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Signed ______________________________________________________ Name and Address of Bank _____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Bank Account Number _________________________________________ IBAN Number _______________________________________________ IMPORTANT: Please send this Banker’s Order to EITHER of the addresses above. O’Connor Printing 066 9473144 Preliminary Event, Thursday, 23 August, 6.30 pm, the Library, Dr. Martin Mansergh, “Bunreacht na hÉireann: Context and Development”. 12:00pm Daniel O’Connell, Lives and Death Cahersiveen Martin served as Special Advisor to three Taoisigh before his election to the Oireachtas. He served as Minister of State for the Office of Public Works Moderator: Emer Ring , Mary Immaculate College, Limerick Publishing Local History: A Showcase (2008-11), played a crucial role in shaping policy on Northern Ireland and is Speakers: a frequent writer and commentator on Irish politics and public policy. This exhibition will celebrate writers who have published on local history. Professor Angela Bourke, “Jeremiah Curtin and his Visit to Kerry”. Curtin Following a call for books and other ephemera of local interest, it will 1:00pm Lunch was a renowned Irish-American translator, folklorist and ethnologist who showcase the extraordinary work of local historians who have written about visited South Kerry in the later-1880s. Angela is professor emerita of Irish 3:00pm The Daniel O’Connell Lecture, 2018 various parts of South Kerry and its rich culture and society. The exhibition in UCD. will feature a selection of these works in what we hope will be an annual Introduction: Professor Maurice Bric, Director, Daniel O’Connell Professor Mary O’Dowd, Queen’s University of Belfast, “O'Connell and the aspect of the School’s programme. Summer School. Lady Patriots: Women and O'Connellite Politics, 1824-1845". Mary is Professor of History in QUB and the author of a number of works on pre- This year’s lecture will be given in the format of a wide-ranging interview. Friday 31 August, The Library, Cahersive en Union Ireland. Her most recent book on A History of Women in Ireland, 1500-1800 was published in 2016. 9:20am Introduction: Professor Maurice Bric, Director, Daniel Moderator and Interviewer: Dr. Olivia O’Leary. Olivia is one of Ireland’s leading journalists, broadcasters and commentators. With Helen Burke, she O’Connell Summer School. Professor Michael Laffan, “The Death and Burial of Daniel O’Connell”. co-authored Mary Robinson: The Authorised Biography. Michael is professor emeritus of history at UCD. He has written a number Opening Address: of acclaimed books, especially on the foundation of the State. He recently Speaker: Mr. Micheál Martin, TD. Before becoming Leader of Fianna Fáil Mr. Brendan Griffin , TD, Minister of State for Tourism. Brendan has been published the authoritative biography of William T. Cosgrave which was in 2011, Micheál served as Minister for Foreign Affairs; Enterprise Trade TD for Kerry since 2011 and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport since published under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy. 2017. and Employment; Health; and Education. He has represented Cork South Central in Dáil Éireann since 1989. His book, Freedom to Choose: Cork and 1:00pm Lunch 9:50am A Tale of Two Churches: The Oratory in Derrynane House Party Politics in Ireland 1918-1932 , based on his MA thesis in UCC, was published by the Collins Press in 2009. and the O’Connell Memorial Church in Cahersiveen. 2:15pm Dr. Gavan Ring, Iveragh and Irish Opera Moderator: Aisling O’Donoghue. Aisling is a native of Cahersiveen and 4:15pm Concluding Remarks Dr. Gavan Ring is a native of Cahersiveen and is an international opera practices Law in Dublin. 5:15pm Con Keating Park GAA Park, Cahersiveen singer and musicologist. He has performed leading roles at The Royal Opera, Glyndebourne and Opéra Royal de Versailles with conductors such This talk will be given by Dr. Gerard Brockie who taught in Dublin for a Moderator: Ms. Sheila Quigley, St. Mary’s GAA Club, Cahersiveen as Sir Mark Elder and Sir Simon Rattle. A graduate of DCU, the Royal Irish number of years. A native of Cork, he completed a doctorate on Leo XIII Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio in London, Gavan’s recent, who was Pope when the church in Cahersiveen was planned and developed. Speaker: Mr. Seán Kelly, MEP. Seán is former President of the GAA and ground-breaking PhD on Robert O’Dwyer’s Irish language opera Eithne led He will also talk about the background to the construction of the chapel in MEP for the Ireland South constituency since 2009. to its first performance since 1910 with the RTÉ National Symphony Derrynane House in 1844 to the upkeep of which Pope Pius XII gave a Orchestra last October. See www.gavanring.co.uk contribution. Saturday 1 September, Derrynane House, Caherdaniel Closing Remarks: Mary O’Connor, Chairperson of the Organising 10:30am Refreshments 10:00am O’Connell’s Kerry Committee. Moderator: Dr. Ruth Barrington, Dublin and Castlecove 11:00pm The Past in the Present: Three Commemorations Sunday, 2 September, St. Crohan’s Church, Caherdaniel Speakers: 9:30am Memorial Mass for the O’Connell Family, Moderator: Moira Morrell. Moira is CEO of Kerry County Council Professor Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail, “Gaelic South Kerry in the Eighteenth followed by Reception in the Caherdaniel Community Centre. Speakers: Century”. Meidhbhín is Associate Professor of Irish in UCD and is an authority on the literary and manuscript tradition of Munster. An Scoil 2018 Professor Yvonne Galligan, “Broadening the Vote: the Impact of Women Chuir Dómhnall Ó Conaill tús le cultúr nua i bpolaitíocht na hÉireann agus na hEorpa. Voters on the Polity”. Yvonne is Professor of Political Science at QUB and Dr. John Knightly, “The Big House in the Era of O’Connell”. John is a civil Duine mór le rá ab ea é sa Bhreatain agus cáil air mar óráidí ag treisiú an liobrálachais. is an authority on relationships between gender and democracy. servant who also writes on the history of his native Kerry, especially on the Eiseamlár do lucht polaitíochta ins na Stáit Aontaithe ab ea é maidir lena shlite role and influence of the Godfrey family. polaitíochta agus mar a mheall sé an gnáth-phobal chun páirt a ghlacadh i bpolaitíocht Professor John Coakley, “The Good Friday Agreement: Context and na tíre. D’fhág sé rian fé leith ar chás na nIúdach agus cás na mílte a bhí brúite fé Dr. Pat Wallace, “Travelling in Comfort and Discomfort in early-Nineteenth smacht ag an sclábhaíocht. Dlíodóir iomráiteach ab ea é agus bhí baint mhór aige le Aftermath”. John is Professor Emeritus of Politics, UCD, former Director of Century Ireland”. Pat is former Director of the National Museum of Ireland. cúrsaí gnó na hÉireann. Déanfaidh an Scoil Samhraigh an méid seo a iniúchadh, a the Institute of British-Irish Studies and Secretary General of the International scagadh agus a cheistiú. Political Science Association. With Michael Gallagher, his authoritative 11:30am Refreshments Politics in the Republic of Ireland is in its sixth edition (2018). Walsh's Of Cahersiveen.