00pm and 3.00pm

12.00 pm

Sean Freyne 1935-2013

The Sean Freyne Memorial Lecture

Dr Margaret Daly-Denton

Caring for the Earth: How John can resource ecological commitment

12.45 pm

Fully Human, Fully Present: a joyful path into learning and the world (through the Steiner Waldorf Approach)

Nell Smyth, Caroline Kelly, Audrey Flynn

1.30 pm

Lunch

2.45 pm

Afternoon Recital

Michael Banahan

Percy French the Bob Dylan of the progressive era

3.30 pm

Gardens Open

Questions & answers to follow each talk