Programme for the Merriman Summer School 2007

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

Programme of Events for the 2007 Merriman Summer School

This page contains a full listing of events planned for the 2007 Summer School in Lisdoonvarna.

Changed Utterly? Ireland 1967–2007

17.00: Registration at the Spa Wells Centre.
19.00: Reception.
20.00: Opening of the School: Professor Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh.
20.15: Lecture: In Time of Change: Ireland 1968 – 2007, by Professor Ó Tuathaigh.
22.30: Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

10.00 Seimineáir as Gaeilge 1: Sean‑Nós: An Chloch is Mó nó an Gad is Gaire?, with Áine Uí Cheallaigh.; Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Liam Ó Dochartaigh.
10.00 Seminars in English — Clare Local History 1: Dr. George Unthank Macnamara — Clare’s Medical Antiquarian 1847–1919, with Peter Harbison.; Cathaoirligh na sraithe, Brian Ó Dálaigh and Michael Griffin.
10.00 Renew your Irish: Renew your Irish 1, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.
11.45: Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry Reading with Mary O’Malley*.
12.30: Clare and Polka Sets 1, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
15.00: Lecture: From the Primary Cert to Lifelong Learning, by John Coolahan.
17.00: Launch: The Timeless Images 2 art exhibition at Spa Wells Centre.
20.30: Symposium: Wealth and its Consequences, with John Bradley and Eithne Fitzgerald.; Cathaoirleach: Andy Pollak.
22.30: Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

10.00 Seimineáir as Gaeilge 2: An Ghaeilge mar Ábhar Léinn, with Máirín Nic Eoin.; Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Liam Ó Dochartaigh.
10.00 Seminars in English — Clare Local History 2: Thomas Johnson Westrop an Irish Antiquary, 1860 – 1922, with Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald.; Cathaoirligh na sraithe, Brian Ó Dálaigh and Michael Griffin.
10.00 Renew your Irish: Renew your Irish 2, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.
11.45: Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry Reading with Liam Ó Muirthile*.
12.30: Clare and Polka Sets 2, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
15.00: Symposium: Nothing but the Same Old Story? Emigrants From Ireland, Immigrants in Ireland, with Piaras Mac Éinrí and Mary Hickman.; Cathaoirleach: Denise Charlton.
17.00: Launch: A Week in Summer, the short story by Maeve Binchy, which was specially commissioned for the 2005 Summer School. An interview with Maeve, given at the 2006 Summer School, is available on that School’s multimedia review page. The story will be launched in both book and CD form in the Spa Wells Centre.
20.30: Lecture: Inhabiting the Land, by Seán Ó Laoire.
22.30: Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

10.00: A tour of North Clare and the Burren.; Featuring a talk by Carol Gleeson, on the protection and management of the Burren’s environmental heritage, and a visit to the Burren College of Art.
20.45: Concert: The Lismorahaun Singers, with soloist Naomi O’Connell, in Lisdoonvarna church.
22.30: Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

10.00 Seimineáir as Gaeilge 4: Oileáin Árann agus Contae an Chláir: Ceangail Mhóra is Ceangail Bheaga, with Brian Ó Catháin.; Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Liam Ó Dochartaigh.
10.00 Seminars in English — Clare Local History 3: One Man in his Time: Breandan O’Reagan and Regional Development, with Bernard Share.; Cathaoirligh na sraithe, Brian Ó Dálaigh and Michael Griffin.
10.00 Renew your Irish: Renew your Irish 3, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.
11.45: Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry reading with Paddy Bushe*.
12.30: Clare and Polka Sets 3, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
15.00: Lecture: Ireland and the Global Cultural Challenge, by Eugene Downes.
17.00: Launch: Beathaisnéis 9, by Diarmuid Breathnach and Máire Ní Mhurchú, in the Spa Wells Centre.
20.30: Symposium: A Long Night and a New Dawn: defining moments on the road to peace in Northern Ireland, with Noel Dorr and Kenneth Bloomfield.; Cathaoirleach: Doireann Ní Bhriain.
22.30: Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

10.00 Seimineáir as Gaeilge 4: Iriseoireacht na Gaeilge, with Regina Uí Chollatáin.; Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Liam Ó Dochartaigh.
10.00 Seminars in English — Clare Local History 4: Curious Examples of Gaelic Signage and Placenames in Co. Clare, with Connor Keane.; Cathaoirligh na sraithe, Brian Ó Dálaigh and Michael Griffin.
10.00 Renew your Irish: Renew your Irish 4, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.
11.45: Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry reading with Leanne O’Sullivan*.
12.30: Clare and Polka Sets 4, with Johnny Morrissey & Betty Mc Coy.
15.00: Symposium: Finding Our Voices, with Nuala O’Faolain and Anne Enright.; Cathaoirleach: Marianne Finucane.
20.30: Symposium: Signposting the Future from the Lessons of the Past, with Fintan O’Toole and Diarmuid Ferriter.; Cathaoirleach: Catriona Crowe.
22.30: Club Merriman: Dancing into the night with the Four Courts Céilí Band.

10.30: A Tribute to Seán Mac Réamoinn.; A specially prepared audiovisual presentation on this co‑founding member of Cumann Merriman, who died in 2007. The piece is facilitated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann and coordinated by Agnes Cogan and Doireann Ní Bhriain.

Note* These readings will be in Irish only.