July 19th

Wednesday

9.45 am

Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council

Introduction and Welcome

10.15 am

Mike McCarthy

The Spiritual Landscape of Tulsk

10.50 am

Prof Luke Gibbons

Aliens of the West: Roscommon Women Writers and the Revival

11.40 am

Tea/coffee

12.10 pm

Dr Martin Mansergh

Outside the Pantheon: The place of Percy French, the Orpens and Moody-Manners in Irish art and culture at the turn of the 20th century, and the case for broadening the universe of discourse

12.45 pm

Brendan Kilty

TBA

1.30 pm

Lunch

2.45 pm

Afternoon Tour

Marie Gillooly

Hidden Gems of Roscommon Town

3.30 pm

Gardens Open

Questions & answers to follow each talk

July 20th

Thursday

10.00 am

Dr Lusine Margaryan

Preaching Christianity and dealing with identity of indigenous people in Ireland, Armenia, and other peripheral areas of the Roman world

10.50 am

Alf Monaghan

Monastic Ireland – A Gift of The Nile

11.40 am

Tea/coffee

12.10 pm

Paul Kingsnorth

Saints of the Greenwood: looking back to look forward

12.45 pm

Sean Freyne 1935-2013

The Sean Freyne Memorial Lecture

Dr Alexander O’Hara

How can the Church in Ireland learn from the Early Irish Church?

1.30 pm

Lunch

2.45 pm

Afternoon recital

Cathy Jordan & Donogh Hennessy

Reawakening French

3.30 pm

Gardens open

Questions & answers to follow each talk

July 21st

Friday

Percy French, The Next Generation

10.00 am

Allan Brennan

Technology and Children

10.50 am

Dr Keith Begley

Thinking about Artificial Intelligence

11.40 am

Tea/coffee

12.10 pm

Mary Kenny

How did we get here?

12.50 pm

Panel Discussion, Chaired by Paul Healy

Paul Kingsnorth; Mary Kenny; Charles Piecyk; and Richie Farrell

1.30 pm

Lunch

2.30 pm

Afternoon Recital

Col Ceathair

Percy French Reworked

3.30 pm

Gardens Open

Questions & answers to follow each talk