Programme for the Merriman Summer School 2008

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Programme of Events for the 2008 Merriman Summer School

This page contains a full listing of events planned for the 2008 Summer School in Lisdoonvarna.

From Brian Ború to Patrick Hillery: Continuity and change in Irish history and society

17:00: Registration at Glór Theatre.
19:00: Reception.
20:00: Opening of the 2008 Summer School by Dr. Brian Maurer, Medical Director of the Irish Heart Foundation.
20:30: Politics and Irish Life Revisited, a lecture by David Fitzpatrick.
22:30: Club Merriman.

10:00: Seimineár Gaeilge 1: Stair & Saíocht na Gaeilge i gContae an Chláir Seimineár 1 Brainse Bagarthach Barramhail Béasach, with Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail*.; Renew your Irish 1, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.; Seminar in English 1: Reaching the ‘Unawakened Multitude': Christian Evangelicals in County Clare, with David Butler.
11:45: Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae, with Colm Breathnach*.
12:30: Clare and Polka Sets 1 with Johnny Morrissey and Betty McCoy.
15:00: The Local and the Global: The Practice of Local History in Ireland, a lecture by Raymond Gillespie.
20:30: Back to the Future 2041, a lecture by Marc Coleman.
22:30: Club Merriman.

10:00: Seimineár Gaeilge 2: Lucht Scríofa Lámhscríbhinní i gContae an Chláir, with Eilís Ní Dheá*.; Renew your Irish 2, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.; Seminar in English 2: Political and Cultural Change in the Thomond Lordship, c.1550–1650, with Bernadette Cunningham.
11:45: Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae, "Fé Bhrat Bhríde" with Bríd Ní Mhoráin.
12:30: Clare and Polka Sets 2.
15:00: Mendicant Friars of Medieval Munster, a lecture by Colmán Ó Clabaigh.
17:00 Book Launch: Clare History and Society, by Willie Nolan, available from Geography Publications.
20:30: Using Neuro Linguistic Programming to Re‑story Merriman’s Sexual Dream, a lecture by Carmel Wynne.
22:30: Club Merriman.

10:00: A tour of Mooghaun, Bronze Age Hill Fort, Quin Friary, Magh Adhair and the inauguration mound of the Kings of Thomond.; The Late Bronze Age Chiefdom of Mooghaun, Co. Clare, a talk by Eoin Grogan.; Quin Friary, a talk by Colmán Ó Clabaigh.
20:00: Running Beast, a drama by Donal O’Kelly with Musicians.
22:30: Club Merriman.

10:00: Seimineár Gaeilge 3: Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín – File agus Staraí, with Vincent Morley*.; Renew your Irish 3, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.; Seminar in English 3: Ribaldry and Romanticism: Poetry in English in Eighteenth Century Clare, with Michael Griffin.
11:45: Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae, with Medbh Mc Guckian.
12:30: Clare and Polka Sets 3.
15:00: The Enduring Legacy of the Parish in Contemporary Co. Clare: A Cultural Geographical Perspective, a lecture by Pat Nugent.
20:30: Immigration and Diversity: Three Lessons from Clare, a lecture by Bryan Fanning.
22:30: Club Merriman.

10:00: Seimineár Gaeilge 4: Micheál Coimín: Seachadadh a Shaothar Liteartha sna Lámhscríbhinn, with Stiofán Newman*.; Renew your Irish 4, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain.; Seminar in English 4: The Exterminator General of Clare: Marcus Keane of Beech Park 1815–1883, a seminar with Ciarán Ó Murchadha.
11:45: Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae, "In Madam’s Embrace" with Micheal O’Siadhail.
12:30: Clare and Polka Sets 4
15:00: Colonel George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield, and his Estate in Clare, a lecture by Matthew Lynch.
20:30: Taste, Tourism and Tyranny – Is Clare the ‘Special’ Place for Traditional Music at all?, a lecture by Fintan Vallely.
22:30: Club Merriman.

10:00: A memorial session in honour of the late President Patrick Hillery, presented by Dr. John Walsh, Peter Feeney and An t‑easpag Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh.

Art Exhibition: Pauline Bewick will be exhibiting A Visual Translation of the Midnight Court at Clare County Council Offices, Ennis.
Photographic Exhibition: Clare Museum is host to Merriman Summer School 1968, forty images of the first Summer School held in Ennis, taken from the Horgan Merriman collection.

Note* These sessions will be in Irish only.