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Programme of Events for the 2010 Merriman Summer School

This page contains a full listing of events planned for the 2010 Summer School in Ennis.

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  1. Wednesday, 18th August
  2. Thursday, 19th
  3. Friday, 20th
  4. Saturday, 21st
  5. Sunday, 22nd

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This document is available in: Gaeilge | English.

Faith: Beyond Belief? / Creideamh: Creid é nó ná Creid

Wednesday 18th

17.00
Registration at the GLÓR Theatre.
19.00
Reception.
20.00
Opening of the School.
20.15
Lecture: When Disbelief has Gone, by Pádraic Conway.
22.30
Club Merriman: Designated local hostelries.

Thursday 19th

10.00 Seimineáir as Gaeilge 1
Trí Dhream nach Rachaidh sna Flaithis: Léargas an Bhéaloidis ar Mhoráltacht, with Pádraig Ó Héalaí.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe: Deirdre Nic Mathúna.
10.00 Seminars in English 1
'Reaching Speedily the Castle of God’: Popular Expressions of Faith and Belief in Late Medieval Gaelic Ireland, with Salvador Ryan.
Strand chairman: Brian Ó Dálaigh.
12.00
Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry Reading with Áine Uí Fhoghlú*.
15.00
Lecture: Faith and Belief — Beyond the Law in Ireland?, by Michael Mc Namara.
17.00
About Ennis: Walking tour with Brian Ó Dálaigh.
20.30
Lecture: Irish Catholicism: A Personal Journey through Troubled Times, with Father Kevin Hegarty.
22.30
Club Merriman: Designated local hostelries.

Friday 20th

10.00 Seimineáir as Gaeilge 2
Todhchaí an Chreidimh Chríostaí in Éirinn, with Irene Ní Mháille.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe: Deirdre Nic Mhathúna.
10.00 Seminars in English 2
The Lives and Afterlives of Ireland’s Sixteenth- and Seventeenth‑Century Martyrs, with Clodagh Tait.
Strand chairman: Brian Ó Dálaigh.
12.00
Cúirt an Mheán‑Lae: Poetry Reading with Michael Coady.
15.00
Lecture: Educate that You May be Free? Religion and Critical Thinking in Post‑Boom Ireland, by Michael Cronin.
17.00
About Ennis: Walking tour with Brian Ó Dálaigh.
20.30
Lecture: Irish Protestants: Negotiating Space between the Secular and the Sectarian, by Mrs Justice Catherine Mc Guinness.
22.30
Club Merriman: With the Merriman Céilí Band in the Temple Gate Hotel.

Saturday 21st

10.00 Seimineáir as Gaeilge 3
De Finibus: Ifreann agus Neamh i Samhlaíocht na nGael, with Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh.
Cathaoirleach na sraithe, Deirdre Nic Mhathúna.
10.00 Seminars in English 3
Cardinal Cullen and the Creation of Irish Catholic Culture, with Dáire Keogh.
Strand chairman: Brian Ó Dálaigh.
12.00
Feature performance: Well actually… with David and Mick Hanly.
15.00
Lectures: Landscapes of Faith, by Larry Taylor and Ritual, Identity and Modernity: Limerick 1925 1960 by Síle de Cléir.
17.00
About Ennis: Walking tour with Brian Ó Dálaigh.
20.30
Panel: Other Voices, with Gina Menzies and Ann James.
22.30
Club Merriman: With the Merriman Céilí Band in the Temple Gate Hotel.

Sunday 22nd

11.00
Lecture: From Cullen to Connell: The Rise and Fall of the Irish Catholic Church by Diarmaid Ferriter.
12.30
Scor na Scoile.

Note* This reading will be in Irish and in English.

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