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
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