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This year, as the nation commemorates
the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls, the Mc Glinchey Summer School
explores Inishowen at that time in our history.
La Trinidad Valencera of Armada fame, the O’Doherty Castles
and the Established Churches throughout the peninsula
are all physical evidence of this period.
The Annals of the Four Masters and
Carndonagh man John Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae
also date from the 17th century.
This Year's Scheudle
Fri | Sat | Sun | Bio-Notes | Background
Return day trip via Buncrana Ferry to Rathmullen (Flight of Earls Centre)
7.30 pm
Opening of 9th McGlinchey Summer School.
8.00 pm
John Toland 1670-1721 - Seamus Deane
9.00 pm
Opening of Exhibition (Art and Major Historical Exhibition)
9.30 pm
Ballads, Traditional and Jazz Music Sessions: Clonmany Venues
11:00am
Inishowen : Before And After 1607 - Sean McMahon, Derry
12:00am
Rosa O'Doherty - Brian O'Doherty (Oregan),
2:30pm
Field Trip - to Carraig a Brachaí Castle, Isle of Doagh and Drama on Flight of Earls performed by children
5:00pm
Bi-lingual talks on Éire na Gaeilge - with panel of invited speakers at Doagh Famine Village, Isle of Doagh
8:00pm
Concert
11:00am
Field Trips -O Neill grave, Straid / Bird Museum, Gortfad Bird Museum, Gortfad
2:00pm
DNA Postcards from the Past - Dan Bradley, TCD
3:00pm
Drama on Flight of Earls - performed by local schoolchildren
4:00pm
Ireland in Europe: Past and Present - James Sharkey
4:30pm
Parellel Worlds of Inishowen and Bahrain - Gary Doherty ,Carndonagh
8:00pm
The Big Night - Clonmany Community Centre