Irish Military Seminar 9-11 June, 2017
9-11 June, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
FRIDAY
15.15-17.30 Congo – An Irish Affair (FILM) – a special screening
17.45 p.m. Reception in foyer of Riverbank.
Opening of the Seminar by Mayor of County Kildare, Cllr. Ivan Keatley.
Book launch by Brig. General Joe Mulligan, GOC, Curragh – War Memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel C.M.L. Clements, MC
compiled and edited by James Durney and Hugh Crawford
18.30-19.15 p.m. Thomas Ashe – A life given for Ireland (the 100th anniversary of his death) – Maurice O’Keeffe and Dr. Hélène O’Keeffe, Irish Life and Lore (Oral History Projects)
19.30 p.m. -20.30 p.m. Blue Caps and Bulls Wool – The Congo and beyond! Declan Power, Dan Harvey and Maurice O’Keeffe
SATURDAY
8.45 a.m.-9.15 a.m. Registration – Tea & Coffee
9.20-9.25 a.m. Welcome – Wesley Bourke and Conor Graham
9.25 a.m.-10.10 a.m. The Sea was Red with Irish Blood! – Gallipoli 1915 – Lar Joye
10.10 a.m.-10.55 a.m. The Fenian Rising – Bloodlines! – Helen Litton
10.55-11.25 a.m. Break – Tea/Coffee
11.30-12.15 p.m. A very uncivil affair! War in Dublin 1922-1923 – John Dorney
12 .15-13.00 p.m. Michael Kelly Lawler, American Civil War General – Wesley Bourke
13.00 – 13.55 p.m. LUNCH (at own expense)
14.00-14.45 p.m. Full Metal Shamrocks – Irishmen and the Vietnam War – James Durney and guest(s)
14.50 p.m.-15.35 p.m. A Belfast Jacobin – Samuel Neilson and 1798 Rebellion – Kenneth Dawson
15.35 p.m.-15.50 p.m. Refresher Break
15.55 p.m.-16.40 p.m. Luftwaffe Eagles over Ireland – Justin Horgan
16.40 p.m.-17.00 p.m. Close of Seminar with Chair of Co. Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee, Cllr. Pádraig McEvoy
SATURDAY
11 a.m.-18.00 p.m. McKenna Gallery Riverbank, Weapons Display and workshop – Irish Military Vehicles Group
SUNDAY
FIELD TRIP TO THE RATH OF MULLAGHMAST in association with the Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups
10.00 a.m. Bus departs Newbridge
Massacre at Mullaghmast – A Game of Thrones! – a note by Mario Corrigan and James Durney
The lost Medieval Village – Noel Dunne, Archaeologist
Performance – Griese Youth Theatre
12.30 p.m. Refreshments at Burtown House
14.00 p.m. Arrive back in Newbridge
Free Admission (minimal cost for field trip): booking essential: boxoffice@riverbank.ie/045 448327
Contact: cilldara2016@gmail.com or localhistory@kildarecoco.ie or phone 045 448350 or 087 9871046
Part of Kildare County Council’s, Decade of Commemorations programme and a
Creative Ireland Kildare initiative, in association with Ireland’s Military Story, Merrion Press and June Fest.
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