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Programme for the 2003 Merriman Summer School

This page contains the full programme of events for the 2003 Summer School, containing comprehensive information on all the important dates, times and locations.

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  1. Sunday, 17th August
  2. Monday, 18th August
  3. Tuesday, 19th August
  4. Wednesday, 20th August
  5. Thursday, 21st August
  6. Friday, 22nd August
  7. Saturday, 23rd August
  8. Sunday, 24th August

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Amharc Éireann: Recording Ireland

Sunday 17

17.00
Registration at Falls Hotel
19.00
Reception
20.30
Opening of School by Brian Farrell
22.30
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Monday 18

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge 1
Scáthán na Téarmaíochta
Le Fidelma Ní Ghallchobhair
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew Your Irish 1
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 1
Patronage and Politics: The Fate of Tom Dermody
With Michael Griffin
12.00 Noon
Clare/Polka Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 1
With Johnny Morrissey and Betty Mc Coy
15.00
Lecture — Nationalism and Faith Healing: the Drama of Brian Friel
With Pat Burke
20.30
Lecture — Reporting the North — Telling the truth or blackening the name?
With Susan Mc Kay
22.30
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Tuesday 19

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge 2
Caint agus Comhrá: Staidéar ar an Teanga Labhartha
Le Siobhán Ní Laoire
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew Your Irish 2
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 2
Song and Song Collectors in Ireland 1
With Tom Munnelly
12.00 Niin
Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 2
15.00
Lecture — Memories in Motion: The Irish Dancing Body
With Helena Wulff
20.30
Lecture — Trén bhFearann Breac: Turasanna Fionnachtana agus Féiniúlachta i Litríocht Chomhaimseartha na Gaeilge
Le Máirín Nic Eoin
22.30
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Wednesday 20

10.00
Turas — Guided tour to South‑West Clare: Loop Head, Kilbaha, Carrigaholt, Kilkee & Kilrush
Includes lecture — Eugene O’Curry and the local perspective
By Brian Ó Dálaigh
20.30
An evening of Clare music
22.30
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Thursday 21

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge 3
Ag Greamú Focla
Le Mícheál Ó Conghaile
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew Your Irish 3
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 3
Song and Song Collectors in Ireland 2
With Tom Munnelly
12.00
Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 3
15.00
Lecture — Recording Oral Historiographies: Uncovering Hidden Traditions of The Turnout in 1798
With Guy Beiner
20.30
Lecture — Keeping Ireland in the Picture
With Cathal Goan
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Friday 22

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge 4
Na Meáin Ghaeilge: Laincisí is Dúshláin
Le Breandán Delap
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew Your Irish 4
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 4
Bailitheoir Béaloideasa: Tadhg Ó Murchadha in South‑West County Clare in the 1940s
Le Patricia Lysaght
12.00
Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 4
15.00
Lecture — Irish Manuscripts: Media and Message
With Cornelius G. Buttimer
20.30
Lecture — Talking about Ireland: the Gaze of Strangers
With Ricca Edmondson
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Saturday 23

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge 5
Cá bhfuil bhur dtriall? Logainmneacha na hÉireann
Le Pádraig Ó Cearbhaill
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew your Irish 5
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 5
Aspects of the Material Culture and Food Traditions of County Clare
With Patricia Lysaght
12.00 Noon
Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 5
15.00
Lecture — Telling Tales: Story Telling and Filmic Form. Reflections on a Creative Practice
With Desmond Bell
17.00
E.U., reception for School participants
Host: Peter Doyle
20.30
Lecture — The Seanchaí and the Database
With Tim Robinson
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Sunday 24

11.15
Poetry Reading
Presented by Eoghan Ó hAnluain, Doireann Ní Bhriain and David Hanly
Researched by Máire Ní Mhurchú

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