It’ll be my third year in the chair. An outstanding line-up
of speakers will address the conference on the theme ‘Telling Tales of
Revolution’. But it’s ‘tales’ in a very broad sense. Robert Ballagh will talk on
the story-telling in his paintings; Derek Warfield, founder of the Wolfe Tones,
on his experience from a lifetime
singing rebel songs; Alan Titley on the references to revolution in Gaelic
literature prior to 1916. Frank Allen will tell the story of ‘Twelve Days In
May’, a film on James Connolly, which is now in production under the direction
of Danny Boyle and is due for international release in the autumn. Gerald Dawe,
Luke Gibbons, Vincent Pierse, Niamh Parsons, Liz Gillis and Kevin Hora on a
diverse range of topics; the conference takes place in Ballagderreen, Co
Roscommon on July 21st.
Information at http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/en/Services/Community/Arts_Office/the-douglas-hyde-conference.html
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