| 5:00 - 6:30 |
Opening Session |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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| 6:30 - 8:00 |
Welcoming Dinner Reception |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
| 9:00 |
Concert |
Old
Cabell Hall, UVA |
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Music by The Green
Fields of America and De
Dannan |
Thursday,
May 8: The Celtic Tiger -- Cultural and Social Implications |
| 9:00-10:15 |
Key
Panel I: The Celtic Tiger |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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Liz O'Donnell, TD |
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Rory O'Donnell |
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Fintan O'Toole |
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Mod: Helen Shaw |
| 10:45-12:00 |
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James Monroe Room, |
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Ellen Hazelkorn |
Omni
Hotel |
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Peadar Kirby |
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Constantin Gurdgiev |
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Mod: Mary Corcoran |
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Family in Ireland: Breaking |
Regal
Cinema |
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Silences, Marking Changes |
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William Binchy |
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Ivana Bacik |
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Tony Fahey |
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Mod: Susan McKay |
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Multi-Racialism |
Downtown
Business |
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Abel Ugba |
Center,
Omni Hotel |
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David Roediger |
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Robbie Mc Veigh |
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Roddy Doyle |
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Mod: Ronit Lentin |
| 12:15 - 2:00 |
Luncheon Program |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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Life Stories
I |
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Featured Speaker: Frank
McCourt |
| 2:30 - 3:45 |
Celtic Music
& Dance |
Regal
Cinema |
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Jean Butler |
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Micheal O Suilleabhain |
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Nicholas Carolan |
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Larry Kirwan |
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Mod: Mick Moloney |
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Sponsored in part by the Barnaby Council for Celtic
Studies |
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Musical Narrative & Reading |
Jefferson
Theater |
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The Lonesome Touch |
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Featuring Martin
Hayes |
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with Cathal
O Searcaigh |
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Life Stories II |
Downtown
Business |
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Nan Joyce |
Center,
Omni Hotel |
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Lenwood Sloan |
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Mod: Mary Corcoran |
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The Making of the Great
Book of Gaelic |
Rotunda
Dome Room, UVA |
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Discussion with Malcolm Maclean and Theo Dorgan |
| 4:15 - 5:30 |
Celtic Myth &
Spirituality |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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Tomas O Cathasaigh |
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Mary Condren |
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Mod: Margaret Mac Curtain |
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Poverty Amidst Prosperity |
Regal
Cinema |
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Catherine Joyce |
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Peter McVerry SJ |
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Inez McCormack |
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Mod: Christopher Whelan |
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Film Screenings |
Vinegar
Hill Theatre |
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Short Dramatic and Documentary |
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Films Related to Conference Theme |
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Presented by the Cork International |
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Film Festival |
| 6:15 - 7:45 |
Dinner Reception |
Alumni
Hall |
| 8:15 - 10:15 |
Poetry Reading & Discussion |
Newcomb
Hall Ballroom |
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Paula Meehan |
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Ciaran Carson |
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Cathal O Searcaigh |
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Mod: Theo Dorgan |
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Sponsored by Poetry Ireland, Dublin |
| 8:15 |
Film Screening |
Newcomb
Hall Theatre |
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Goldfish Memory |
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Presented by Bord Scannán na hÉireann, the Irish
Film Board |
Friday,
May 9: Home and Away |
| 9:00 - 10:15 |
Key Panel II:
Home and Away |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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Mary Hickman |
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David N. Doyle |
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Piaras MacEinri |
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Mod: Kerby Miller |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
Between Europe
& America |
Downtown
Business |
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Peadar Kirby |
Center,
Omni Hotel |
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Colm Toibin |
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Kieran Keohane |
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Mod: Fintan O'Toole |
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Memory, Identity,
& the Diaspora |
Regal
Cinema |
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Breda Gray |
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Richard White |
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Brian Lambkin |
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Mary Corcoran |
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Mod: Pat Cooke |
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St. Patrick, Leprechauns,
& Shamrocks |
James
Monroe Room, |
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William H. A. Williams |
Omni
Hotel |
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Ed Ward |
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Luke Gibbons |
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Mod: Marion Casey |
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The Irish in America |
City
Council Chambers |
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Christopher Cahill |
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Noel Ignatiev |
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Katharine Brown |
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Patrick Griffin |
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Mod: Maureen Murphy |
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Sponsored in part by the Irish American Cultural
Institute |
| 12:15 - 2:00 |
Luncheon Program |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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Featuring Mick
Moloney |
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Musical Narrative |
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Irish Musical Hybrids |
| 2:30 - 3:45 |
Irish Art Today |
University
Art Museum |
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Declan McGonagle |
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Catherine Marshall |
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Gallery Talk |
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Musical Narrative |
Jefferson
Theater |
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East Wind --European Influences on
Contemporary Irish Music |
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Featuring Andy
Irvine |
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Universe of the Gaeltacht |
Regal
Cinema |
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Seosamh O Cuaig |
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Aodán Mac Póilin |
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Cathal O Searcaigh |
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Pádhraic Ó Ciardha |
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Mod: Angela Bourke |
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Film Screenings |
Vinegar
Hill Theatre |
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Short Dramatic and Documentary |
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Films Related to Conference Theme |
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Presented by the Cork International |
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Film Festival (TBA) |
| 4:15 - 5:30 |
Irish Empires |
Downtown
Business |
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Donald Akenson |
Center,
Omni Hotel |
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Alan Gilsenan |
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Tim Pat Coogan |
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Mod: David N. Doyle |
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Ireland & Britain |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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Malcolm Maclean |
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Colm Toibin |
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Roy Foster |
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Mod: Mary Hickman |
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Life Stories III |
James
Monroe Room, |
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Jacki Lyden |
Omni
Hotel |
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Living with Hollywood |
Vinegar
Hill Theatre |
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Gerard Stembridge |
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Rod Stoneman |
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Pádhraic Ó Ciardha |
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Trish McAdam |
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Mod: Martin McLoone |
| 6:15 - 7:45 |
Dinner Reception |
University
Art Museum |
| 8:15 - 10:15 |
Theatrical Presentation |
Culbreth
Theatre |
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Corn Exchange Production of |
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Michael West's Foley, starring |
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Andrew Bennett |
Saturday,
May 10: Peace, Northern Ireland and Beyond |
| 9:00 - 10:15 |
Key Panel III:
Peace and Northern Ireland |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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Inez McCormack |
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Niall O'Dowd |
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Ed Moloney |
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Mod: Joe Lee |
| 10:45 -12:00 |
Unionism |
James
Monroe Room |
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Edna Longley |
Omni Hotel |
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David Ervine |
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Chris McGimpsey |
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Mod: Arthur Aughey |
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Ulster's Protestants:
Complex Identities |
Downtown
Business Center, Omni Hotel
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Gordon Lucy |
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Henry Glassie |
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Michael Montgomery |
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Susan McKay |
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Mod: Kerby Miller |
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Re-Inventing the Past |
Regal
Cinema |
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Angela Bourke |
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Roddy Doyle |
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Alan Gilsenan |
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Roy Foster |
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Mod: Robert Scally |
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The Irish & Scots
Irish in Virginia |
Preston
Room, |
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Katharine Brown |
Omni
Hotel |
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Gerald Fogarty SJ |
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Kevin Donleavy |
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Mod: Warren Hofstra |
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Musical Narrative |
Jefferson
Theater |
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Songs and Stories from the Ulster Countryside |
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Featuring Len
Graham and |
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John Campbell
|
| 12:15 - 2:00 |
Luncheon Program |
Omni
Hotel Ballroom |
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Featuring Tommy
Sands |
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Musical Narrative |
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Songs of the Peace Process
Sponsored by the Milwaukee Irish Fest |
| 2:30 - 3:45 |
Irish
Nationalism |
Downtown
Business |
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Brendan O'Leary |
Center,
Omni Hotel |
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Brid Rodgers |
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Sean MacManus |
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Mod: Niall O'Dowd |
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Religion &
Identity |
Albemarle
Cty Off. |
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John Dunlop |
Bldg,
Lane Auditorium |
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John D. Brewer |
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Marianne Elliott |
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Mod: Margaret Mac Curtain |
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Post Colonialism
& Ireland |
Preston
Room, |
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Luke Gibbons |
Omni
Hotel |
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Joe Cleary |
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Jahan Ramazani |
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Mod: Clare Carroll |
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Musical Narrative |
Jefferson
Theater |
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Songs of the Hidden Ulster |
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Featuring Len Graham and |
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Pádraigín
Ní Uallacháin |
| 4:15 - 5:30 |
Finding Identities
in a Global Community |
Preston
Room,
Omni Hotel
|
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Declan McGonagle |
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Mick Moloney |
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Maurna Crozier |
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John Wilson |
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Mod: Theo Dorgan |
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Faith of Our Fathers:
Irish Catholicism Now |
Downtown
Business Center, Omni Hotel |
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Tom Inglis |
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Nuala O'Loan |
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Colm Toibin |
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Tony Fahey |
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Mod: Fintan O'Toole |
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Film Screenings |
Vinegar
Hill Theatre |
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Short Dramatic and Documentary |
| |
Films Related to Conference Theme |
| |
Presented by the Cork International |
| |
Film Festival (TBA) |
| |
Musical Narrative |
Jefferson
Theater |
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Appalachian Music & Dance |
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Featuring Bruce
Molsky and dancer |
| 6:15 - 7:45 |
Dinner Reception |
Newcomb
Hall, UVA |
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Special
Comedy Presentation by: Conor Grimes and Alan McKee |
| 8:15 |
Concert |
Old
Cabell Hall, UVA |
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Music by Cherish
the Ladies and Solas
|
| 8:00 |
Encore presentation of FOLEY
(not for conference participants) |
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Richard Wakely presents The Corn Exchange production
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Starring Andrew Bennett, written by Michael West |
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Followed by a discussion sponsored by |
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the Forum for Contemporary Thought |
