Schedule

July 15th

Wednesday

9.45 am

Cllr Liam Callaghan Cathaoirleach of Roscommon Co Council

Introduction and Welcome

10.00 am

Dr Brian Griffin

Percy French, Sportsman: An Obscured Aspect of His Identity

10.30 am

Q & A

10.45 am

[TBC]

11.15 am

Q & A

11.30 am

Tea/coffee

12.00 pm

Dr Gretta Mohan

A Reflection on Mental Health in Ireland Amid Our Economic Prosperity

12.30 pm

Q & A

12.45 pm

Kenneth Egan

From the Podium to Despair

1.15 pm

Q & A

1.30 pm

Lunch

3.00 pm

Afternoon Recital

Paul McDonald

4.00 pm

Gardens Open

July 16th

Thursday

10.00 am

James Bradshaw

Ireland’s identity crisis: charting a way forward in a fast changing world

10.30 am

Q & A

10.45 am

[TBC]

11.15 am

Q & A

11.30 am

Tea/coffee

12.00 pm

Peadar Tóibín

The Crisis in Irish Identity

12.30 pm

Q & A

12.45 pm

Sean Freyne 1935-2013

The Sean Freyne Memorial Lecture

Kevin Finnerty

James the Just

1.15 pm

Q & A

1.30 pm

Lunch

3.00 pm

Afternoon Recital

Paul McDonald

4.00 pm

Gardens open

July 17th

Friday

10.00 am

Sarah Ryan

A Nation of Willing Believers

10.30 am

Q & A

10.45 am

John McGuirk

Combatting the Culture of Fear

11.15 am

Q & A

11.30 am

Tea/coffee

12.00 pm

Keynote Address

Maria Steen

Unravelling the other Golden Thread

12.30 pm

Q & A

12.45 pm

Panel Discussion, Chaired by Paul Healy

Maria Steen, John McGuirk, James Bradshaw

1.30 pm

Lunch

3.00 pm

Afternoon Recital

Col Ceathair

4.00 pm

Gardens Open