Friday Evening, 19 February 2016:
AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE (291 Park Road, Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa):
19:00: Reception, Investiture of the President of Oireachtas
Gaeilge Cheanada
Saturday, 20 February 2016:
AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE (291 Park Road, Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa):
10:00 – 11:00: Lecture – The Easter Uprising in the Context of Irish History
Speaker: Representative of the Irish Government (TBA)
11:00 – 12:00: Lecture – The Irish Language and the Easter Uprising
Speaker: Cllr. Niall Ó Donnghaile, former Mayor of Belfast
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
13:00 – 14:00: Lecture – Canada and the Easter Uprising
Speaker: Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh, Canadian Military College, Kingston, Ontario
14:00 – 15:00: Lecture – Katherine Hughes (Canadian Activist) and the Easter Uprising
Speaker, Dr. Pádraig Ó Siadhail, St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
16:00 - 16:30: Coffee
16:30 - 17:30: Workshop: Sean Nós Singing
HEART AND CROWN (67 Clarence Street, Ottawa)
18:30 - Supper
BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH HALL (194 4th Ave, Ottawa)
20:00 - Céilí
LANGUAGE: In order to facilitate maximum accessibility, parallel sessions will be run. Each lecture will therefore be given
twice: once in English, and once in Irish with simultaneous translation
|
Theatre #1 (Irish with Simultaneous Translation) |
Theatre #2 (English) |
10:00 – 11:00 |
The Irish Language and the Easter Uprising (Niall Ó Donnghaile) |
The Easter Uprising in the Context of Irish History (Representative of the Republic of Ireland) |
11:00 – 12:00 |
The Easter Uprising in the Context of Irish History (Representative of the Republic of Ireland) |
The Irish Language and the Easter Uprising (Niall Ó Donnghaile) |
13:00 – 14:00 |
Katherine Hughes (Pádraig Ó Siadhail) |
Canada and the Easter Uprising (Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh) |
14:00 – 15:00 |
Canada and the Easter Uprising (Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh) |
Katherine Hughes (Pádraig Ó Siadhail) |
Formalities of the Reception on Friday night will be mainly in Irish, as will the Commemorative Service.
Supported by:
Cumann na Gaeltachta
Celtic Studies, University of Ottawa
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