Once again we have a great line-up of speakers, poets and musicians who will enlighten and entertain you in the unique atmosphere of St Clement's. Here you can get away from the world (mobile phones are out of range) and immerse yourself in the company of a group of interesting participants, some of whom have the distinction of having attended every Shamrock!
This year we head off to the historic Black Swan in Binalong for an afternoon of music, poetry, the odd good yarn and Irish country hospitality. Good company, warm open fires and a delicious tea make it a great way to spend a winter afternoon.
Saturday night will see us Live @ Ned Ryan's for an historical presentation with a difference. It will be a great weekend so please do register early and support the museum, library and archive at St Clement's.
Shamrock is fully booked
Please contact
us if you wish to be placed on
the waiting list
2009 Program
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Thursday 6 August |
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3.00pm
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Registration
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6.00pm
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Dinner
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7.30pm
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Welcome
to Shamrock in the Bush
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No petty people |
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8.00pm
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The Anglo Irish Tradition in Australia Felix Dr Gordon Forth, keynote speaker |
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Friday 7 August |
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Soldiers of the Queen |
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9.00am
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Whirlpool VC Dr
Craig Wilcox |
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9.45am
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Fenian convict John Boyle O'Reilly's escape from Western Australia in 1869 Dr Keith Amos |
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10.30am
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Morning
tea
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Wild Colonials |
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11.00am
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The Wild Colonial Boy: Fact or Fiction? Allen Mawer |
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11.45pm
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Victor Daley and the Celtic Twilight Dr Frank Molloy |
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1.00pm
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Lunch |
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Australian journeys |
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2.00pm
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From East Clare to Eastern Australia: The Parish Priest, the Middle Men and the Emigrants. Pauleen Cass |
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2.45pm
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Educating the Currency Lads: the first students at St John’s College within the University of Sydney Dr Perry McIntyre |
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3.30pm
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Afternoon
tea and free time
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7.30pm
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Shamrock
Dinner
in
Galong House with
guest speaker Billy Cantwell, editor of the Irish Echo
and entertainment by Adrian Barker, Ben Stephenson
and
John Dengate.
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Saturday 8 August |
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Bound for South Australia |
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9.00am
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Malachi Martin and the infamous Salt Creek Murders – a story of romance, passion, violence and the unfortunate lives of two Irish girls. Ann Herraman |
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9.45am
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The Irish in Kapunda and the Mid North of South Australia Simon O'Reilly |
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10.30am
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Morning
tea
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11.00am
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Goodness had nothing to do with it – the amazing life of Lola Montez. Barbara Holbourn |
| Hidden music | |
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11.45am
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'Listening for the undertones': uncovering the hidden history of Irish music in Australia' Adrian Barker & Ben Stephenson |
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1.00pm
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Lunch
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Fireside @ the Black Swan |
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2.30pm
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Banjo Paterson John Dengate
& Dr Jeff Brownrigg |
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7.00pm
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Dinner
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Live @ Ned Ryan's |
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8.00pm |
Prof Jeff Brownrigg
will
introduce
'Barons, Rebels and Romantics': The Fitzgerald's First Thousand
Years, by
Alan Fitzgerald with
musical accompaniment by John
Dengate, Jen Kelson, Richard Herraman and
others.
Refreshments will be served. |
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Sunday
9 August
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Legacies of Éireann |
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9.00am
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Celtic Spirituality: Alive in the modern psyche Dr Katrina Anderson |
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10.00am
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Annie Casey: Benefactress of the Church Fr Brian Maher |
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10.30am
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Morning
Tea
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'Who fears to speak of 98' |
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11.00am
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'This bloody and accursed despotism': the life and times of Hugh Mahon Dr Jeff Kildea |
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11.45am
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Do Balmain boys read Gaelic? : the Albert Dryer collection in the National Library of Australia
Richard Stone |
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12.30pm
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Wrap
up
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1.00pm
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Lunch
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Please note that times and speakers could vary should unforeseen circumstances arise.
A brochure forShamrock in the Bush 2009 events can be downloaded.
This page last updated: 17 March 2009
