Cultural Events
WEEK 1
| Monday 15 June | |
| 4.45-5.30pm | Tour of O'Connell House and Library |
| Tuesday 16 June | |
BLOOMSDAY FESTIVAL 2009. The day in 1904 on which all the action of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses takes place. It is celebrated every year on 16th June by Joyceans all over the world. In Dublin, where the novel is set, Bloomsday celebrations go on for a week from the 10th to the 16th June, with most of the attention on the day itself. It is traditional to dress up and go out for the day, visiting the locations of the book and taking part in readings, walks and convivial activities of all sorts which in some way connect with Ulysses, its author and its world. |
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| 1-3pm | Walking tour of Joycean Dublin led by Luke |
| Gibbons | |
| 6-8pm | Opening Reception at O'Connell House & Field |
| Day Publication Launch | |
| 8.30-10pm | Screening of John Huston's The Dead - Introduced |
| by Luke Gibbons. Venue: Irish Film Institute, Eustace Street, Temple Bar |
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| Thursday 18 June | |
| 1-2pm | Proclaimations, Posters, Politics & Power: 400 |
| Years by Mary Broderick Venue: National Library of Ireland |
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| 7pm | PUBLIC LECTURE |
| Professor Elizabeth Butler Cullingford - Catholicism in Crisis: Representing the Abuse Scandals in Ireland and Irish-America | |
Venue: National Gallery of Ireland Professor Cullingford's keynote lecture will discuss the film Doubt; all students are advised to read the play or to see the movie version in advance. |
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| Friday 19 June | |
| 3-4pm | Royal Irish Academy, Treasures Exhibition |
| Venue: Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street | |
| Saturday 20 June | |
| 9.30am -3pm | Walking Tour of Dublin’s Contemporary Architecture |
| with Michael Cullinan - See CV and Portfolio Meeting Point: O'Connell House |
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WEEK 2 |
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| Tuesday 23 June | |
| 6.45pm | Introduction to the Abbey Theatre by the Director, |
| Fiach Mac Conghail
Meeting point: Foyer of the Abbey Theatre, Abbey Street |
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| 7.30pm | Abbey Theatre – The Last Days of a Reluctant |
| Tyrant by Tom Murphy | |
| Venue: Abbey Theatre, Abbey Street | |
An epic family drama, shot through with dark humour, The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant tells the tragic story of a family disintegrating, having lost its moral values. Arina is an ambitious woman. As a servant girl she marries into the degenerative family she works for, her peasant genes saving it from extinction. Her ruthless energy saves it from bankruptcy and she expands the family estate into an empire. As matriarch she rules with an iron hand, her avarice insatiable - until she begins to wonder what is it all for? She slackens her hold and loses her power to the hypocrisy and relentless grasping of her chosen son. The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant is a haunting new work from leading Irish dramatist Tom Murphy, who has worked closely with the Abbey throughout his career. His plays include Alice Trilogy, The House, The Wake, A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer’s Assistant, The Morning After Optimism, Famine, The Sanctuary Lamp, Conversations on a Homecoming, A Whistle in the Dark, Bailegangaire and The Gigli Concert. |
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| Wednesday 24 June | |
| 8pm | Stephen Collins, Political Editor of The Irish Times |
in conversation with broadcaster Bryan Dobson (Optional)
Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street |
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| 5.45-6.45pm | Tour of the National Gallery of Ireland's Irish Collection with Marie Bourke |
| Thursday 25 June | |
| 7pm | PUBLIC LECTURE |
| Declan Kiberd - After Ireland: The Death of a National Literature?
Venue: National Gallery of Ireland |
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| Saturday 27 June | |
| 9am-6pm | Field Trip to Monaghan and South Armagh. Led by |
| local historian Brian McDonald. Includes visit to Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen.
Departs 9am sharp: O'Connell House |
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| 11am | Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen |
| 1pm | Lunch |
| 2-4.30pm | Crossmaglen, The Fews and South Armagh |
| 6pm approx | Arrival back in Dublin |
| Sunday 28 June | |
| 3pm | Feargha Ní Bhríon: Sarah Purser, An Túr Gloine |
| and other Irish stained glass artists. Venue: National Gallery of Ireland | |
| Tuesday 30 June | |
| 3-4.30pm | Screening of RTE documentary Out of the |
| Marvellous to celebrate the 70th birthday of Seamus Heaney.
The film explores the key personal relationship in Heaney's life, that with his wife Marie, through facinating interview with both of them. It also follows Heaney to Harvard, New york and London, to readings, signings and public interviews, ecountering friends and colleagues such as writer and fellow Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Pulitzer prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, American critic Helen Vendler and Stephen Page, CHief Executive of Faber and Faber. These encounters reveal not only Heaney's gift for friendship and collegiality but also give many compelling insights inot working life of a major writer. Director: Charlie McCarthy Producer: Clíona Ní Bhuachalla |
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| 5pm | Synge Summer School wine reception at the Abbey |
| Theatre to celebrate the publication of Mary Burke’s ‘Tinkers’: Synge and the Cultural History of the Irish Traveller (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Venue: Abbey Theatre |
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WEEK 3 |
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| Thursday 2 July | |
| 4-5pm | Screening of Out of the Marvellous (Chapter 3 |
| only) | |
| 7pm | PUBLIC LECTURE |
| Paul Bove - Misprisions of Utopia: Messianism, Apocalypse, and Allegory
Venue: National Gallery of Ireland |
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| Friday 3 July | |
| 6.30-9pm | Closing Dinner |
Venue: Whelan Family Home, 30 Heytesbury Street, Dublin 8 |
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NOTE: This is a provisional schedule and is subject to change.