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The Second Annual Irish Maritime History Conference `
‘A Safe Place for Ships’:
The Second Annual Irish Maritime History Conference `
University College Cork
Friday, 16 October – Saturday, 17 October
This conference will explore various aspects of Ireland’s rich sea-going past and culture.
Topics include: piracy; naval warfare; smuggling; fishing communities; shipwrecks; Lusitania; boat-building; port management; First World War and Irish Seas
Confirmed speakers include: Fionnbarr Moore (Head Underwater Archaeology Unit, Nat. Monuments Service); Poet Theo Dorgan; Prof Claire Connolly (UCC); Dr Charles Ludington (Marie Curie Fellow, North Carolina St. Univ./UCC); Prof Favio Troncarelli (Univ. di Viterbo); Dr James O’Neill (UCC); Dr Ruth Canning (Marie Curie Fellow, Concordia Univ./UCC); Dr John Mulqueen (TCD); Dr John Cunningham (NUI Galway); Dr Paul Huddie (Univ. of West London); Prof Sajid Bin Doza (Univ. de Evora)
Free Admission, No Registration Required
UCC Main Campus: Fri., 1 – 3 pm, G19, Kane BLDG; Friday, 3 – 7 pm, Electrical Engineering, L-1 Saturday, 9 – 6 pm Electrical Engineering, L-1