Ardnacrusha 75
An interdisciplinary conference
The 5th Limerick Conference in Irish-German Studies
15 – 17 April 2004
Organised jointly by the Centre for Irish-German Studies at the
University of the Limerick, the ESB, the Hunt Museum, Limerick
and Siemens Ireland
Thursday 15th April
Venue: Ardnacrusha Power Station.
6.30 Reception & Opening Remarks
Welcome remarks by Pat Naughton, Station Manager & Huw Lewis, Dean,
College of Engineering, UL.
7.00pm
Brendan Delany (ESB)
“An overview of the Shannon Scheme”
7.55pm
Ron Cox (TCD)
“Bridge building & Ardnacrusha”
8.50pm
Brief tour of the Station.
Friday, 16h April 2004
Venue : Hunt Museum.
7.30pm
Justin Keating (Dublin)
“Sean Keating’s contribution to visual arts in Ireland”
8.20 pm
Paul Duffy (Galway)
“Engineering Perspectives on Ardnacrusha”
Saturday 17th April
Venue: University of Limerick, CSIS Building.
9.00am
Jürgen Elvert (University of Cologne)
“Germany and Ireland in the 1920’s: Political and Economic Relations”
9.45am
Wilfried Feldenkirchen (University of Erlangen/Nürnberg & Siemens
Archives, Munich)
“Siemens in the 1920’s and the importance of the Shannon Scheme”
10.40am
Coffee
11.00am
Peter Carroll (Building Consulting Group, ESBI)
“Architectural Perspectives of Ardnacrusha Power Station”
11.45am
Gerald O’Beirne (Siemens Ireland)
“The Shannon Scheme & Siemens in Ireland”
1.00 pm
Lunch in the Main Restaurant, University of Limerick
2.00pm
Michael McCarthy (Dublin)
“Security Issues for the Shannon Scheme”
2.45 pm
Mark Maguire (Dublin Business School)
“Social Consequences of Ardnacrusha and Electrification”
3.30 pm
Coffee
3.50 pm
Joachim Fischer (University of Limerick)
“Literary Images of the Shannon Scheme”
4.40 – 5.15pm
Open Forum
5.15pm
Closing remarks
8.30pm
Venue: Jean Monnet Theatre, University of Limerick
Introduction by Martin Chappell (University of Limerick)
Film Screening
METROPOLIS dir: Fritz Lang , 1927, 118 mins
Restored version with original score by Gottfried Huppertz
Screened in association with the UL ARTS OFFICE
10.30pm
Venue: An Phluais, Scholars Bar, University of Limerick
Music by Desi Wilkinson & friends
“Songs of Ardnacrusha and more …”
About the Speakers and Performers:
Peter Carroll, Senior Consultant Architect, has a special interest in
conservation and heritage issues and works in the Building Consulting
Group, ESB International.
Martin Chappell is Head of the Dept. of Languages and Cultural Studies,
University of Limerick. He lectures in French and in Film Studies.
Dr Ron Cox is Research Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and Director of
the Centre for Civil Engineering Heritage at TCD.
Brendan Delany is Archive & Heritage Manager in ESB.
Paul Duffy works in Forensic and Litigation Engineering and is author of
several publications on the Shannon Scheme.
Prof. Jürgen Elvert is Professor of History and the Didactics of History in
the Faculty of Education at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Prof. Wilfried Feldenkirchen is Professor of Economic History at the
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Academic Director of the Siemens
Archives, Munich.
Dr Joachim Fischer is Senior Lecturer in German and Joint Director, Centre
for Irish German Studies at the University of Limerick.
Justin Keating is a former Labour Minister and Senator and son of Sean
Keating.
Michael McCarthy is a journalist and author; he published several articles on
social conditions during the building of the Shannon Scheme.
Dr Mark Maguire published on anthropological aspects of the Shannon
Scheme and lectures in the Dept. of Anthropology in the Dublin Business
School.
Gerald O’Beirne retired as Senior Manager, Power and Automatics Division
from Siemens in 1995 and is author of Siemens in Ireland 1925-2000 (Dublin:
Farmar).
Dr Desi Wilkinson holds a PhD from the Irish World Music Centre at the
University of Limerick. He is an acclaimed flute player and has recorded
several CDs.
Attendance at the Conference is free. However, since places are limited for some
of the events registration for the conference is advised to secure a place.
Registration and Conference Secretary
Dolores Hanly
Business Development Manager/Conferences & Events
Limerick Conference & Sports Park,
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Tel. 353 61 202064 Fax: 353 61 202188
Email: dolores.hanly@ul.ie
Website: www.limerickconferencepark.ie
Conference Committee: Joachim Fischer (Joint Director, Centre for Irish-German
Studies, UL); Brendan Delany (Archives & Heritage Manager, ESB); Virginia Teehan
(Director, Hunt Museum); Michael O’Connor (Marketing Manager Siemens).
Other events
to mark the 75th Anniversary of the
Official Opening of Ardnacrusha Power Station
Tuesday 6th April 2004
Venue: Hunt Museum
7.00pm
Welcome by Virginia Teehan, Director, Hunt Museum
7.10 pm
Address by the Chancellor of the University of Limerick, Mr Seán Donlon
7.15pm
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Musical pieces commissioned by the ESB for Ardnacrusha 75
7.35pm
Address by the Secretary of the ESB, Mr John Redmond
7.40pm
Address by Ciara Ní Chuinneagáin, Siemens Ireland.
7.45pm
Justin Keating & Donald Teskey
Opening of Sean Keating exhibition
Wednesday 7th April – Wednesday, 28rd April
Venue: Hunt Museum
Exhibition of Sean Keating’s Shannon Scheme paintings
Wednesday 7th April
Venue: Hunt Museum
7.00pm
Dr Tricia Cusack (University of Birmingham)
“Ardnacrusha and its symbolism”
Tuesday, 20th April
Venue: Hunt Museum
1pm
Andy McCarthy
“The Life and Work of Sean Keating”
Contact:
Naomi O’Nolan
Exhibition Manager
Hunt Museum
The Custom House
Rutland Street
Limerick
Tel. 061-490082 Fax 061-312834
Email Naomi@huntmuseum.com
www.huntmuseum.com