Programme for the 2002 Merriman Summer School

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This page contains the full programme of events for the 2002 Summer School, containing comprehensive information on all the important dates, times and locations.

Exiles and Strangers: Immigrants to and from Ireland

Saturday 17

17.00: Registration at Falls Hotel
19.00: Reception
20.30: Opening of School
22.30: Club Merriman — dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Sunday 18

12.00: Clare/Polka Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 1; With Johnny Morrissey and Betty Mc Coy
15.00: Lecture — The Celtic and Roman "Invasions" of Ireland: Fact or Fiction?; Richard Warner
20.30: Lecture — Beyond Tolerance: Towards Irish Models of Multiculturalism?; Piaras Mac Éinrí
22.30: Club Merriman — dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Monday 19

10.00: Seimineáir Ghaeilge 1; Ionnarbadh agus Imirce in Éirinn sa Luathré; Máire Ní Mhaonaigh; Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00: a) Renew Your Irish 1; Eoghan Ó hAnluain; b) Local History 1; The Macnamaras of Ennistymon; Michael Mc Mahon
12.00: Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 2
15.00: Lecture — Identity and Imperialism: The Irish in Spain, Austria, and Flanders; Declan Downey
20.30: Lecture — The Politics of Asylum and Immigration in Ireland: Justice Delayed or Injustice Expedited?; Donncha O’Connell
22.30: Club Merriman — dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Tuesday 20

10.00: Seimineár Ghaeilge 2; An Imirce go hAlbain: Imirce an Riachtanais; Pádraig Ó Baoighill
10.00: a) Renew your Irish 2; Eoghan Ó hAnluain; b) Local History 2. The Craic was Good in Cricklewood: Songs and Poems of the Irish Navvies; Ultan Cowley
12.00: Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 3
15.00: Lecture — Re‑thinking the History of the Irish of London: Patterns and Sources; Patrick O’Sullivan
17.00: EU Reception for participants; Host: Peter Doyle (EU)
20.30: Lecture — The Irish in Australia; Ruán O’Donnell; Club Merriman — dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Wednesday 21

10.00: Turas — Tour to Killaloe led by Liam Irwin, Michael Mc Mahon, Pat Wallace & Seán Kierse
15.00: Lecture — Brian Ború; Pat Wallace (Venue: Killaloe Cathedral)
20.30: Lecture — Connaughtmen and Horned Cattle to the Far Platform: Irish Navvies and the Culture of Migration; Ultan Cowley
22.30: Club Merriman — dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Thursday 22

10.00: Seimineár Ghaeilge 3; Mac Amhlaigh agus a Chomrádaithe: na Fir Shluasad Deiridh; Proinsias Mac Aonghusa
10.00: a) Renew your Irish 3; Eoghan Ó hAnluain; (b) Local History 3. GAA Ballads of Munster; Jimmy Smyth
12.00: Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 4
15.00: Léacht — Gaelachas agus Gaeilgeoireacht – Na Gaeil i Meiriceá; Úna Ní Bhroiméil
20.30: Lecture — Me and Mamie O’Rourke: The Irish in NY; Maureen Murphy
22.30: Club Merriman — dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Friday 23

10.00: Seimineár Ghaeilge 4; Aniar thar na Bánta; Seosamh Ó Méalóid
10.00: a) Renew Your Irish 4; Eoghan Ó hAnluain; b) Local History 4. The Famine in West Clare; Matthew Lynch
12.00: Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 5
15.00: Lecture — Emigration: Then and Now; Fr. Paul Byrne
20.30: Lecture — The Changing Irish Mind: An Immigrant Psychiatrist’s Viewpoint; Moosajee Bhamjee
22.30: Club Merriman — dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Saturday 24

11.15: Poetry Reading; Presented by Eoghan Ó hAnluain and Doireann Ní Bhriain; Researched by Máire Ní Mhurchú

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Merriman Summer School 2002

The Irish experience of emigration and imigration provided a platform for lively discussion at the Summer School held in Ennistymon between 17 – 24 August this year. Lectures on the Irish in Britain, Europe, the United States and Australia complemented talks on imigrant testimonies.Multiculturalism in Ireland, and its consequences, was also debated.

Introduction: The main points about the 2002 Summer School such as its dates, theme and location.
Press release: The press release for the 2002 Summer School.
Programme: The full programme of events for this School, containing comprehensive information on all the important dates, locations and times.
Speakers: Short biographies on the speakers and lecturers at this year’s Summer School.
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Programme for the 2002 Merriman Summer School

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Exiles and Strangers: Immigrants to and from Ireland

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