'Explosive Substances' - Politics and Culture in the 19th Century

Youghal is holding its 9th Annual Conference on September 24th and 25th, 2011.  Attendees will be treated to thought-provoking and entertaining lectures by eminent speakers who will share their knowledge and insights into the changing role of politics and culture in 19th Century Ireland. 

SATURDAY 24.09.2011

09.30: Registration and Coffee

09.45: Official Opening of Conference

10.00: FELIX LARKIN ‘Keeping an eye on Youghal: the Freeman's Journal and the Plan of Campaign in East Cork, 1886-1892’

10.45: Coffee

11.15: BILL POWER ‘Going to War in the Name of God: Monsignor Daniel Keller of Youghal and the Priests of Cloyne during the Land War’

12.00: PETER MURRAY (Crawford Gallery) 'Lady Caroline Lamb's 1816 Romantic novel "Glenarvon", written at Lismore Castle, and its Place in the Art, Politics and Literature of the Period'

12.45: Break for Lunch

14.30: IAN D'ALTON 'Before Molly Keane: Image and Reality in the Lives of 19th Century Gentry of East Cork and West Waterford’

15.15: EIBHEAR WALSHE (UCC) ‘Burning Down the House: Molly Keane, Elizabeth Bowen and the Big House Novel’

16.00: TADHG O'KEEFFE (UCD) 'The Back Lanes, Alleys and Courts of 19th Century Youghal'

16.45: 'You Can Judge a Book by its Cover' (The Bookmap of Munster, an interactive session) 

20:00 CONFERENCE DINNER - PRICE €35

The Red Store, North Main Street, Youghal (places limited, must be booked separately, see above)

SUNDAY 25.09.2011

09.15: Registration

09.45: Opening Remarks

10.00: FINTAN DUFFY (WIT) '19th Century Decorative Architecture in Youghal'

10.45: Coffee

11.15: JOAN ROCKLEY 'Edward Fitzgerald of Youghal, Architect and Antiquarian'

12.00: DAITHI KEARNEY (UCC) 'Singing Sentiment: Gaelic Poetry and Songs in East Cork'

12.45: Discussion, Questions

13.00: Break for Lunch

15.00: Field Trip 

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