Programme of Events For The 2006-2007 Academic Year
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Saturday 21st Oct - Social & Squash |
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Venue: King's College (8 p.m.) Traditional music from the award winning Cambridge Comhaltas and some of our own members. Come along and enjoy what will be assured 'craic'. If you want to join in bring your fiddle or guitar or whatever it is you play and you'll be more than welcome. Please contact Ita Monaghan (imm28) or Brig Totten (bt254) for more information on traditional music in Cambridge. |
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Wednesday 1st November - Samhain Formal |
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Venue: Clare College (7 p.m.) The Ireland Society is hosting a formal on Wednesday November 1st to celebrate the Celtic festival of Samhain. This festival celebrates the end of the harvest season and the movement into winter. At the moment it looks like it will be held in Clare college. The cost of the formal is £7 and it would be great to see loads of you there! We may even make it as far as Cindies afterwards! Please contact Lisa O'Dea (lao23) for more information and to book tickets. |
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Thursday 16th November - The Wind That Shakes The Barley (In Association With St. John's Film Society) |
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Venue: St John's College (9 p.m.) The Wind That Shakes The Barley is a controversial and thought provoking film. It will be introduced by Dr Kearns of the geography department, who will focus on the geographical history of Ireland in conflict. Following the film there will be a short discussion regarding the accuracy and portrayal of Irish Conflict in the film and Hollywood in general. If you have an opinion (critical or otherwise) and are interested in contributing to this discussion, please come along. Please contact Patrick Leonard (pkl24) for further details about speaking at the film. Directions To St. John's College |
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Friday 17th November: Mael Mordha |
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Venue: Man on the Moon, Norfolk Street (8 p.m.) Mael Mordha (Irish gaelic doom metal band) will play in the Man on the Moon, Norfolk Street, Cambridge on Fri 17th Nov at 8pm. Tickets cost £5, and can be obtained from the Cambridge Rock Soc Website. |
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Saturday 18th November: Cambridge Comhaltas Charity Ceili |
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Venue: Coleridge Community College (8 p.m. - 11.30 p.m.) Cambridge Comhaltas are hosting a Charity Ceili in Coleridge Community College in aid of Arthur Rank House. Tickets cost £7.50 for adults, £2.50 for children and £15 for a family |
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Wednesday 22nd November: Northern Ireland Forum: "Gender and Families in the North of Ireland: Internal Divisions and International Comparisons" |
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Venue: Social & Political Sciences Seminar Room, Free School Lane (5 p.m.) Mick Cunningham, esteemed academic from Washington University/Queen's University Belfast will feature in this seminar, co-organised by GENET, Cambridge and the Social and Political Sciences Deptartment. All Welcome. |
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Thursday 30th November: Northern Ireland Forum: "Jobs in Northern Ireland, an Oxymoron?" |
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Venue: King's College, Keyne's Room (1 p.m.) Peter Reid, a native of Northern Ireland, and esteemed adviser from the CU Careers Department, has kindly arranged to talk us about career prospects in Northern Ireland. It will be a short 15 minute talk followed by Questions and Answers. Mr Reid wishes to know in advance what are the likely interests of attenders. Please contact Patrick Leonard (pkl24) for further details. |
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Tuesday 30th January: The Northern Ireland Forum: "The Right Honourable Baroness May Blood, MBE" |
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Venue: Pembroke College, Nihon Room (7.30 p.m.) We are delighted that Baroness Blood will be the first of our speakers for the Northern Ireland Forum in Lent Term. May Blood was born in Belfast in 1938, and worked for many years at the Blackstaff Mill on the Springfield Road. She originally rose to prominence through the Trade Union Movement and later as a community worker in her native East Belfast. She was also a founding member of the Northern Ireland Women´s coalition. She has always stood firmly against the mainstream sectarian culture and, though not afraid of controversy, her vision of a more just and peaceful community has ensured her place among the most influential contributors to the peace process. A witty and feisty personality, she will be speaking to us about her varied and unique life in Ulster politics, and the political perspective from outside the mainstream. Education, social justice and women´s issues are sure to feature. May Blood was ennobled in 1998, and sits in the House of Lords on the Government Benches. |
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Saturday 10th February: Quigley's Point |
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Venue: The Rathmore Club (8.00 pm) Quigleys Point, a folk duo from Glasgow will play a lively set at the Rathmore Club, Cherryhinton Rd, followed by some ceili dancing! It will be a really fun night and admission is free, so come along and start the rugby celebrations early... |
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Sunday 11th February: Ireland vs France |
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Venue: The Cricketer's Pub, Off Parker's Piece (3.00 pm) Our friends at the Cricketers Pub (just off Parkers Piece) will be showing the Ireland Vs France Rugby match and will provide nibbles and snacks.After the match Quigley's Point will play a set! All welcome! Come along and support our local Irish Pub! |
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Monday 19th February: J.M. Synge's "The Playboy of the Western World" |
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Venue: Mumford Theatre Following a successful tour around the R.O.I and N.I, J.M Synge's magnificent comedy is coming to Cambridge, for one night only! A murderer attracts the love of a rural Irish Community incapable of distinguishing scroundrels from heroes. How soon will the fickle nature of celebrity wane? When does a man who kills his father become a hero? Tickets cost £8 for students and group discount is available in advance! |
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Tuesday 20th February: The Northern Ireland Forum: "Sam McAughtry" |
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Sam McAughtry: Where to start? The internationally-respected Sam McAughtry is best known for his prolific career as a writer. But the Second World War Veteran has also been a journalist, broadcaster, civil servant, Trade Unionist, peace campaigner, and politician. Born to a working-class family in East Belfast’s Tiger’s Bay, Sam McAughtry was exposed to the city’s sectarian divisions at an early age, since they were responsible for distancing him from his Nationalist relatives. He left school at 14 and served in the RAF during World War II, and later became a Civil Servant in the Department of Agriculture. During these years, Sam rose to prominence in the Trade Unions, and enjoyed a second career as a writer for local newspapers. But his life was not easy. He has written movingly and candidly about the struggle with alcoholism which nearly destroyed his life. By 1971, he had reached his nadir. However, after a brief stay in hospital, he was determined to turn his life around and started work on his first book The Sinking of the Kerbane Head, an account of the sea battle which killed his brother. This success of this book brought him to a wider audience; and he became a popular commentator on RTE’s Sunday Miscellany and an award-winning columnist for The Irish Times. In the 1980s, he published further novels, short stories and memoirs, and entered into the dangerous world of Ulster politics, becoming the founding Chairman of the Peace Train Organisation. In 1996, he confounded his critics and his support for the Union notwithstanding and was elected to the Senate of Ireland, becoming the first Northerner to be so. At the age of 84, Sam remains an active speaker and campaigner. With his renowned independence of thought, his refreshing candour, celebrated wit and penetrating intelligence, Sam McAughtry is sure to fascinate, delight, entertain and provoke much thought and discussion. An unmissable event! |
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Wednesday 28th February - Wednesday 14th March: Art Exhibition: Jonathan O'Dea |
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Venue: Clare Hall Gallery (9.00 am - 6.30 pm Daily) An exhibition of paintings by Jonathan O'Dea. There will be an opening reception at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday 28th February |
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Thursday 1st March: The Irish Ambassador: "Developments in the Anglo-Irish Relationship" |
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Venue: Clare Hall, The Richard Eden Suite (6.00 pm) A lecture by the Irish Ambassador. |
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Friday 2nd March: Professor Sean McConville: "Oscar Wilde in Prison" |
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Venue: Clare Hall, The Richard Eden Suite (6.00 pm) |
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Saturday 3rd March: Music and Dance |
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Venue: Clare Hall, The Dining Hall (6.00 pm) Irish Music performed by Jeuncy and an exhibition of dancing by the Masterson School of Irish Dancing. Your chance to join in the fun and dance a little jig. Includes Food and Drink. |
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Sunday 4th March: The Wind that Shakes the Barley |
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Venue: Clare Hall, The Dining Hall (8.00 pm) Winner of the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year. |
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Monday 5th March: Professor Andrew Kennedy: "Beckett-Tragicomic Vision" |
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Venue: Clare Hall, Meeting Room (1.00 pm) |
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Monday 5th March: Professor Dan Bradley (Trinity College, University of Dublin): "From Milesius to Niall of the Nine Hostages: Genetic insights into Irish Origins" |
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Venue: Clare Hall, Richard Eden Suite (6.00 pm) |
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Saturday 10th March: The Cambridge University Gaelic Athletics Club: The Varsity Matrches |
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Venue: Coldham's Common, Cambridge (12.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. The Annual Varsity Matches: Cambridge vs Oxford 12.30 p.m. Ladies' Gaelic football 1.30 p.m. Hurling 3.00 p.m. Camogie 4.00 p.m. Men's Gaelic football |
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Saturday 10th March: The Cambridge University Ireland Society Annual Dinner |
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Venue: Girton College (6.30 p.m.) All members (and friends) are cordially invited to our annual St. Patrick's Day celebration which will take place on March 10th in Girton College. Dress code is green tie. Tickets are unfortunately sold out! Please email Brendan Murphy (bm309) and David Sheils (dcs29) if you have reserved a ticket and wish to find something out about the dinner. |
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Wednesday 2nd May: Ceiliúradh na Gaeilge i gCambridge / Celebrating Irish in Cambridge |
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Venue: Drama Studio, English Faculty Building (5.00 p.m.) The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic invites you to a launch of the teaching of Modern Irish in Cambridge and a celebration of Irish teaching and research in the university in the Drama Studio, English Faculty Building, 9 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP on Wednesday, 2 May 2007, at 5pm The Irish Ambassador, Mr Daithí Ó Ceallaigh, will give an address followed by a poetry reading by Dr Louis de Paor, Centre for Irish Studies, University College Galway introduced by Professor Angela Bourke, University College Dublin, and Parnell Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge A wine reception will follow in the faculty building. |
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Thursday 14th June: Annual General Meeting |
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Venue: Jane Harrison Room, Newnham College (2.00 p.m.) Please come along and vote for next year's committee and let us know exactly what you would like from the Ireland Society. |
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Monday 18th June: Annual May Week Garden Party |
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Venue: Jane Harrison Room, Newnham College (2.00 p.m.) All welcome. Please email Brenda (bm318) if you would like to attend so that we can estimate numbers. |
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Wednesday 13th June: Peter Hain |
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Venue: Jane Harrison Room, Newnham College (2.00 p.m.) Peter Hain will be visiting Cambridge on 13th June to meet and talk to students in the Benson Room at Magdalene College Main site. Peter will give a speech followed by an informal opportunity for attendees to meet and talk to Mr Hain. Peter is a candidate for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party and is at present the Secretary of State for Wales and Northern Ireland. In that capacity he has been one of the key architects of the new peace settlement in Northern Ireland and his views on this subject are bound to be of interest to anyone with an interest in Northern Ireland. All are welcome to what should be an excellent event! If any further enticement is needed free refreshments will be provided! |
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The Cambridge Group For Irish Studies |
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Venue: Magdalene College, The Parlour The programme of events for the Irish studies group attached. There are some excellent guest speakers and topics which maybe of interest to all society members. |
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