Free Admission (Small charge for bus to Mullaghmast on Sunday)
Pre-booking is essential.
TO BOOK:
Email: boxoffice@riverbank.ie
Phone: 045 448327
Online booking:
www.riverbank.ie
Image: David Butler
Programme is provisional and may be subject to change.
The Co. Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee, in association with June Fest, Newbridge, Merrion Press, and Ireland’s Military Story presents:
Irish Military Seminar 9-11 June, 2017
FRIDAY NIGHT
17.45 p.m. Opening of the Seminar by Mayor of Co. Kildare and keynote speech and book launch by the GOC Brigadier-General Joe Mulligan, Curragh. Reception in foyer of Riverbank
Book Launch – The War Memoirs of Col. C.M.L. Clements, M.C.
compiled and edited by James Durney and Hugh Crawford
FIRST SESSION – Auditorium (35 mins and 10 mins Q&A)
18.45 – 19.30 p.m. Thomas Ashe – A life given for Ireland (the 100th anniversary of his death) – Maurice O’Keeffe and Dr. Helene O’Keeffe, Irish Life and Lore (Oral History Projects)
SECOND SESSION Auditorium (75 mins and 15 mins Q&A)
19.40 p.m. INTRODUCTION
19.45 – 21.15 p.m. Congo – An Irish Affair – (documentary) – Extracts from the film and panel discussion with Declan Power (Facilitator), Dan Harvey and Maurice O’Keeffe.
SATURDAY
8.45 a.m. – 9.15 a.m. Registration & Coffee
FIRST SESSION Auditorium (35 mins and 10 mins Q&A)
9.20 – 9.25 a.m. Opening Remarks – Wesley Bourke and Conor Graham
9.25 a.m. – 10.10a.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
TEA/COFFEE 10.55 – 11.20 a.m.
SECOND SESSION Auditorium (30 mins and 10 mins Q&A)
11.25 -12.10 p.m A very uncivil affair! War in Dublin 1922-1923 – John Dorney
12 .10 -12.55 p.m. Michael Kelly Lawler, American Civil War General – Wesley Bourke
12.55 – 13.55 p.m. LUNCH with Music and documentaries on screens
THIRD SESSION Auditorium (30 mins and 10 mins Q&A)
14.00 -14.45 p.m. Full Metal Shamrocks – Irishmen and the Vietnam War – James Durney and special guest(s)
14.45 p.m. – 15.30 p.m. A Belfast Jacobin – Samuel Neilson and 1798 Rebellion – Kenneth Dawson
TEA/COFFEE 15.30 p.m. – 15.55 p.m.
FOURTH SESSION Auditorium (30 mins and 10 mins Q&A)
16.00 p.m. – 16.45 p.m. Luftwaffe Eagles over Ireland – Justin Horgan
16.45 p.m. – 17.00 p.m. Close of Seminar Q and A
SATURDAY
MacKenna Gallery, Riverbank, Newbridge – 10 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. ALL DAY – Free Event
Weapons’ Display and workshop with IRISH MILITARY VEHICLES
SUNDAY
FIELD TRIP TO THE RATH OF MULLAGHMAST in association with Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups
10.00 a.m. Bus departs Newbridge
Massacre at Mullaghmast – A Game of Thrones! – a note – Mario Corrigan and James Durney
The lost Medieval Village – Noel Dunne, Archaeologist
Performance – Griese Youth Theatre
10.45 a.m. Arrive at Rath
14.00 p.m. Arrive back in Newbridge – Tea/Coffee on the way back