Schedule
July 23rd
Wednesday
9.40 am
Cllr Liam Callaghan Cathaoirleach of Roscommon Co Council
Introduction and Welcome
10.00 am
Dr Brian Griffin
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
First Keynote Address
Eddie Hobbs
Freedom or Total Control?
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
Laoise de Brún BL
Ireland, a century on, our culture in crisis; have we segued from one theocracy to the next, one master to another, on the journey to find our authentic selves?
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
Dr Stephen J Costello
Meaning and the drama of authentic human existence
3.30 pm
Q & A
3.45 pm
Afternoon recital
Malachy Tuohy
Percy French in view
4.30 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
Second Keynote Address
Senator Dr Tom Clonan
Existential action in the pursuit of authenticity
12.30 pm
Q & A
12.45 pm
John McGuirk
Ireland, immigration and cultural changes and challenges
1.15 pm
Q & A
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.
