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Programme of Events for the 2006 Merriman Summer School

This page contains a full listing of events planned for the 2006 Summer School in Lisdoonvarna.

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  1. Saturday, 19th August
  2. Sunday, 20th
  3. Monday, 21st
  4. Tuesday, 22nd
  5. Wednesday, 23rd
  6. Thursday, 24th
  7. Friday, 25th
  8. Saturday, 26th

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This document is available in: Gaeilge | English.

Michael Cusack and his Time

Saturday 19th

17.00
Registration at the Spa Wells Centre.
19.00
Reception.
20.00
Opening of the School: Cusack and The GAA Today, by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
20.30
Address: The Man from Carron, by Br. Seán Mc Namara.
22.30
Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

Sunday 20th

11.45
Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry reading with Aifric Mac Aodha*.
12.30
Clare and Polka Sets 1, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
17.30
Lecture: Narratives of Hurling, by Daithí Ó hÓgáin.
20.30
Lecture: Putting in a Good Word for the Citizen: Joyce, Race and Immigration, by Luke Gibbons.
22.30
Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

Monday 21st

10.00 Athbheochan na Gaeilge — Seimineáir as Gaeilge 1
Athbheochan na Gaeilge i dTuamhumhain 1847–1911, with Róisín Ní Ghairbhí.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Liam Ó Dochartaigh.
10.00 Clare Local History — Seminars in English 1
Sport and Recreation in Nineteenth‑Century Clare, with Joe Power.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Brian Ó Dálaigh.
10.00 Renew your Irish
Renew your Irish 1, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.
11.45
Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry Reading with John Mc Auliffe.
12.30
Clare and Polka Sets 2, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
15.00
Lecture: ‘What use are Camáns?’: James Joyce, Michael Cusack, and the Literary Revival, by Frank Shovlin.
20.30
Lecture: Respectibility, English and Football: What Br. Ó Caithnia found out that we didn’t know, by Alan Titley.
22.30
Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

Tuesday 22nd

10.00 Athbheochan na Gaeilge — Seimineáir as Gaeilge 2
Micheál Cíosóg agus Gluaiseacht na Gaeilge sna 1880aidí, with Máirtín Ó Murchú.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Liam Ó Dochartaigh.
10.00 Clare Local History — Seminars in English 2
The Ranch War around Carron 1904–26, with Breandán Ó Cathaoir.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Brian Ó Dálaigh.
10.00 Renew your Irish
Renew your Irish 2, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.
11.45
Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry Reading with Bernard O’Donoghue.
12.30
Clare and Polka Sets 3, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
15.00
Lecture: Beyond the ‘Hidden Ireland’: The Munster Women Writers Project, by Tina O’Toole. (Cathaoirleach, Patricia Coughlan)
20.30
Lecture: The Class of the Ash: Michael Cusack, the GAA and Cultural Nationalism, by Kevin Whelan.
22.30
Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

Wednesday 23rd

10.00
A tour of Carron, the site of Cusack’s cottage and the Burren.
Brendan Dunford & Kevin Whelan will speak about agriculture and the cultural geography of the Burren.
20.30
Dramatic Performance: The Cyclops Episode of James Joyce’s Ulysses, by Balloonitics Theatre Company.
22.30
Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

Thursday 24th

10.00 Athbheochan na Gaeilge — Seimineáir as Gaeilge 3
Cogadh na gCanúintí le linn na hAthbheochana, with Brian Ó Conchubhair.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Liam Ó Dochartaigh.
10.00 Clare Local History — Seminars in English 3
The Clare Fenians in Context, with Mathúin Mac Fheorais.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Brian Ó Dálaigh.
10.00 Renew your Irish
Renew your Irish 3, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.
11.45
Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry reading with Biddy Jenkinson*.
12.30
Clare and Polka Sets 3, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
15.00
Lecture: Who are we now? Globalisation, Language and Media in Ireland, by Niamh Hourigan.
20.30
Lecture: Remembering Michael Cusack: Legacy and Commemoration, by Daniel Mc Carthy.
Cathaoirleach: Seán Kelly.
22.30
Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

Friday 25th

10.00 Athbheochan na Gaeilge — Seimineáir as Gaeilge 4
De hlde agus Athbheochan na Gaeilge, with Brian Ó Conchubhair.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Liam Ó Dochartaigh.
10.00 Clare Local History — Seminars in English 4
Clare’s Disappearing Vernacular Architecture, with Fidelma Mullane.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Brian Ó Dálaigh.
10.00 Renew your Irish
Renew your Irish 4, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.
11.45
Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry Reading with Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin.
12.30
Clare and Polka Sets 4, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
15.00
Lecture: Seeing through Counties: The Gaelic Athletic Association and Ireland, by Patrick J. O’Connor.
20.30
Symposium. (Cathaoirleach, Barry O’Brien)
22.30
Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

Saturday 26th

10.30
Lecture: ‘Irish-Ireland’: Self‑delusion, then and now, by John. A. Murphy. (Cathaoirleach, Bob Collins)

Note* These readings will be in Irish only.

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