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Themes & Focuses• CarletonandCaesarOtway• Carleton’s‘TheDonagh‘&‘TheFairofEmyvale‘• Carleton’sinfluenceonmodernIrishliterature• Carletonandsectarianism:‘DealingwiththePast’• TheOrangeOrder• EdwardCarson:Dubliner,Unionist,Irishman

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Monaghan & Emyvale 2nd-4th August 2013 Corick House, Clogher 5th-8th August 2013

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The William Carleton Society William Carleton 1794-1869

Thefinaleventofthe2013SummerSchoolisaliterarycoachtourofCountyFermanaghwithamajor focusontheworkofShanBullock,whowasinfluencedbyCarleton.WewillvisittheCromEstateandthecountytownofEnniskillen,whichrecentlyhostedtheG8Summit.

If you have any comments on the programme, please feel free toapproach any committee member, or if you have any thoughts abouthowwecouldimprovenextyear'sevent.IhopewewillseeyoubackatCorickHousefornextyear'sSummerSchoolfromAugust4thto7th2014.

This ismysecondandfinalyearasSummerSchoolDirector. IwouldliketothankallthecommitteemembersandpatronsaswellasourHonoraryDirector,whohavehelpedtoorganisethisevent.Allofthemgiveuptheirtimeandservicesvoluntarilytomakethisannualeventa success. Our hope is that it will continue to attract visitors to thebeautifulClogherValleysothattheycanlearnmoreaboutthehistoryoftheareaandgainavaluableintroductiontotheworksofIreland'sleadingauthorofthe19thCentury,WilliamCarleton.

Nextyearwillbethe145thanniversaryofthewriter'sdeath.Weintendtoorganiseaspecialcross-communityservice inDublinonThursday30thJanuary2014atSandfordParishChurchinRanelagh,wherewehavemadenewfriendshipsoverthepasttwoyears.Pleasecontinuetosupportourwork.

Since writing this, the sad news has come through of the deathof Brian Earls, pictured below in the front row with the red scarf,standingbesideFrancesKiely.Thephotographwastakenduringourvisit to Sandford Church in Ranelagh in January. Brian gave a shortcontributiononhowCarletononhisdeathbedturneddownanofferbyaJesuitpriesthewasfriendlywithtoreceivetheLastRitesoftheCatholicChurch,sayinghehadbeenaProtestantforoverfiftyyearsand'willdiesuch'(UCDpapers).Brianwasafrequentvisitortothesummerschoolandwasoneofthespeakersin2008.HewasfromDublinandservedasadiplomatformanyyearswiththeDepartmentofForeignAffairs.Appropriately,perhaps,inviewofhisinterestinCarletonandotherwriters,hewaslaidtorestinMountJeromeCemetery.ArdheisDégoraibhaanamdílis.

Michael FisherDirector, William Carleton International Summer School 2013

FAÍLTE! On behalf of the William CarletonSociety, I welcome you to the 22ndInternationalSummerSchool.Thisyearaspart ofThe Gathering, we are beginningwith a number of events in Monaghan,before moving across to Clogher with astopatEmyvale.ThevillageprovidedthesettingforoneofCarleton'sstories,'The Fair of Emyvale' and he would havepassed through it as a student on hisway to Fr Keenan's classical school atGlennan.

The three days of events in Clogherpromisetobeourmostexcitingsincethe start of the Summer School in1992. A new emphasis has beengiven to the evening events, withthe help of funding from the'Shared History, Shared Future'

project, financed by the EU Regional DevelopmentFundandadministeredbytheSouthWestClusterPEACEIIIPartnership.

AfterouropeninglecturesonCarleton,wewillbediscussingthesubjectof language intheClogherValleyduringCarleton'syouth.TherewillbetalksonAugher,withreferencetotheMillerGeorgeDuffyandhisdaughterAnne.OnesessionwillasiscustomarybedevotedtomodernIrishliterature.WeareparticularlypleasedtobejoinedbyanewIrishnovelist,CiaranCollinsfromKinsale,CountyCorkandtowelcomebackapreviousspeaker,PatriciaCraigfromBelfast.TheywillbejoinedbyTyronemanAnthonyQuinnandTonyBailiefromCountyDown,poetandauthor.

The school's final session will be devoted to dealing with the past.Whereaswecanusuallydealcomfortablywiththedistantpast, it isnotsoeasytotackleeventswhichhavetakenplaceinthepastfortyyearsorso,especially inborderareassuchasTyroneandMonaghanthatwereaffectedbythe'troubles'.Carletonwroteaboutsectarianismandpartyfights,thebattlesbetweenorangeandgreen.Wethereforeintendtolookinsomedetailintothenationalistaswellastheorangeandunionisttraditions,inanattempttohelpusunderstandbetterourpresentsituationandtheneedtomoveforwardinthecommunity.

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of existence for ever. Carleton went on torespondtothechallengeofthenovel,inhistimeacomparativelyundevelopedgenreamongst Irish writers, and published'Fardorougha the Miser' (1839), 'Valentine McClutchy' (1845), 'The Black Prophet' (1847), 'The Emigrants of Aghadarra' (1848), 'The Tithe Proctor' (1849), 'The Squanders of Castle Squander' (1852). In these works he addressesmanyoftheissuesaffectingtheIrelandof his day such as the influence of theEstablished Church and landlordism,poverty,famineandemigrationbutdoesso with an earnestness that regrettably oftencausedhismorecreativegeniustobeswampedinaheavydidacticism.

Carletoncontinuedtowriteinavarietyofforms,includingverse,untilhisdeathin1869,butcriticsareagreedthatthequalityoftheworkis uneven. Despite his prolific output, Carleton never really made alivingfromhiswritingsandwelcomedthepensionvotedtohimbythegovernmentfollowingtheadvocacyofsuchcontrastingfiguresastheUlsterPresbyterianleader,DrHenryCooke,andPaulCardinalCullen,CatholicArchbishopofDublin.

Hislastproject,uncompletedwhenhedied,washis 'Autobiography',whichwasre-issuedthroughtheeffortsoftheSummerSchool Committee in 1996. Carletonwas buried in the cemetery at MountJeromeinDublinandoverhisgraveaminiature obelisk records the place 'wherein rest the remains of one whose memory needs neither graven stone nor sculptured marble to preserve it from oblivion'.

William Carleton was born the youngest of a family of fourteenchildren in the townland of Prolusk (sometimes spelt Prillisk)nearClogherinCo.Tyrone,onShroveTuesday,20thFebruary,1794.AlthoughthereislittlesuggestionthattheCarletonswereupwardlymobile, they did move house frequently within the Clogherarea and were established at the townland of Springtown whenWilliam left the family home. Carleton obtained his education atlocalhedgeschoolswhichhewastowriteabout,fictionalisingthepedagoguePatFrayneastheredoubtableMatCavanagh.Fromotherretrospectionsofhishomedistrict,welearnofCarleton'sdelightinhis father's skill as a seanachie and the sweetness of his mother'svoiceasshesangthetraditionalairsofIreland;ofhisearlyromances,especiallywithAnneDuffy,daughterofthelocalmiller;ofCarletontheathlete,accomplishingaleapoverariver,thesiteofwhichisstillpointedout;oftheboisterousopenairdancing.

Initially an aspirant to the priesthood, Carleton embarked in 1814onanexcursionasa'poorscholar'but,followingadisturbingdream,returned to his somewhat leisurely life in the ClogherValley beforeleaving home permanently in 1817. Journeying via Louth, KildareandMullingar,hefoundworkasateacher,librarianand,eventually,asaclerkintheChurchofIrelandSundaySchoolOfficeinDublin.

In1820,hemarriedJaneAndersonwhoborehimseveralchildren.By1825,Carleton.whohadlefttheRomanCatholicChurchfortheAnglican Church of Ireland, met a maverick Church of Ireland cleric,Caesar Otway, who encouraged him to put his already recognisedjournalistic talents to such prosletysing purposes as satirising theattitudes reflected in pilgrimages to St Patrick's Purgatory at LoughDerg,atotemicsiteinIrishCatholicism.

Further writings in the Christian Examiner & Church of lreland Magazine led in 1829 and 1833 to the publication of what isarguably Carleton's best known work: 'Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry'. In these stories Carleton returned imaginativelyto the Clogher Valley, drawing on comedy, farce, melodrama andtragedytopresenta tableauof the lifeof thecountrypeopleof theNorthofIrelandbeforethefaminesofthe1840salteredtheirpattern

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11.00amMeetingatMonaghanMuseum,HillStreet.WalkingtourofMonaghantownwithGraceMoloney&TheresaLoftus.FREELunchafterwardswithtraditionalmusicbyVincentMcKenna&friends.Donation €5

Grace Moloneyhas been working for the Clogher Historical Society based at St Macartan's College inMonaghan on a part-time basis for ten years. She has researched, written and lecturedextensivelyabout localhistory in theClogherDiocese.Hermain interest is thehistoryofCountyMonaghan,especiallymaps,place-names,archaeology,naturalhistory(forestsandbogs),socialhistoryandthehistoryofwomen.

Theresa LoftushasworkedinMonaghanCountyMuseumsince2004.Initiallysheworkedinregistration,movedtoeducationandoutreachandbecameExhibition/ResearchOfficerin2007.ShestudiedLocalHistoryinNUIMaynoothandMuseumPracticeandManagementattheUniversityofUlster.

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CARLETON, KAVANAGH & GAVAN DUFFYFour Seasons Hotel, MonaghanAdmission FREE10:30amConferenceRegistrationTea/coffee11amProfessorThomasO’GradyonhispoetryandPatrickKavanagh12.00noon ArtAgnewonPatrickKavanagh1.00pmLunchBreak2:30pmCharlesGavanDuffy:JournalistandPatriot:BrendanOCathaoirandAidanWalsh3:30pmBreak3:40pmMaryO’Donnell4:45pm'The Shemus Cartoons in the Freeman’s Journal':FelixM.Larkin6:00pm Reception and Book Launch: 'Memories Amidst the Drumlins: Cavan & Monaghan'bythelateTerenceO’Gorman,Tydavnet.

Thomas O’Gradywas born and grew up on Prince EdwardIsland.HewaseducatedattheUniversityof PEI, University College Dublin, and theUniversity of Notre Dame. He is currentlyProfessor of English, Director of IrishStudies,andDirectoroftheundergraduateCreative Writing Programme at theUniversity of Massachusetts in Boston.HelivesinMilton,Massachusettswithhiswifeandthreedaughters.

Art Agnewis from Inniskeen in Co. Monaghan, thebirthplace of the poet Patrick Kavanagh.He will read selected extracts fromKavanagh's works, including ‘The Green Fool‘. He has been involved with thecommunity-run Patrick Kavanagh CentreinInniskeensinceitsfoundation.

Dr Brendan O Cathaoirwas born in Co. Clare and spent most ofhis working life as a journalist with theIrish Times. A life long student of Irishhistory, particularly the 19th Century.He is the author of ‘John Blake Dillon Young Irelander 1814-66‘, publishedin1990and‘Famine Diary‘,1998.Hehasa particular interest in theYoung Ireland

movementofthe1840'sinwhichCharlesGavanDuffy(picturedleft)from Monaghan was involved through the establishment of 'The Nation'newspaper.In1978hepublishedabookonJohnMitchel.

Aidan Walshfrom Galway was the first curator ofMonaghan County Museum when itopenedintheCourthousein1974.Underhis stewardship it won a Europa Prizein 1980. During his time there he metrelatives of Gavan Duffy and was able tointroduce them to the places associatedwiththeAustralianstatesman.

Aidan specialised in archaeology and has just completed a seriesof lectures in County Monaghan on his excavations in 1982 at thelandmarkUlstersite,theBlackPig'sDyke.Heisnowanindependentconsultant intheculturalsector,providingspecialistadviceonthemanagementanddevelopmentofprojects.

Mary O'Donnellwas born in Monaghan. She has publishedpoetry,novels,shortstoriesandanumberofcritical essays and literary reviews. O’Donnellmoves deftly and at ease between differentforms of literary expression, allowing thesubjectmatter todirecther towards itsmostadequatemedium.

SheisapreviousvisitortotheSummerSchoolin1997and2012.Shehaspublishedfivevolumesofpoetry.Thefirsttwocollections,'Reading the Sunflowers in September'(1990)and'Spiderwoman’s Third Avenue Rhapsody'(1993)–werenominatedforTheIrishTimesLiteratureAward.

Felix M. LarkinwasborninDublin.HisfathercamefromNewryandhisfourgrandparentsalsohadUlsterroots.HeisaretiredcivilservantwhoworkedintheIrishDepartmentofFinanceand the National Treasury ManagementAgency. He is a graduate of UCD and theInstitute of Public Administration, and isa historian by training. His main research

interest is the history of the ‘Freeman's Journal‘, the prominentDublinnewspaperpublished1764-1924.HeisAcademicDirectoroftheParnellSummerSchool2013.

6:00pm Reception andBook Launch:'Memories Amidst the Drumlins - Cavan & Monaghan':thelateTerenceO’Gorman(Tydavnet).poems&storiescompiledandeditedbyhisdaughterPatriciaCavanagh(WilliamCarletonSociety).Speaker: MichaelFisher,SummerSchoolDirector

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TOUR OF MONAGHAN TOWN INCLUDING CARLETON-RELATED SITES. THE ROUTE TAKES IN:*Hill St & Park St(siteoftowngate,Market

House,Aviemore–homeoflandagentDacreHamilton,reputedlytheinspirationforCarleton'sValentineMcClutchy–siteof1602building–tunnel)

*Mill St(thetown'sfirstmill)*North Road(possiblesiteofholywell, beheadingoffriarsc1540,OrangeHall)*St Peter's Lake(associationswith

'Honest'PeterMcPhillipsaclass-mateofCarletonatFrJohnKeenan'sclassicalschool),legendabouttwolakes

*Glaslough St(earlybowlinggreen,RICbarracks,Masonichall)

*The Diamond(Bleckley'sschool&pastpupils,WestenraHotelandmemorialandmausoleum)

*Dublin St (birthplaceofCharlesGavanDuffy,Baird’spub,OrangeHall,siteoftowngate)

*Old Cross Square(PresbyterianMeetingHouse,MarketCross,Shambles,canal,Monaghanabbey)

*Rear of Courthouse(PlantationcastleandmainentranceintotheDiamond,fishponds,oldestbuildingsinthetown)

*Church Square(Courthouse,coatofarms,bombmemorial,jail(JohnnyShort'shotel),StPatrick'sChurchofIreland,BramStoker,Westenrafamily,Dawsonmemorial,HiveofKnowledge)

Thomas O’Gradywas born and grew up on Prince EdwardIsland. His father Professor BrendanO'Grady from Charlottetown helpedto establish the twinning between PEIand Emyvale, with the help of SeamusMcCluskey. He was educated at theUniversityofPEI,UCD,andtheUniversityof Notre Dame. He is currently Professorof English, Director of Irish Studies and

Director of the undergraduate Creative Writing Programme atthe University of Massachusetts in Boston. He lives in Milton,Massachusettswithhiswifeandthreedaughters.

He has taken a particular interest in the works of William Carleton,BenedictKielyandthepoetPatrickKavanagh.Hisfirstbookofpoems,'What Really Matters',waspublishedintheHughMacLennanPoetrySeries in April 2000 by McGill-Queen’s University Press. He has justfinished a second volume of poems, 'Makeover', and is completinga manuscript for a volume of short fiction, 'The Great Antonio and Other Stories'. His poems have been published in journals andmagazinesinNorthAmericaandonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.

Hisarticles,essaysandreviewsonliteraryandculturalmattershaveappearedinawidevarietyofscholarlyjournalsandgeneral-interestmagazines, including: 'Éire-Ireland', 'James Joyce Quarterly', 'Études Irlandaises', 'Irish University Review', 'New Hibernia Review', Studies: 'An Irish Quarterly Review', 'The Irish Review' and 'The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies'.

Raymond McCulloughfrom Co. Down has been writing songsin the Celtic folk/rock style since 1973.He has travelled and performed inIsrael, China, Canada, USA, Scotlandand Ireland, playing in pubs, concerts,churches and on the street, if required!At the Rostrevor ‘Fiddler’s Green International Festival’ he wasdescribed by one of the organisers as"thediscoveryofthefestival".

Corick House Hotel, Corick, Clogher, Co. Tyrone BT76 0BZ 10.00amRegistration,tea&coffee11.00amPhotocall11:30amOpeningbyMayorofDungannon&SouthTyroneBoroughCouncil11:40amSummerSchoolHonoraryDirector:Prof.OwenDudleyEdwardson'Carleton, Caesar Otway and Irish Literature'1.00pmLunch£12.Bookableatentrance.2:30pmKeynoteaddress:ProfessorThomasO’Gradyon'The Geography of the Imagination: Carleton's 'The Donagh''3:30pmTea/coffeebreak&bookstall3:45pmAuthorGerryMcCullough&RaymondMcCullough4:45pmBroadcaster&commentatorTomMcGurkinconversationwithAidanFee:‘Northern Ireland: past and present‘6.00pmCloseofsession

8.00pmTraditionalMusicsessionwithfemaleIrishtraditionalgroupSíoda&singerSeosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich,RathmoreBar,MainStreetClogher8pmAdmissionFREE

Owen Dudley EdwardsisHonoraryDirectoroftheWilliamCarletonSummer School. He has been a regularcontributor since it began in 1992. AnHonorary Fellow in the School of Historyat theUniversityofEdinburgh,Owen isacontributortoallmajorhistoricaljoumals.InkeepingwiththatUniversity'streasuredtraditionof'generalism',heisverymucha

polymath.DudleyEdwards'naturalbrioandmasteryofwordsconferonhismostscholarlycontributionsaspiritofentertainment.Hewasborn inDublinandeducatedatBelvedereCollegeandUCD,wherehewasauditoroftheillustriousL+Hdebatingsociety.Hehasbeenacknowledgedas"adistinguishedIrishscholarandmanof letters,whose pan-Celtic spirit comprehends a Welsh name, a universitypostinScotlandandseveralimportantbooksonIrishhistory".

Michael Fisheris Director of the William CarletonInternational Summer School since 2011. Afreelance journalist and blogger, he retiredfromRTÉNewsinBelfastinSeptember2010,having joined the broadcaster in Dublin in1979. He is a former BBC News Trainee inLondonandworkedinBirminghamasalocalradioreporter.AnativeofDublin,Michaelhas

familyconnectionswiththeClogherValley,aswellasCountyMonaghan.HeisagraduateofUCDandQUB(MA)andisapreviouscontributortotheSummerSchool.

Liam Foleywas formerly headmaster of St. Brigid’sPrimary School, Augher. He is a memberof the Summer School Committee andthe principal organiser of the week’seveningactivities.In2010hewroteaverysuccessful adaptation of Carleton’s ‘The Midnight Mass’ which was presentedin the form of a radio play. In 2011 Liam

turnedhishandtoCarleton’s‘The Party Fight and Funeral’.Forthe2012SummerSchoolheadapted'Phil Purcel the Pig Driver'.

Monday 5th AugustSunday 4th August

4:00pmAssembleatEmyvaleLeisureCentre(refreshmentsavailable)orEdenmoreschool.4:30pmWalktoBlueBridge,Emyvale5:00pm to 6:00pmCarletoncommemorationattheBlueBridgeEmyvaleandnewplaqueunveiled6:30pmGatheratEmyvaleLeisureCentre7:00pm‘Fair of Emyvale‘dramatisedreadingadaptedbyLiamFoleyandperformedbytheCarletonPlayersatEmyvaleLeisureCentre.AdmissionFREE.AllWelcome.8:00pmRefreshments.All Monaghan events are part financed by the European Union's European Regional Development Fund through the PEACE III programme funded through Monaghan PEACE III Partnership

"William Carleton - Keenan's School. On this site stood the home of Patrick Treanor in which Irish novelist William Carleton (1794-1869) received his classical education from Fr John Keenan 1812 to 1813. Here

also he got his inspiration for his novel, 'The Fair of Emyvale' ".

Pat John Rafferty (Summer School Secretary), Seamus McCluskey (Guide), Mary McKenna (President Clann McKenna), Caoimghín Ó Caolain TD, Cllr Patsy Treanor (Chair, Monaghan Co.Council), Cllr Brian McKenna, Cllr Noel Maxwell, Cllr Willie McKenna, Connie Clerkin (Donagh Development Association), Paid McKenna (Monaghan Co.Council), Dan Rogan (Glaslough Development Association) at unveiling of plaque at Glennan, August 1997.

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remains a Vice-President. In association with Professor Robert Gregg in1992,hefoundedtheUlster-Scots(Ullans)Academy.

Heistheauthorofseveralbooksonsubjects,suchasfolkpoetry,historyandreligion.Heistheauthorof'The Cruthin'(1974),layingclaimstoUlsterdescentfromapre-GaelicpeopleinIreland.Healsowrote'The Identity of Ulster'(1982),andotherworksdealingwiththeethnologyofagroupofpre-CelticsettlersinUlsterwhosementalityissaidtopervadethemodernprovince.

HeisPresidentofBelfastCivicTrust,founderChairofTheSommeAssociationandafounderoftheFarsetYouthandCommunityDevelopmentgroupinBelfast.

Jack Johnstonis President of theWilliam Carleton SocietyandaformerDirectoroftheSummerSchool.HewasaformerChairmanoftheUlsterLocalHistoryTrust. Jack has written and lecturedwidelyonlocalhistory,andhasaparticularknowledge of his native ClogherValley. Hispublicationsincludearticlesinawiderangeofjournalswhilehehaseditedlocalstudies

inCavan,Monaghan,Tyrone,FermanaghandSligo.Oneofhisearliestarticleswas‘The Hedge Schools of Tyrone and Monaghan’intheClogherRecord,(1969).Hehasplantedover100treesandwasoneofthefirsttointroducetheTexelbreedofsheeptoCountyTyrone.

Josephine Treanoris originally from Clogher, Co.Tyrone but haslivedinNorthMonaghanforthepasttwentyfive years where she was nominated for theMonaghanPersonoftheYearin2003forhercontributiontoCommunityDevelopmentandPeace Building Projects within the County. AgraduateofQueen'sUniversityBelfast,she iscurrently employed by Clones RegenerationPartnership and Castleblayney Arts &

Community Development Company. Josephine is a great great granddaughterofAnneDuffyandhasalwaysbeenfascinatedbythelinkwithWilliamCarleton.Shehashadseveralshortstoriespublishedinnationalpublications. Her contribution to this year's Summer School is a shortstory based on Anne Duffy's account of William Carleton's visit to hermaritalhomeinBallyscally,Clogherin1847.

Gerry McCulloughlivesinNewtownardsandhasbeenwritingpoemsandstoriessincechildhood.BroughtupinNorthBelfast,shegraduatedinEnglishand Philosophy from Queen's University,Belfast, then went on to gain an MA inEnglish.Shehasfourgrownupchildrenandis married to author, media producer andbroadcaster, Raymond McCullough, withwhom she co-edited the Irish magazine,

'Bread', from 1990-96. In 1995 they published a non-fiction bookcalled 'Ireland – now the good news!' Over the past few yearsGerryhashadmorethanfiftyshortstoriespublishedinUK,IrishandAmericanmagazines,anthologiesandannuals–aswellasbroadcaston BBC Radio Ulster – plus poems and articles published in severalNorthern Ireland and UK magazines. She has read from her novels,poemsandshortstoriesatseveralIrishliteraryevents.GerrywontheCúirt InternationalLiteraryAwardfor2005(Galway);wasshortlistedforthe2008BrianMooreAward(Belfast)andforthe2009CúirtAward;and commended in the Seán O’Faolain Short Story Competition.‘Belfast Girls‘,herfirstfull-lengthIrishnovel,wasfirstpublishedinNovember 2010; 'Angel in Flight' (the first Angel Murphy thriller)in June2012and 'Lady Molly and the Snapper'–ayoungadulttime travel adventure novel set in Dublin (August 2012). She hasjustpublished 'Angel in Belfast', thesecondAngelMurphythriller(PreciousOilPublications,KindleEdition).

Tom McGurkfrom Brockagh in Co. Tyrone is one ofIreland's most distinguished journalistsandbroadcasters;hehasbeenoverthirty-five years working in newspapers, radioandtelevisioninIrelandandforadecadeintheUK.

His RTE television credits includepresenting programmes like 'Tangents',

'Last House', 'Folio' and he currently anchors major RTE sportscoverageespeciallyrugby.IntheUKhefronted'Granada Reports' and reported for Channel 4 News and 'Newsnight' on BBC2. Inthe late 1980s he was Foreign Correspondent with 'The Mail On Sunday' (London)reportingfromLatinAmerica,AfricaandtheUSAandhecoveredtheendoftheColdWarinEurope.

Hisextensiveradiocreditsincludepresenting'Start the Week'onBBCRadio4andawidevarietyofinterviewandcurrentaffairsprogrammeswithRTE.Hisscreenwritingcreditsincludethetelevisiondramas'Dear Sarah'(ThamesTV/RTE)and'The Need to Know'(BBCTV).Heisalsoapoetandisacolumnistwith'The Sunday Business Post'inDublin.LikehisinterrogatorAidanFee,andlastyear'sguestBarryDevlin,heisapastpupilofSt.Patrick'sCollege,Armagh.

Síodaare a young and vibrant Irish traditional band. They have beenmakingwavesonthetraditionalmusicscenethroughoutIrelandforthelastyearandhaveplayedmanygigsthroughoutIreland.

The band is comprised of Emma Robinson on flute, whistles andvocals, Joanna Boyle on banjo, guitar and vocals, Alana Flynn onbodhran,vocalsanddancing,RosieFergusononfiddle,vocalsanddancingandConorMurphyonguitarandvocals.

Coupled with the singing and playing, the band contains an allIreland champion Irish Dancer, creating an all-round exhibition ofIrishculture.

The band has gained support from many renowned members ofthe Irish traditionalmusiccommunityandtheyhave recentlywona prestigious competition for ‘busking’ in which there were over30entrants.SupportforthebandhasalsocomefrommembersoftheBroadcastingmediaandthegrouphavefeaturedonnumerousradioandtelevisionprogrammes,includingBBCRadioUlster’s'Blas Ceoil',UTV,U105andTG4’s'Geantrai'.

Seosaimhín Ní BheaglaoichisatraditionalsingerfromCorcaDhuibhne,aGaeltachtareainWestKerry.Shelecturesin Amhránaíocht (traditional singing) inthe Conservatory of Music, D.I.T. Dublin.Singer-in-residence at the annual HarpFestival 'Cáirde na Cruite'. She hastravelledwidelyandhasaspecialinterestinScotsGaelicandWelshtraditionalsongs.

Seosaimhínhasworkedinradioandtelevision in Irelandformanyyears.Oneofalargefamilyoftraditionalsingersandmusicians,mostnotablySeamusandBreandán,SeosaimhínrecordedaCD 'Suailcí Sona: Songs from a Gaeltacht Childhood',withhersisterCaitlínand brother Seamus. She presented 'Siamsa', a programme ofclassicalmusiconTG4and'Mountain Lark'onRTE.

09:30amRegistration:Tea/coffee10:15am'Language in the Clogher Valley in the 19th Century'.Irish:DrCiaranMacMurchaidh,StPatrick’sDrumcondra.UlsterScots:DrIanAdamson11:50amBreak12:00 noonPresidentoftheWilliamCarletonSociety,JackJohnston:‘Augher: from landlord, Sir Thomas Ridgeway to George Duffy, the Miller.‘12:45pmLunch£12.Bookableatentrance.2:15pmJosephineTreanortellsthestoryofherrelative,mentionedbyCarleton:‘Anne Duffy, the Miller’s daughter from Augher‘3:00pmBreak3:15pm'Carleton’s influence on modern Irish literature'.LiterarysymposiumwithCiaranCollins,PatriciaCraig,AnthonyQuinnandTonyBailie. 4:15pmTea/coffeebreak4:30pmSeminarcontinues&discussiontoclose6:00pm.

7.00pmWalkontheCarletonTrailwiththeClogherValleyRamblers.8:30pm Junior Ulster Scots Pipes & Drums; Bagpipers Jim Brady&Frank Gildernew;traditionalmusicwiththeMcKenna Family (Clogher) at Somers Cafe, Fardross, Clogher (off A4 road).WineandcheesereceptionsponsoredbyDaly'sSuperValuAughnacloy.AdmissionFREE

Dr Ciarán Mac MurchaidhBefore his appointment as Dean of Research& Humanities, Ciarán Mac Murchaidh wasSenior Lecturer in the Department of Irish atStPatrick’sCollege,Drumcondra.Hisprincipalteachingandresearchinterestslieintheareaof18thcenturyreligiousliteratureinIrish.

His grammar of the Irish language forundergraduate students, 'Cruinnscríobh

na Gaeilge' (Cois Life) was published in 2002, the fourth edition ofwhichappeared in2012.HewaseditorofageneralcollectionofessaysinEnglishontheimportanceoftheIrishlanguagein2004,'Who needs Irish? Reflections on the importance of the Irish language today' (Veritas).DrMacMurchaidhhasalsopublishedtwobilingualandthematicanthologies of Irish language poetry. Among his latest publications is avolumeofessaysontheinterfacebetweentheIrishandEnglishlanguages,co-editedwithProfessorJamesKelly:'Essays on the Irish linguistic and cultural frontier, 1600-1900'(FourCourts,2012).

Ian Adamsonisa formerLordMayorofBelfastandformerUlster Unionist Councillor. He is a retiredmedicaldoctor.HestudiedatBangorGrammarSchool,thenQueen'sUniversityBelfast.

He speaks ten languages, including Scots,LakotaSiouxandSwahili.HeisfounderChairof the Ulster-Scots Language Society, and

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Augher Corn Mill, where George Duffy was the Miller. Photo: Michael Fisher

Anthony Quinnwas born in 1971 in the Clogher ValleyandaftercompletinganEnglishdegreeatQueen's University Belfast and a Mastersin SocialWork followed various callings -socialworker,counsellor, lecturer,organicmarket gardener - before becoming ajournalist. His short stories have beenshort-listed twice for a Hennessy/NewIrish Writing Award. 'Disappeared', his

firstnovel,waspublishedin2012bytheMysteriousPress,NewYork,and has been nominated for a Strand Best Debut Award by bookcriticsatthe'Washington Post',the'LA Times',the'San Francisco Chronicle'and'The Guardian'.'Border Angels',thesequel,isduetobepublishedonOctober22nd2013.

Tony Bailiefrom Co. Down is a novelist, poet, andjournalist. His third novel 'A Verse to Murder' was published as an ebook inOctober 2012. His previous two novels,'Ecopunks' (2010) and 'The Lost Chord' (2006) were both published inpaperback by Lagan Press. He has alsowritten two collection of poems, 'Coill',

(2005) and 'Tranquillity of Stone' (2010) both published byLapwingPublication.Hisstory'The Druid’s Dance'appearedintheaward-winning Irish crime-fiction anthology 'Requiems for the Departed',published in June2010byMorriganBooks. Individualpoems and short stories have been published in various journalsandmagazines.Heworksasa journalist for 'The Irish News'andhasalsowrittenfor'The Guardian',the'Irish Independent'andreviewsfor'The New York Journal of Books'.

The Mc Kenna Family

from Clogher have become a household name in Irish traditionalmusicbothlocallyandnationally,wheretheyhaveenjoyedplayingat functions, fleadhs and festivals across the country. Their solidtraditional style of music is played at a standard which defiestheir young age. They are the current All Ireland Trio championson fiddle, uileann pipes and concertina. They have starred inAmericantelevisionasbackingmusiciansintheproductionofIrishdocumentary'Coast to Coast', 'Ceili House'radioprogrammeand'The Heather Breeze'.TheycompriseJamesonconcertina,Eugeneon fiddle, Peter on uileann pipes and tin whistle, Sinéad on flute,fiddle,guitarandtraditionalsinging,Martin(theirfather)onbanjo,Danielonbuttonaccordionand7year-oldCiaránonthetinwhistle.

Ciarán Collinsgrew up in the village of Innishannon,Co. Cork. He studied English and Irish atUniversityCollegeCork,andcompletedanMAin2001,specialisinginModernDrama,especiallytheworkofTomMurphy,BrianFriel, Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, DavidMametandMarshaNorman.

In2003hebeganhiscareerasasecondaryschool teacher of English and Irish in South Dublin and in 2009movedbacktoCountyCork to takeupapostathisalmamater inBandon.HelivesinKinsalewithhiswifeandhasonedaughter.

'The Gamal' is his first novel, published by Bloomsbury Circus.Before writing it he had written a couple of plays and some shortstories.Heiscurrentlyworkingonhissecondnovel,anotherplay,ascreenplayandwritesanoccasionalshortstory.

Patricia Craigis from Belfast. She moved to Londonin the 1960s but always retained stronglinks with her native city, returning tolive in Northern Ireland in 1999. Shewas a guest at the Summer Schoolin 1999. A leading literary critic andanthologist, she regularly contributes tothe 'Independent', 'London Review of Books', 'Times Literary Supplement','Irish Times'and'New Statesman',andhas appeared on various television andradioprogrammes.

She is the author of 'Brian Moore: A Biography'

(Bloomsbury,2002)andhaseditedmany anthologies, including 'The Oxford Book of Ireland' (Oxford

University Press, 1998), 'The Rattle of the North' (Blackstaff, 1992),'The Belfast Anthology' (Blackstaff,

1999) and 'The Ulster Anthology' (Blackstaff,2006).

Her other works include 'Asking For Trouble' (Blackstaff, 2008), a memoir of

a teenage escapade with disproportionateconsequences growing up in 1950s Belfastand more recently 'A Twisted Root'(Blackstaff, 2012) in which she traces the

remarkable stories of her ancestors fromdifferenttraditions.

Wednesday 7th AugustTuesday 6th August

09:30amRegistrationtea/coffee10:00am'The Orange Order'ProfessorJonTonge'Dealing with the past'Discussion:AlexKaneandDrMargaretO'Callaghan(QUB)11:45amBreak12:00pm Former politician and commentator Mary O’Rourke on'how differences can be accommodated'1:00pmLunch£12.Bookableatentrance.2:30pmPoetSiobhanCampbellMAon'writing about the past'3:30pmTea/coffeeBreak3:45pmPaddyScullyextractsfromhisone-manshow'Lord Edward Carson reflects'4:30pmWriter&authorMaryKenny'Edward Carson: Dubliner, Unionist, Irishman'6:00pmCloseofSummerSchool

8.00pm Concert with Murley Silver Band and Monaghan Gospel Choir. Special Guest: Gloria. Fivemiletown Wesleyan Hall.AdmissionFREE

Jon Tongeis Professor of Politics at the University ofLiverpoolandaformerChairandPresidentofthePoliticalStudiesAssociationoftheUK.Hehasproduced14booksandover50 journalarticles and chapters on Irish and BritishpoliticsandhascompletedfiveEconomicandSocialResearchCouncilandLeverhulmeTrustfundedprojectsoverthelastdecade.

His most recent books are 'Loyal to the Core? Orangeism and Britishness in Northern Ireland'(IrishAcademicPress,2011),withJames McAuley and Andrew Mycock and 'Abandoning the Past? Political Prisoners and Historical Conflict' (withShirlow,McAuleyand McGlynn), which was awarded the Political Studies Associationprize for best book in politics in 2010. His collaborative work 'Inside the Democratic Unionist Party: From Protest to Power' OxfordUniversityPress,Oxford,isduetobepublishedin2014.

Dr Margaret O'CallaghanwhocomesfromDublinisaSeniorLecturerin Politics at Queen's University Belfast.She previously taught at the UniversitiesofCambridgeandNotreDame.Sheistheauthor of numerous works on the stateapparatus in relation to nationalist andunionist political formations in Irelandfrom the late nineteenth century topartition.ShehaspublishedontheRoyal

IrishConstabularyanditsroleinprovincialIrelandinthenineteenthcentury;onpartition;theBoundaryCommissionof1925;thefringe-fenian press; the careers of Roger Casement and Tom Kettle; onBelfastinthe1960sand70s;andonIanPaisley;andtheRoyalUlster

Constabulary. She co-edited with Mary E. Daly '1916 in 1966; Commemorating the Easter Rising'(RoyalIrishAcademy,2007).Her current research focuses on commemoration and propagandawarsintheIrishpublicsphere,andthepoliticsofIrishliterature.

Alex Kanehas been a participant in and observerof the political scene in Northern Irelandforoverthirtyyears.HewasbasedattheNorthernIrelandAssemblybetween1998and 2010. For two-and-a-half years hewas Director of Communications for theUlster Unionist Party. He is now a writer,political commentator, consultant andregular columnist for the 'News Letter'.

He also contributes to a wide range of other media, including theBBC,UTVandRTE,andisregularlyincludedinelectionspecials.

Mary O’Rourke comes from a notable political familyin Athlone, CountyWestmeath and hasbeen one of the most successful andinfluential women in Irish public life.SheisaformerDeputyLeaderofFiannaFáilandheldanumberofseniorCabinetpositions in the Irish government. Shewas Leader of the Seanad, where shewas also for a time party spokesperson

on Northern Ireland. She was a member ofWestmeath CountyCouncilfrom1979-87.SheisthesisterofthelateBrianLenihan(Senior), Dáil Deputy and Minister.Their father PJ Lenihan wasaTD from 1965-70. She was educated at UCD and St. Patrick'sCollege, Maynooth (BA, HdipEd). Mary is a former secondaryschoolteacherandhastwosons.Sheisafrequentguestonradioandtelevisioncurrentaffairsprogrammes.

In2011shewasappointedtotheBoardofDirectorsofEducateTogether. In 2012, 'Just Mary: My Memoir' was published. Itwonthe2012IrishBookAwardinthe'Listeners' Choice' category. In it shewritesofherfamilybackgroundandher early involvement in politics;ofthemanyseniorpoliticalfiguresto whom she was close; of herbrotherandnephew,BrianLenihan(Junior), both of whom died beforetheir time; and of her successes anddisappointments. The book is likethe woman herself: open, warm, andshrewd.

WilliamCarletonSummerSchool Friday2nd-Thursday8thAugust201310 11Photo: Piper Frank Gildernew (Brantry)

Siobhan Campbellwas born in Dublin, and is a graduateof UCD. She has lectured in the MA andMFA programmes at Kingston University,London. Widely published in the USAand UK, she is the recipient of a numberof awards for her work. Her most recentpoetry collection is 'Cross-Talk' (2009)whichexploredIrelandintheaftermathofthepeaceprocess.

In England she worked alongside the MilitaryWriting Network toproduce an anthology, 'Courage and Strength, Stories and Poems by Combat Stress Veterans'(2012),inaninitiativewhichbroughttogetherseveralorganisationsandindividualswhosoughtto encourage, develop and value creative writing by veterans, ex-combatants,currentlyservingpersonnelandtheirfamilies.SiobhanisnowbasedinWashingtonDC,workingwithUSveterans.

Paddy Scully is a founding member of Belfast TheatreCompany and an award-winning actoranddirector.Inextractsfromhisacclaimedone-man show 'Lord Edward Carson Reflects' hedepictsCarsonintheLondonstudiooftheBelfast-bornpainterSirJohnLavery, waiting to sit for his portrait.Theshow provides a valuable insight intothe life and times of one of the most

controversialIrishmanbefore,duringandafterthelifeandturmoilofchangingeventsof1912.EdwardCarson'swasthefirstsignatureontheUlsterCovenantanditwouldhaveprofoundeffectsonthelifeoftheislandofIreland,especiallyintheProvinceofUlster."'Lord Carson Reflects' is engaging, amusing and moving. Aconfection of bloody-mindedness, badinage and Barbara Cartlandputs some real flesh on the bones of this most misunderstood ofIrishmen. Paddy Scully brings to bear in some of Carson’s quietermomentshere,asadnessathisownlot,analmostunwillingagentofhistory,drivenasmuchbywhathecouldn’tstand,IrishHomeRule,aswhathecould".JoeNawaz,www.culturenorthernireland.org

Mary KennyisaDublinerwhogrewupinSandymount.For over four decades she has been ajournalist, broadcaster, author and publicspeaker. She has written for more than30newspapersandmagazinesinLondonand Dublin and has developed in recentyearsaspecialinterestintherelationshipbetween Ireland and Britain. The themewasexplored inherbiographyofWilliam

Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw‚ ‘Germany Calling’ and in her play abouttheprivatemeetingbetweenWinstonChurchillandMichaelCollinsin1921 ‘Allegiance’,aswellas in 'Crown and Shamrock: Love and Hate between Ireland and the British Monarchy',whichwas used as background information for the Queen's historic visitto Ireland in May 2011. She is a frequent columnist for the 'Irish Independent' and 'The Irish Catholic'. She was a foundingmember of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement and wasWomen'sEditorof'The Irish Press'intheearly1970s.In1997shepublished'Goodbye to Catholic Ireland',aculturalandpersonalnarrative discussing how women in the 20th Century played asignificantroleinconstructingcontemporaryCatholicIreland.

Concert at Fivemiletown Wesleyan Hall 8pmMurley Silver BandandMonaghan Gospel Choir:SpecialGuestGloriaAdmissionFREE

hour came in October 2007, after winning the Northern IrelandBrassBandChampionshipplayingCoventryVariationsbyBramwellTovey.Thisachievement,undertheBatonofKeithAndersonmeantthat the Band qualified for and subsequently participated in theEuropeanChampionshipsinStavanger,NorwayinMay2008.InJune2008, Murley appointedWilliam Hill as their new musical directorandsubsequentlycompletedahistoricdoublebywinningtheNIBAChampionshipfortwoyearsrunning.

Monaghan Gospel Choir

The concert features Monaghan Gospel Choir under their musicaldirectorDavidDrumwithmusicstarGloriaSherryfromTydavnet.

Monaghan Gospel Choir, which was founded in 2007 by Mr. DavidDrum, has a membership of 80 people (male & female), who aredividedintothreesections,40Adults,10JuniorLeaders,30Juniorsand represent all parts of County Monaghan. They age from theyoungestmemberof7yearsto70plus.Themembersalsoenjoythesocial side of the choir, interacting with one another and lookingoutinsupportforoneanothereitherwithchoirorpersonalissues.Monaghan Gospel Choir has been publicly described as "one bighappy family".The Choir picked up the Northern Sound 94-98 FMArts&EntertainmentAward2010.

Gloriawas born in Monaghan and made hernameasasingerinthe1970s.Shefoundher greatest success with her versionof the famous gospel song 'One Day at a Time', which reached No. 1 in theIrish charts and went on to becomethe longest running in the charts inits history, staying there for 90 weeks.Earlier this year she re-recorded it withtheMonaghanGospelChoir.

Evening Events:Part funded by the EU PEACE III Programme for PEACE andReconciliation through the ‘Shared History Shared Future’ ProjectadministeredbyDungannon&SouthTyroneBoroughCouncil.

Murley Silver Band was formed in 1924 and took its namefrom the local district of Murley, near Fivemiletown. The band isstilllocatedinFivemiletown,intheheartoftheClogherValley.Thelate Gordon Bloomfield conducted the band from 1960 until theappointmentofalocalschoolheadteacher,JackTaylor,in1962.

However, it is fair tosaythatthemeteoricriseoftheMurleybandthrough the sections can be pinned on one man – the late HarryGault. Harry (who also founded the magnificent Strabane ConcertBrass)wastheconductorofMurleyfor24years,untilhisuntimelydeath on April 12th 1997 at a brass band contest. Murley’s finest

Thursday 8th AugustWednesday 7th August

A Literary Tour of County Fermanagh9.45am Assemble at Corick House Hotel(10.00am prompt departure)CoachtourinCountyFermanaghbyGordonBrand&FrankMcHughwithparticularreferencetotheliteraryworkofShanBullockandhisearlyyearsontheCromEstate.ShanBullocktookhispennamefromone of William Carleton's short stories, 'Shan Fadh's Wedding'.Like Carleton he spent his working life away from his childhoodhome,buthis literary imaginationremainedfocusedonthecomiccharactersandstoriesofhisboyhoodinruralWestUlster.

ThetouralsoincludesavisittoPortoraHill,totakeinabreathtakingviewoftheislandtownofEnniskillen,recenthosttotheG8Summit.ItwillalsoallowustocontrasttheworkofShanBullockwiththatof literary giants, Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde, who spenttheir formative years at Portora Royal School. Portora Hill is alsothe location where Edward Carson launched the Ulster CovenantcampaigninSeptember1912.

Coach returns to Corick House Hotel at 7.30pm

Booking essential:formoredetailsContactFrankMcHughe:f.mchugh4@btinternet.comCost:£30/€35includingsnack,lunch&eveningmeal.

Gordon BrandfromEnniskillenistheSecretaryoftheWilliamCarleton Society. He edited the summerschool's volume 'William Carleton: The Authentic Voice'. He gives occasionallectures on Oscar Wilde, Anthony Trollope,WilliamAllinghamandPatrickMacGill.Hehaswrittenextensivelyonarangeofdifferentlocalhistorytopics.

Frank McHughwas born in Belfast. He is a professionalgenealogist.HesetuptheFermanaghFamilyHistorySocietyin2008.HewasformerlyHeadofDramaatPortoraRoyalSchool,Enniskillen,and is the Deputy Director of the WilliamCarletonInternationalSummerSchool.

Background Image courtesy Fermanagh County Museum © Carole DurixUlster Covenant: signed by Hugh de F Montgomery, Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown, 28th Sept 1912

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AsCarletononlyarrivedinEmyvaleinAutumn1812,hemissedoneofthemostdreadfulriotsevertohaveoccurredatthe'Fair of Emyvale'.This was on 13th June 1812, when Captain Singleton'sYeomen ranamok and fired a murderous volley into a Catholic crowd at the fair,with horrendous consequences. Canon McKenna in his history referstothiseventwhenSingleton'sYeomenshotanumberofinoffensiveCatholic men, adding that: "the local magistrates refused to return the murderers for trial until compelled by the Court of King's Bench. The Assize Court in Monaghan duly acquitted them".

Singleton's Yeomen had fired indiscriminately into the Catholics,seriously injuring one, Mick Callaghan. Three Protestants -- Thos.Clughan,Thos.CoxandGeo.SmartwerechargedwithattemptingtomurderCallaghanandforstabbingPeterMcElmeel,andforassaultsonCatherineMcCluskey,JamesTreanorandothers.TheseCatholicnameswerealloflong-establishedEmyvalefamilies.

Daniel O'Connell was brought down for the Spring Assizes, butwas unimpressed by what he saw. In a letter to his wife, headed'Monaghan, 5th Mar.1813', he describes the place as 'a stupid and miserable village to a stranger'.O'Connellwasthwarted inhisefforts,however,astheProtestantmagistratessucceededinhavingthetrialspostponed.

AttheSummerAssizeson31stJuly1813,beforeSirGeorgeDalyandJudgeEdwardMayne,thecaseswereheardbytheGrandJury,madeupentirelyoflocallandlordsandtheAscendancy.Withsuchpowerfulforcesarrayedagainstthem,theCatholicshadlittlehopeoffairplay.Thetrialwasamockery,astheJuryactuallyincludedCaptainSingleton,the very man responsible for theYeomens' deadly firing in the firstplace.UnfortunatelyfortheCatholics,O'ConnellwasnotavailabletocometotheSummerAssizesandsoalltheProtestantdefenderswereacquitted.

Thefollowingday,thesecondcasecameup,withMichaelCallaghan,Frank Treanor and Patrick Holland being tried for assault. TheseCatholicswerefoundguiltyandweresentencedtotwelvemonthsinjail.Theywerealsoboundtothepeaceforsevenyears,withsuretiesof£50each,andtwoothersuretiesof£25each---massivesumsinthosedays.Withjudgeandjuryrepresentingonlyoneside,theresultswerea foregone conclusion -- theYeomen would be acquitted, while theCatholicswouldbefoundguilty,andthat'showitdeveloped,MaynehavingalreadyprovedhimselfanenemyofthenativeIrish.

Therewasadirectlinkbetweenthe13thJune1812riotandalaterrioton12thJuly1870,alsoinEmyvale,whenanorangemannamedMcMahonwasassassinated,buttheintendedvictimhadbeenWhitneyMoutray,whowasmarriedtoArabellaCrawford,grand-daughteroftheaforementionedSingleton,commanderofthe1812Yeomen.

Pin-pointingtheinitial‘Fair of Emyvale’isdifficult,butitappearsthat1768wasitsfirstyear.A‘Belfast Newsletter’ reportofSept,

1769said:-"The new Fairs of Emyvale having succeeded beyond Expectation, and many pieces of Linen being brought there for Sale. Equal premiums with those granted for Yarn, will be given for the first, second and third greatest Quantities of Linens sold, of the Manufacture of the Seller, and the Yarn Premiums will be continued. A plan for building a Market-house in said Town lies with Mr Huson, Glaslough, who will receive Proposals for building same till Nov(ember)."

Oneofthemainitemstradedatthefairwaslinen,indicatingoneofthemainoccupationsoftheinhabitants.Anewmarket-housewaserectedthenextyear,1769,atthejunctionofMainSt.And‘market-house lane’,stillsonamed.TheadjoiningPettySessionshousewasthevenueforcourtcaseseverythirdThursdayofthemonth.Slator’sDirectory1894stated:-"Courthouse:- Francis Smith, owner in fee. Petty Sessions third Thurs. monthly’, while Swan’s Directory 1913 stated:- ‘Petty Sessions held on the third Thurs. of each month, Mr John McKenna is the clerk". These were held in the adjoiningbuilding,whiletheearliermarket-housewasalsothevenuefortheinfamoustrialof1813.

DuringtheGreatFaminethePettySessionshousewasconvertedintoahospital,asEmyvalewasoneoftheworsthitareasinthecounty.Alaterreportread:-"There was a hospital in Emyvale. The dead were buried immediately after death to clear out the place. It was said that some of those buried were not quite dead, and cases were spoken of where the ‘dead’ moaned in make-shift coffins on the way to burial at Corracrin".

The‘Nation’newspaperofJune19th1847wrote:-"Fever is spreading greatly in the neighbourhood of Emyvale. The fever hospital in that town is full". A‘Northern Standard’ report added:- "On Thurs(day) last a number of starving men assembled in Emyvale, whence they proceeded to Dungillic, residence of Thos. Anketell , to whom they communicated their state of destitution; Anketell gave each a shilling, and has given them employment at a shilling a day and their dinner".

The Ulster novelist William Carleton (1794-1869) considered it aworthy subject for one of his most famous novels, so, at the risk ofbeingaccusedofbeingparochial,Iregardthe“Fair of Emyvale” asbeingworthyofinclusioninthecurrentHeritageseries(no.44).

Every townandvillage inMonaghanoncehad its fair,but themostuniquewassurelythe ‘Fair of Emyvale’.Unique inthat itwasoneoftheoldest,yetwasoneofthefirsttobediscontinued.Also,itwasalways referred to as the ‘Fair of Emyvale’, rather than ‘Emyvale Fair’,butwasparticularlyuniqueinthatitwastheonly‘custom free’ fairinthecounty.TheEmyvaleeventalsoappearstohavebeenverymuchmorethanjustafairforlivestocktrading,butwasprobablymoreofafestival,and,unfortunately,frequentlyusedasabattlegroundforfaction-fights.NowonderCarletonconsidereditaworthysubjectforhisnovel.

Carletonopenshisnarrativethus:-“The fair-day was formerly looked forward to as a festival associated with mirth, fun (which includes fighting), and enjoyment of all sorts and sizes, as the proverb has it, from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter. We remember that, as the fair approached, our nocturnal rest was gradually diminished until, having arrived at within two or three days of the long-expected epoch, we were deserted by sleep, and kept our imagination employed in endeavouring to try, by what process of calculation we could, to? annihilate our perception of the space which, in point of time, lay between us and it”.

Later,hesays:-“We remember the morning of the ‘Fair of Emyvale’. It was summer and a more sparkling sun never beamed on the garden of Paradise. To get to the fair from Derrygola, we might take our choice of two ways; one by keeping to the ill-paved road, which ran almost in a straight, but not a level line, to the scene of the fair; the other through ‘Anketell’s Grove’, the scenery of which is surpassingly beautiful”.

Pictured at unveiling of plaque erected by Emyvale Development Association at Glennan, site ofFr. Keenan's classical school,August 1997Seamus McCluskey, Emyvale (Guide), Cllr Patsy Treanor (Chair, Monaghan Co.Council),Pat John Rafferty (Summer School Secretary)

In a reference to another aspect of the fair, Carleton quickly notedsomeportentsthatwerenotofthe‘happy’ variety,butrathermoreconducivetoatypeofwarfarethencommonatIrishfairs.

Hewrites:-“In the Irish (fair), on that day, might be parked at an early hour, symptoms of an approaching row, but these for the most part died away, because it was not until the business of the day has been transacted that either the party or the faction fights take place, and then they were upon a large and comprehensive scale”.

Carleton’s Emyvale story is an account of an abduction, involvingmembersofthe‘Ribbonmen’,asecretoath-boundsociety,anditwasprobablybasedonfactasthenamesof‘goodies’inthenarrativewerereal,withsomeoftheirdescendantsstillresidingthere.Hedescribesthescene:-

“The fair was a moving mass of animation, and occasionally of uproar; the latter produced by the shoutings of men and the bellowings of cattle, as the parties conducting them came in contact with each other. But after the pressing business of the day had been concluded, the crowd, especially the young, might be observed to devote their time to pleasure and conviviality. The young lover was now for the most part at leisure to treat his sweetheart and her kindred to refreshments in a public-house or tent; and in this way the evenings are usually spent throughout the fair“.

CarletonhadbeenfamiliarwithEmyvaleashespentthreeyearsthere,1812-15,whileattendingFrJohnKeenan'sclassicalschoolinthehouseofPaddyTreanor,besidetheoldchurchatGlennan.Heonlydepartedfrom Emyvale when Fr Keenan also left to open a larger school inDundalkin1815.

The Unique “Fair Of Emyvale” By Seamus Mccluskey

From Northern Standard 26th March 2009

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Main Street, Emyvale c. 1900

Thedemiseofthe‘Fair of Emyvale’ isattributedtothedreadfulhavoc the Great Famine had wreaked on the area. When theFamineabatedby1850, theMagistrates refusedto returnto theCourt-room,lesttheybecontaminatedbygerms,andanewPettySessionshousewasbuilt.

This ‘Fair of Emyvale’ wasamonthlyeventbutofnofixeddate.Coote’s ‘Statistical Survey of Monaghan 1801’ lists17fairsforthecountyasfollows(notethespellings):-Ballibay 7; Ballinode 4; Ballytrane 6; Carrickmacross 5; Clones 12;Castleblaney4;Castleshane5;Emyvale(customfree)12;Glaslough12; Rockcorry 9; Knockboy 2; Monaghan 6; Newbliss 6; Drum4; Scotstown 4; Smithborough 5 and Tidavnet 5. Denis CarolanRushe also lists dates for the ‘Fair of Emyvale’ that year thus:-‘Scarnageeragh (or Emyvale):- 1 Jan., 3 Feb., 17 Mar., 14 Apr., 12 May, 13 June, 1 July, 4 Aug., 4 Sept., 6 Oct., 10 Nov. and 8 Dec.’.

The‘Belfast Newsletter’alsoliststhe‘Fair’for:-1769-73,1755-82,1785-88and1791,1792.

Thefactthatthe‘Fair of Emyvale’was‘custom free’isprobablyexplained by the fact that Emyvale had changed hands c.1750,whentheLeslieslostittotheAnketellsinonenight’scardplaying.The resulting disagreement between them was demonstrated in1810,whenFrMcMullan,ParishPriestofDonagh,soughtasiteforachurchatCorracrin.HeapproachedAnketell,whorefusedhim.Hethenwentto(theotherlandlord)Leslie,who,tospiteAnketell,gavehimasiteontheedgeofhisestate,rightunderAnketell’snoseinhisnewmansionat‘Anketell Grove’.Thisdisputethusappearstobethereasonwhythe‘Fair of Emyvale’was‘free’,witheitherLeslierefusingtohandoverthetolls,whichAnketellprobablydemandedaspartofhiswinnings,ortheissuedisappearinginthechangeover.

The ‘Fair of Emyvale’ had different locations for the buying andsellingoflivestock.TheFairGreenwassouthofthebridge,andlongafter the Fair had been discontinued, travelling circuses frequentlypitchedtheirbig toponthatverygreen.Goatswere traded in thelane alongside the current Leisure Centre, which is sometimesrememberedas‘Goat Lane’.Anoldballad,however,suggeststhatthese animals were traded on the ‘market-house lane’, and thispoemiscurrentlywithMonaghanCountyLibrary.

TheGreatFaminewasthemainreasonfortheFair’sdemise,butsoalsowerethefaction-fights,butCarletonwasreluctanttocommentonthese.Othervisitorsalsoreferredtothis‘faction fight mania’

thatthenpervertedthemindsofyoungmen.JohnGamblevisitedEmyvalein1810andwrote:-

"A very drunken assemblage the Fair proves to be. Some years ago it was likewise a quarrelsome place; every man on leaving home, drew from its hiding place his shillelagh...the Magistrates have been unremitting in their exertions to put down ‘club’ law, and put law in its place".

One reason for ‘club law’ was the proliferation of public houses.Somewerelistedby‘Oldtimer’inhiscolumnina ‘Monaghan Argus’ issueofthe1950s,whenhewrote:-"John Roberts had a public house in Goat Lane, and the sign over the door said – ‘John Roberts. For Sale – best whiskey in the barony of Truagh 1768".

JFWilliamsvisitedin1888andwrote:-"All houses are one storey structures, many very poor, with thatched roofs, and it is certain from their appearance, that not a new house has been built for a century at least. The people seemed very poor. Perhaps the many signs I noticed over doors, ‘Licensed to sell spirits’ may account for this". With such a proliferation of pubs and availability of intoxicants,generallyillicit,theinclinationtofightwasinevitable.

In the 18th-19th century, faction fights and secret societies playedmajorroles.OrangemenandRibbonmenweremuchtotheforeandleadersfrombothsidesoftenusedtheirmenforpersonalvendettas.With‘thousands’,asCarletondescribedthethrongs,Emyvalebecamethe scene of much bloodshed and so genuine ‘fair-goers’ grew toshunit.TheGreatFamine,however,reallyputthefinalnailinthecoffin– not a single Fair was held during 1846-47.Thom’s Directories forthoseyearslistallMonaghanfairs,butEmyvaleismissing.

WhentheFamineabated,the ‘Fair’ resumed,butnolongerwasit"a festival associated with mirth, fun and enjoyment", andfrom1848,theywereconfinedto‘cattle fairs’.Withtheproximityofotherfairs,thefateofwhathadbeenthe‘Fair of Emyvale’ wassealed,anditceasedcompletelyin1875.The‘Newry Telegraph’,whichlistedalltheUlsterfairs,madenoreferencetoEmyvalefromJuneonwards.By1850,theMarket-Househadalsobeenconvertedintoadwelling,andthe‘Fair of Emyvale’wasnowhistory.

********************************************MichaelFisheradds:-Anotherdirectoryfrom1835givesthedatesofthe‘Fair’asfollows:-EMY-VALE,afairtowninthecountyMonaghan,provinceofUlster,nearly67milesfromDublin.---Fairdays,January1,firstMondayinFebruary,firstMonday(O.S.) inApril,secondMonday inMay,June18, first Monday in August, September 4 and second Monday inNovember.

(Rev.G.Hansbrow:'An Improved Topographical and Historical Hibernian Gazetteer',Dublin,1835)

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and an educative process aroundthis issue,whichisstill relevanttothecurrentsituationinNorthernIreland.

Therehasbeenaseriesoftalksthisyearincludingone by Dr Paddy Fitzgerald on the 'Ulster English' and two others given by membersoftheSocietyaboutCarletonandtheClogherValley area. In December 2012, the Societytook part in the annual mulled wine walkwithChristmascarolsatKnockmanyhillnearAugher. The following month the Societyorganised a visit to Dublin for the annualWilliamCarletoncommemoration.InFebruary,Aughnacloy/Truagh Historical Associationhosted a talk by Dr Paddy FitzGerald on'Archbishop Hughes of New York'.InJune all five groups were representedat Caledon Courthouse during a visitbythePrinceofWalesandDuchessofCornwall toseetheworkofCaledonRegenerationPartnership.

Shared History, Shared FutureThe evening events in Clogher and Fivemiletown are part funded by the European Union's Programme for PEACE & Reconciliation through a 'Shared History, Shared Future' project administered by PEACE III at Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council.

The William Carleton Society is one of five local historicalandculturalgroupsfromSouthTyronewhichhavejoinedtogetherto inaugurate their ‘Shared History, Shared Future ‘project. It waslaunchedinFebruarybytheMayorofDungannonandSouthTyrone,CouncillorPhelimGildernew.BrianLambkin,DirectorofTheUlsterAmericanFolkParkinOmagh,wastheguestspeaker.ThecomperefortheeveningwasMichaelFisher,directoroftheWilliamCarletonInternationalSummerSchool.

The Shared History Shared Future Project encapsulates figuresof literary importance such asWilliam Carleton right through tothe social history of local engineering and entrepreneurship ofJohn Finlay and Sylvester Mallon, who were pioneers in quarryengineering to exploring the history of our waterways andtownlands.Fivesocietieshavecometogether tosharewitheachother an awareness of their own fields of expertise and use ittowardsasharedunderstandingofourhistoryandfuture:-WilliamCarletonSociety;CaledonRegenerationPartnership;DonaghmoreHistorical Society; Killeeshil and Clonaneese Historical Society;SouthLoughNeaghHistoricalAssociation.

The William Carleton Society is a cross-community, cross-bordergroup dedicated to promoting the works of the well-known IrishauthorfromCountyTyroneandhislifeandtimes.Itseekstousehisstoriesoffaction-fightingandsectarianismin19thCenturyIrelandas thebasis for talksanddiscussionsonhistoryand literatureandthe lessons for modern-day society. By discussing issues such assectarianism the Society hopes to open up a meaningful debate

Mulled wine walk at Knockmany, December 2012. Photo: Michael Cullen

Carleton's Cottage, Springtown. Photo: Michael Fisher Photos: Michael Fisher

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Weekend

The Patrick Kavanagh Centre,Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan.

Tel/Fax: 00 353 (0) 42 9378560Email: infoatpkc@eircom.net

www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com

‘All The Way To Bantry Bay…

and Other Journeys’

12th Benedict KielyLiterary Weekend

13th September - 15th September 2013

The 12th Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend 2013 will take place in the Strule Arts Centre, Omagh. The theme this year

will be ‘All The Way To Bantry Bay…and Other Journeys’.

Confirmed speakers so far include Manchan Magan, Carol Drinkwater, Paul Clements, Afric McGlinchey, Mary

Russell, Professor Kevin Whelan.

www.benedictkiely.info

Friday 27th - Sunday 29th September 2013Incorporating thePatrick Kavanagh

Poetry Awards

6th September - 8th September 2013Confirmed speakers so far include

Mary Kenny, Yvonne Siddle, Haruno, Howard GreggKayama Watanabe, Michael Williamson.

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International Summer SchoolDrumsna, Co. Leitrim

1992John MontagueJack JohnstonSeamus MacannaidhFrank OrmsbyPolly DevlinEileen SullivanOwen Dudley EdwardsBenedict Kiely

1993Sophia Hillan-KingAnthony CroninTess HursonIan McDowellCormac Ó GrádaLuke DoddJames SimmonsEugene McCabeBenedict Kiely

1994Augustine MartinSeamus HeaneyBert ToshNoel MonahanGerry HullHeather BrettPatricia CraigMalcolm ScottJames SimmonsOwen Dudley EdwardsPatrick McCabeGerald Dawe

1995Thomas FlanaganJohn MontagueGene CarrollOliver RaffertyW. J. SmythBrian EarlsFrank OrmsbyHeather BrettNoel MonahanUna AgnewFrances O'HareNorman VanceEileen SullivanPatrick QuigleyGlenn PattersonOwen Dudley Edwards

1996Bill MaguireJohn MontagueTom McIntyreDiarmid Ó DoibhlinAntoinette QuinnTerence BrownPaul MuldoonDesmond FennellColm ToibinJude CollinsOwen Dudley Edwards

1997Roy FosterEamonn HughesCiaran CarsonJames SimmonsJohn MontagueElizabeth WassellJim CavanaghPatricia CraigPatrick MaumeIvan Herbison

Robin MarshMary O’DonnellFred JohnstonOwen Dudley Edwards

1998A. Norman JeffaresSimon GatrellMichael LongleyPat John RaffertyBenedict KielyJohn MontagueThomas O'GradyStephen McKennaEileen SullivanDenise FerranDouglas CarsonThomas BartlettAdrian RiceJohn Wilson FosterClare BoylanOwen Dudley Edwards

1999John KellySam McAughtrySean SkeffingtonNorman VanceBarry SloanPat McDonnellSam CraigNoel MonahanMary O'MalleyMary McVeighDeclan KiberdJohn MontagueGerry HullDavid HammondEdna LongleyMaurice LeitchOwen Dudley Edwards

2000Robert WelchIan AdamsonPeter FallonMaura JohnstonTony MacAuleyTom PaulinStewart J. BrownJohn A. MurphyPauric TraversDavid NorrisRichard WarnerLeon McAuleyTom McKeagneyGordon BrandRuth McCabeArthur QuinnEileen SullivanSam CraigBrian FallonOwen Dudley Edwards

2001Maurice HarmonEdith DevlinMary McKennaBishop Joseph DuffyBishop Brian HannonBrian DonnellyDarragh GallagherLaurence GearyJack JohnstonPat McDonnellSam CraigOwen Dudley EdwardsBarry Sloan

Anne BarnettGene CarrollTom Bartlett

2002Gearoid Ó TuathaighPeter DenmanFrank FallsColleen LowrySeamus HeaneyBrian FerranFrank GalliganDavid HammondSam CraigGordon BrandJack JohnstonSeamus McCluskeyNoel MonahanOwen Dudley EdwardsJohn MontagueElizabeth WassellAdrian RiceAdrian FoxJohn McAllisterGerry BurnsJohn McArdleTommy McArdleJohn McGurkBernard McLaverty

2003R. B. McDowellMaurice HarmonEileen SullivanJohn BreakeyNoel MonahanRuth Dudley EdwardsPaul CullenMalachi O'DohertyPóilín Ní ChiaráinEddie McCartneyJack JohnstonSeamus McCluskeyOwen Dudley EdwardsClare BoylanJude CollinsPeter HollywoodKeith AndersonSeamus Ó CathainTheo Dorgan

2004Patricia CraigJohn KillenGordon BrandMartina DevlinHazel DollingTerence DooleyNorman VanceRuth BeebChristopher BlakeMaureen BoyleMaria McmanusSonia AbercrombieJack JohnstonRoma TomeltyGordon FullertonMarianne ElliottEileen SullivanDeclan FordBrian WalkerOwen Dudley Edwards

2005Paul BewJack JohnstonJohn B. CunninghamMichael Longley

Stephen McKennaTerence DooleyMaurice HarmonRaymond MurrayMarie MartinClaire MillarMargaret McCayMargaret SkeffingtonSean CollinsRobin MarshSam CraigPatrick C. PowerPaul ClementsMalachi CushAlvin JacksonOwen Dudley Edwards

2006Thomas Charles-EdwardsSiobhan KilfeatherGifford LewisBrian McCúrtaRichard WarnerJohn KillenSydney AikenElizabeth McCrumBrian McClellandMalachi O'DohertyRobbie MeredithJack JohnstonLiam KellyNoel MonahanMaurice HarmonLen GrahamJohn CampbellSusan McKayOwen Dudley Edwards

2007Rolf LoeberTess MaginessArthur QuinnMaurice HarmonPeter DenmanJack JohnstonBarry SloanTom DunnePat Joe KennedyBriege, Clare and Mary HannaRobin MarshGordon BrandMary MontagueMichael FisherJohn McGurkOwen Dudley Edwards

2008John A MurphyBrian EarlsGordon BrandGeorge WatsonRonan BoyleJames CookeNorman VancePatricia CraigGerald DaweEamonn HughesRobin MarshBert ToshJack JohnstonMaura JohnstonMichael MurphyErno KlepochMagdolna Aldobolyi NagyGlenn MooreMichael LongleyEdna Longley

Sinéad MorrisseyPatrick J. DuffyOwen Dudley Edwards

2009Diarmaid FerriterEamonn O CiardhaGordon BrandRuth IllingworthTheo DorganSophia HillanNoel MonahanMichael ParkerMarie Louise MuirJack JohnstonThe Ballyshannon SingersRobin MarshGerald HullMaurice HarmonPatrick WalshBrian WalkerOwen Dudley Edwards

2010Sean ConnollyCliona Ó GallchoirMark BaileyEmer NolanLinde LinneyDamian GormanDavid ParkEmma HeatheringtonJack JohnstonKate SutcliffeNoel MonahanRuth IllingworthAlan AchesonPaddy FitzgeraldLiam FoleyThe Carleton PlayersGordon Brand

2011Jacqueline HillIggy McGovernPeter CarrMaurice HarmonAntonia McManusFrank McHughKevin BarrySéamus Mac AnnaidhFelicity McCallPaul ClementsJennifer KellyChris McGimpseyLiam FoleyThe Carleton PlayersGordon BrandArmagh City Choir

2012Cormac Ó GrádaMelissa FeganMichael FisherBarry DevlinFrank McHughJohn F DeaneLaurence FosterCarlo GéblerMary O'DonnellMary GuckianDr Sophia HillanChristopher Fitz-SimonLiam FoleyGordon BrandOwen Dudley EdwardsFermanagh Choral SocietyJack JohnstonThe Carleton Players

Contributors 1992-2012

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AcknowledgementsThe William Carleton Societygratefully acknowledges the following contributions:

William

Carleto

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ciety Patro

ns

Dr Joseph D

uffy Jim

Cavanagh Professor M

aurice Harm

on Sam

Craig N

oel Monahan

Mary O

'Donnell

Sum

mer Sch

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l Directo

r

Michael Fisher

Sum

mer Sch

oo

l Dep

uty D

irector

Frank McH

ugh Su

mm

er Scho

ol H

on

orary D

irector

Ow

en Dudley Edw

ards Secretary

Gordon Brand

Treasurer

Tom M

cKeagney

William

Carleto

n So

ciety

Presid

ent

Jack JohnstonC

hair

Jim Cavanagh

Vice C

hair

Patrick BoyleG

ordon Brand, Frank Brennan, Patricia Cavanagh, Peter Cavanagh, M

alcolm D

uffey, A

idan Fee, Michael Fisher, Paddy Fitzgerald

Liam Foley, Seam

us McCluskey

Billy McCrory, Frank M

cHugh, Tom

McKeagney

Isabel Orr, A

rthur Quinn, Beverley W

eir

Co

ntact C

orick H

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reservations@corickcountryhouse.com

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ation

advice:

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M

arket Square, Dungannon, BT70 1A

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028/048 8772 8600

ranfurlyhousereception@

dungannon.gov.uk

or

wcarletonsociety@

gmail.com

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Fri2nd A

ug10:30am

Registration Tea/Coffee ADM

ISSION

FREE Four Seasons Hotel,M

onaghanConference:Carleton, Kavanagh & Gavan Duffy

11.00am Professor

Thomas O

’Grady

(Boston/Prince Edw

ard Island) on his poetry and Patrick Kavanagh

12.00 noon Art Agnew

(Inniskeen) on Patrick Kavanagh1.00pm

Lunch Break

2:30pm Charles G

avan Duffy: Journalist and Patriot: Brendan O

Cathaoir (ex Irish Tim

es) and Aidan W

alsh (former curator,

Monaghan County

Museum

)3:30pm

Break

3:40pm M

ary O’Donnell (M

onaghan poet and author)4:45pm

The Shemus cartoons in ‘The Freem

an’s Journal’: Felix M.

Larkin6:00pm

Reception and Book Launch:‘M

emories Am

idst the Drumlins: Cavan and M

onaghan’. Poems and

stories by the late Terence O’G

orman (Tydavnet)

Speaker: Michael Fisher

Sat3rd A

ug11.00am

Meet at M

onaghan County Museum

, Hill Street, M

onaghanW

alking Tour of Monaghan Tow

nGrace M

oloney & Theresa Loftus. Clogher Historical Society. FREE

1.00pm Lunch: Donation €5

Traditional Music w

ith Vincent McKenna &

friends.

Sun4th A

ug4:00pm

Assemble

at Emyvale

Leisure Centre (refreshm

ents) or Edenm

ore School

4:30pm w

alk to Blue Bridge, Em

yvale.Transport available from

leisure centre

5:00pm to 6:00pm

William

Carleton Comm

emoration

at the Blue Bridge Emyvale and

unveiling of restored plaque by M

ichael Fisher, in co-operation w

ith Emyvale Developm

ent Association.

6:30pm G

ather at Emyvale

Leisure Centre7:00pm

‘Fair of Emyvale’

reading at Emyvale Leisure

Centre, adapted by Liam Foley.

Admission FREE.

All Welcom

e

8:00pm Refreshm

ents. ***All M

onaghan events are part funded by the EU’s

ERDF through the PEACE III programm

e financed through M

onaghan PEACE III Partnership***

Willia

m C

arle

ton S

um

mer S

chool

Pro

gra

mm

e Deta

ilsM

onaghan &

Em

yvale

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logher 5

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3

Mon

5th Aug

10.00am

RegistrationTea/Coffee11.30am

Official

Opening by M

ayor of Dungannon &

South Tyrone

11.40am Sum

mer School

Honorary Director Professor Ow

en Dudley Edw

ards.‘Carleton, Caesar Otw

ay and Irish Literature’Corick House Hotel, Clogher.

1.00pm - 2.30pm

Lunch £12.Bookable at entarance

2.30pm

Keynote address Prof. Thom

as O’Grady, Boston.Carleton’s ‘The Donagh’

3.30pmTea/Coffee break&

bookstall

3.45pm Author

Gerry M

cCullough (‘Belfast G

irls’) &

Raymond

McCullough

(singer &

songwriter)

4.45pm

Broadcaster Tom

McG

urk talks to Aidan Fee. ‘N

orthern Ireland. past and present’

8.00pm Rathm

ore Bar, Clogher, Traditional M

usic w

ith Síoda &Seosaim

hin Ni

Bheaglaoich. FREE

Tues 6th A

ug9.30amRegistrationTea/Coffee

10.15am Language

in 19thC Clogher Valley. Irish: Dr Ciaran M

ac M

urchaidh, St Patrick’s Drum

condra. Ulster Scots: Dr Ian Adam

son

11.50am Break

12.00noon President of the W

illiam Carleton Society, Jack

Johnston.‘Augher. from

landlord, Sir Thom

as Ridgeway to G

eorge Duffy, the M

iller’

12.45pm

-2.15pm

Lunch £12.Bookable at entarance

2.15pm

Josephine Treanor on the story of her relative,’Anne Duffy, the M

iller’s daughter from

Augher’

3.15pm Literary Sym

posium on

Modern Irish W

riting: Ciaran Collins ‘The Gam

al’, Patricia Craig ‘Tw

isted Root’, Anthony Quinn ‘Disappeared’ and Tony Bailie ‘A Verse to M

urder’4.15pm

Tea/Coffee break

7.00pm

Carleton Walk

8.30pm Reception

with bagpipers &

M

cKenna Family

at Somers Cafe,

Clogher Valley Country Park. FREE

Wed 7th

Aug

9:30am

Registration Tea/Coffee

10:00am‘The Orange Order’ Professor Jon Tonge.Dealing w

ith the past: Discussion: Alex Kane and Dr M

argaret O’Callaghan (QUB)

12.00noon Mary

O’Rourke on ‘How

differences can be accom

modated’.

1.00pm-2.30pm

Lunch £12.Bookable at entarance

2.30pm Poet

Siobhan Cam

pbell MA

on ‘Writing

about the past’.3.30pm

Tea/Coffee Break

3.45pm

Patrick Scully extracts from

one m

an show:

‘Lord Edward

Carson Reflects'

4.30pm

Writer M

ary Kenny: ‘Edw

ard Carson: Dubliner, Unionist, Irishm

an’

6:00pm Close of sum

mer school

8.00pm Concert at Fivem

iletown

Wesleyan Hall: M

urley Silver Band &

Monaghan Gospel Choir: Special

Guest Gloria. Adm

ission FREEPart funded by the EU

PEACE III Program

me for PEACE and

Reconciliation through the ‘Shared History Shared Future’ Project

Thurs 8th A

ug9.45am

Assemble

(Corick House Hotel)

10.00am Literary Tour of County Ferm

anagh led by Gordon Brand Secretary William

Carleton Society &

Frank McHugh, Deputy Director Sum

mer School. Snack, lunch and evening m

eal en route. Visit to Crom

Estate and the island town of Enniskillen.

Booking essential: for more details, contact Frank M

cHugh e: f.mchugh4@

btinternet.com Cost: £30/€35

including snack, lunch & evening meal.

7.30pm Return

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