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!
The Shamrock Dinner in Galong House is always a highlight of the gathering with Jack Waterford, editor-at-large of the Canberra Times as the after dinner speaker. Music will be very much part of the event and Saturday night will see us Live @ Ned Ryan's for an evening with more than a little Irish spirit
It will be a great weekend so please do register early and support the museum, library and archive at St Clement's.
2010 Program
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Thursday 5 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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In the beginning |
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7.45pm
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Beginning A History of Australia: Manning Clark in Ireland 1956. Professor Mark McKenna, keynote speaker |
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Friday 6 August |
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Merchants, saints and settlers |
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9.00am
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Sinners, Saints and Settlers. |
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9.45am
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John Meares: Dubliner, naval officer, fur trader and would be colonizer. |
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10.30am |
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Artists and thieves |
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11.00am
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Contemporary Irish Australian Artists: Recreators or keepers of culture? Cinnamon van Reyk |
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11.45pm
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Prince of Thieves: the life of Irish pickpocket George Barrington. Rebecca Nason |
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1.00pm |
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Priests and prisoners |
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2.00pm
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'Autrefois Convict': Irishman Imprisoned. William Fegan |
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2.45pm
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'One of the most picturesque of the early priests': Father Patrick Dunne in Eastern Australia. Dr Jennifer Harrison
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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 Jack Waterford, editor at large of the Canberra Times
and musical entertainment by Fintan Vallely
and
John Dengate.
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Saturday 7 August |
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Bushrangers and rebels |
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9.00am
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Bone and Beauty: Stripping the bushranger myth. Jennifer Thompson |
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9.45am
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South Australian Fenians: Evidence, Insights and Uncertainties. Stephanie James |
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10.30am
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Morning tea
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11.00am
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The Harp Restrung: Ireland 1798 to Sydney 1804. Dr Anne-Maree Whitaker |
| Ethereal Ireland? | |
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11.45am
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Digital Tír na nÓg in 2010: Keeping Traditional music forever young. Dr Fintan Vallely |
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1.00pm
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Lunch
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A Sense of Place |
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2.00pm
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The Changing Face of Galong. |
| 3.30pm | Afternoon tea and free time
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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 |
An evening of music, song and verse in Galong House |
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Sunday
8 August
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Spiritual legacies |
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9.00am
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Shamrock in the Hunter Valley: the Singleton Mercy Story. Sr Monica Sinclair RSM |
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9.45am
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The Vicissitudes of Poverty and Progress: the saga of Captain Charles O'Neill. Stephen Utick |
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10.30am
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Morning
Tea
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Brother against brother |
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11.00am
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The Civil War in an Irish Town. Frank O'Shea |
| Echoes of Australia | |
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11.45am
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The Meaning of Missing - how the notion of Australia keeps creeping in.
Evelyn Conlon |
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12.45pm
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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 for Shamrock in the Bush 2010 events can be downloaded.
This page last updated: 29 April 2010
