Parnell Summer
School 2012
Sovereignty
& Society
12 - 17 August 2012
Avondale House,
Rathdrum, Co Wicklow
Charles Stewart Parnell
was born at Avondale in
1846, at the height of the
Great Famine. He became
leader of the Irish Party in
the Westminster Parliament
and first President of the
Land League. He laid the
foundation for the eventual
ownership of the land by
the farming community
and made great progress
towards obtaining political
independence for Ireland.
Fanny and Anna Parnell
were born at Avondale (in
1848 and 1852 respectively):
they also became ardent
nationalists and through the
Ladies’ Land League and
other organisations made
a significant but too often
overlooked contribution to
Irish history.
Sovereignty &
society
Today Irish people lament a loss of the state’s
hard-won sovereignty in the face of the bailout by
the troika of the European Union, the International
Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank.
One hundred years ago the majority of Irish people
looked forward to an increase in Irish sovereignty
as a result of the 1912 Home Rule Bill. Yet militant
minorities opposed the bill. For Ulster Unionists
home rule threatened their cherished place in the
United Kingdom while for advanced nationalists
the bill failed to offer Ireland full sovereignty. Some
Irish women even questioned the value of national
sovereignty as they fought for the personal
sovereignty of the vote.
The 2012 Parnell Summer School will explore the
theme of Sovereignty and Society as it relates to
the Ireland of today and the Ireland of home rule
leaders Charles Stewart Parnell and his successor
John Redmond.
PROGRAMME
Sunday
August 12th
15:00-16:00:
Registration
MONDAY, AUGUST 13th
10:00: Lecture
Ronan Lyons, Balliol College, Oxford – Sovereignty is overrated, society is
underrated: an economist’s thoughts on Ireland’s future.
16:00: Reception at
Avondale House
Chair: Dr Ciara Meehan, University College Dublin
16:30:
Official opening
11:30: Panel Discussion – Economic Sovereignty
- Richard Boyd Barrett, TD – People before Profit/United Left Alliance
- Paschal Donohoe, TD – Fine Gael
- Paul Murphy, MEP – Socialist Party/United Left Alliance
John Bruton,
Former EU Ambassador
to the USA and former
Taoiseach
Keynote Address:
Lord Bew, Professor
of Politics, Queen’s
University Belfast –
Parnell: Conservative
landlord or revolutionary
republican?
Chair: Dr Marnie Hay,
Summer School Director
20:30:
Informal social evening
at the Woodenbridge
Hotel
Special Event
Monday 13th August
19.30: Dedication in Rathdrum
Dedication of a Memorial
Stone to Parnell,
commemorating his
involvement with the G.A.A.
and the community of
Rathdrum.
Ceremony performed by
Professor Donal McCartney,
President, Parnell Society.
Refreshments afterwards in
Jacob's Well.
11:00: Coffee
Chair: Tony Kinsella, political commentator
13:30: Lunch
14:45: Panel Discussion – Ireland and the EU
- Brendan Halligan, Institute of International & European Affairs
- Tony Kinsella, political commentator
- Neale Richmond, European Movement Ireland
Chair: Dr Judith Devlin, University College Dublin
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14th
10:00: Lecture
Professor Mary E. Daly, University College Dublin
Setting boundaries to the march of a nation?: Irish sovereignty and
autonomy under a Third Home Rule Bill.
Chair: Dr Colin Reid, University of Oxford
11:00: Coffee
11:30: Research Panel – John Redmond & Home Rule Reconsidered
- Dr James McConnel, Northumbria University – Imagining Home Rule
Ireland before 1916
- Dr Colin Reid, University of Oxford – Intellectual Redmondism: Home
Rule and the languages of conciliation in Ireland, 1912-22
- Dr Ciarán Wallace, Trinity College Dublin – Portrait of a leader: Images of
Redmond in the Lepracaun Cartoon Monthly, 1905-15
Chair: Dr Diane Urquhart, University of Liverpool
13:30: Lunch
14:45: Research Panel – Ulster Unionist Responses to Home Rule
- Dr Timothy Bowman, University of Kent – Popular and paramilitary
opposition to Home Rule in Ulster, 1911-14
- Dr Diane Urquhart, University of Liverpool – ‘Let each woman in Ulster
do a woman’s part to stem the tide of Home Rule’: the Ulster Women’s
Unionist Council
Chair: Dr James McConnel, Northumbria University
20:00: Illustrated Talk at the Woodenbridge Hotel
Logan Sisley, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
– Revolutionary States: Home Rule and Modern Ireland
Chair: Dr Timothy Bowman, University of Kent
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 15th
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 16th
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 17th
10:00: Lecture
10:00: Lecture
10:30: Coffee
Professor Gearóid Ó
Tuathaigh, National
University of Ireland Galway
– The public role of the
historian during the decade
of commemoration
Dr Rosemary Cullen Owens,
University College Dublin –
‘Women’s suffrage will be the
ruin of our civilisation’
Chair: Professor Dónal
McCartney, President of the
Parnell Society
11:00: Coffee
11:30: Panel Discussion
– Remembering the Irish
Revolution
- Dr Alan McCully,
University of Ulster
- Francis Devine, labour
historian and retired trade
union official
- Dr Eve Morrison, Trinity
College Dublin
Chair: Professor Eunan
O’Halpin, Trinity College
Dublin
13:30: Lunch
14:45: Guided Bus Tour
20:00: Musical
Entertainment at Jacob’s
Well, Rathdrum
Chair: Dr Mary McAuliffe,
University College Dublin
11:00: Coffee
11:30: Lecture
Professor Bryan Fanning,
University College Dublin –
Immigration and Irish identity
Chair: Dr Rosemary Cullen
Owens, University College
Dublin
13:00: Lunch
11:00: Roundtable
Discussion – Exploring the
concept of Sovereignty today
and the role of transnational
structures.
Speakers:
- Professor Ronan Fanning,
University College Dublin
- Dr Michael Kennedy, Royal
Irish Academy
- Professor Henry Patterson,
University of Ulster
Chair: Aodhán Ó Riordáin TD
– Labour Party
13:00: Lunch
14:45: Panel Discussion –
Citizens and the State: Past,
Present and Future
- Dr Susannah Riordan,
University College Dublin
- Dr Fidèle Mutwarasibo,
Immigrant Council of Ireland
- Marian Quinn, Childhood
Development Initiative
Chair: Dr Fionnuala Waldron,
St Patrick’s College,
Drumcondra
20:00: Wine Reception at the
Woodenbridge Hotel
20:30: Summer School
Dinner at the Woodenbridge
Hotel
There may be minor
amendments to this
programme. Please visit
our website for the latest
information:
www.parnellsociety.com
Organisers of the Parnell
Summer School:
Summer School Director:
Dr Marnie Hay
Summer School Booking
Secretary:
Ms. Deirdre Larkin,
5 Churchview Park, Killiney,
Co. Dublin.
Tel: 01 285 2113.
Email:
dlarkin@parnellsociety.com
visit:
www.parnellsociety.com
Accommodation
As August is generally a busy month for tourists
early booking is recommended.
A variety of accommodation is available in the
area of the school at the following approximate
costs:
Committee:
Hotels: 60 - 80 euro (approx.) per person sharing
Dr. Pauric Travers
(Chairperson),
Prof. Donal McCartney
(President).
Guest Houses: 40 - 50 euro (approx.) per person
sharing, bed and breakfast.
Leslie Armstrong,
Bernie Bianchi,
Tony Byrne,
Bernadette Crombie,
Deirdre Larkin,
Nuala Jordan,
Frank Murray,
Bernadette O’Reilly
(Treasurer),
Joyce Padbury,
Pat Power,
Noel Tierney and
Eunan McKinney
(Communications Officer).
Accommodation at Park Lodge, Avondale is no
longer available.
Students
A limited number of scholarships will be awarded
to students, covering the cost of fees and
accommodation.
Applicants should write to the Director
(marnie.hay@ucd.ie) enclosing a reference from
their tutor or Departmental Head.
The
Parnell Summer School
gratefully acknowledges
the support of all its sponsors
and especially
Coillte Teoranta
Avondale House
& Forest Park