The Cumann Merriman Website
A celebration of the 18th century Irish poet Brian Merriman and all aspects of Irish Language and culture.


Programme for the 2004 Merriman Summer School

This page contains the full programme of events for the 2004 Summer School, containing comprehensive information on all the important dates, times and locations.

On This Page

  1. Saturday, 21st August
  2. Sunday, 22nd August
  3. Monday, 23rd August
  4. Tuesday, 24th August
  5. Wednesday, 25th August
  6. Thursday, 26th August
  7. Friday, 27th August
  8. Saturday, 28th August

Website Navigation

This document is available in: Gaeilge | English.


Orthodoxies and Heresies: The New Ireland and its Sacred Cows

Saturday 21

17.00
Registration at Falls Hotel
19.00 Reception
20.30
Opening of School
By Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
22.30
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Sunday 22

12.00 Noon
Clare/Polka Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 1
With Johnny Morrissey and Betty Mc Coy
15.00
Lecture — Society and Culture in Contemporary Ireland
With Kevin Whelan
20.30
Lecture — The Culture and Politics of Health Care Delivery
With Muiris FitzGerald
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Monday 23

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge — An Dá Shaol 1
Le Gearóid Ó Clérigh
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew your Irish 1
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 1
12.00
Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 2
With Johnny Morrissey and Betty Mc Coy
15.00
Lecture — Religion, Culture and the New‑Age / Oriental Movements
With Jack Finnegan
20.30
Lecture — An tSeanchnámh riamh: Níor athraigh Éire puinn!
Le Alan Titley
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Tuesday 24

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge — An Dá Shaol 2
Le Póilín Ní Chiaráin
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew your Irish 2
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 2
12.00 Noon
Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 3
15.00
Lecture — Is it true that the Women are worse than the Men?
With Olive Braiden
20.30
Seminar — Modern and Complementary approaches to Medicine and Well‑Being: To be or not to be that is the question
With Camillus Power & Seamus Lynch
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Wednesday 25

10.00
Turas — Guided tour to Kinvara
20.30
An evening of music and dancing
With Paddy Cole and his band

Thursday 26

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge — An Dá Shaol 3
Le Andrea Nic Thaidhg
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew your Irish 3
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 3
12.00 Noon
Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 4
15.00
Lecture — Sport and Society: Participation and Observation
With Mary Davis
20.30
Lecture — When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now: Ireland’s Aging Multicultural Economy
With John FitzGerald
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Friday 27

10.00
Seimineár Gaeilge — An Dá Shaol 4
Le Seosamh Ó Cuaig
Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
10.00
a) Renew your Irish 4
Le hEoghan Ó hAnluain
b) Local History 4
12.00 Noon
Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 5
15.00
Lecture — The Pleasures and Dangers of Orthodoxy
Ciaran Benson
20.30
Lecture — The Opal and the Pearl: Joyce in Defence of the Orthodoxy of Humanity
With Mark Patrick Hederman
Club Merriman — Dancing to the Four Courts Céilí Band

Saturday 28

11.15
Poetry Reading
Presented by Eoghan Ó hAnluain, Doireann Ní Bhriain et al
Researched by Máire Ní Mhurchú

Skip to: Home | Up | Prev | Next | First | Last | Gaeilge | Top of page



Copyright © 1999–2010 Cumann Merriman Teoranta. All rights reserved.