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Roscommon County Council in association with the Western Development Commission presents |
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Comhdháil
an Chraoibhín / Douglas Hyde Conference 2011
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The
Economy vs The People:
Ireland's Divided Mind
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The Douglas Hyde Conference will take
place on Friday 4th November 2011 in the BMW Regional
Assembly, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. This one-day
event will complete the three year series on culture
and the economy and will explore the theme
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| Roscommon County Council and the Western Development
Commission will bring together a number of artists, academics,
politicians, commentators and public bodies to discuss
and explore this timely and provocative theme. |
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This year, most of the conference will take place
on one day, Friday 15th October.
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| This subject explores the concept that a society is
more than an economy and much more than a balance sheet.
Beneath the obvious and challenging economic uncertainty
there is a strong civil and cultural society at work which
will ultimately define who we are, and who we want to
be, as people. In particular the WDC has shown through
its recent work on the Creative West how important this
sector continues to be for our future societal and economic
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The conference with its theme of our struggle for identity
has a special significance in this presidential election
year. The figure of Douglas Hyde, our first president,
who strived in his own time to create an identity for
the people through the Irish revival, offers many parallels
for discussion.
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| Key note speakers include: Professor Diarmaid
Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD, Finbarr
Bradley, Former Professor of Finance at DCU and co author
of Capitalising on Culture Catriona Crowe, Senior Archivist
of the National Archives and Betty Purcell, Senior Producer
RTE Television, Series Producer Arts Programmes.
The conference will be chaired by poet and broadcaster
Theo Dorgan.
Limited places are available. Booking is essential.
Conference coordinators:
Richie Farrell
PH: 090-66-37271
Caitlín Conneely
PH: 090-66-37298
dhydeconference@roscommoncoco.ie
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