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Annual UCC / ITS Seminar
Na Ranna Gaeilge, COC ~ Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge
Annual UCC/ITS Seminar
Saturday, 9 November, 2024
West Wing 5, Main Quadrangle, University College Cork
The subject of this year’s event will be
Sgéalta Thomáis Uí Chathasaigh: Mayo Stories told by Thomas Casey,
edited by Douglas Hyde, Irish Texts Society Main Series, vol. 36 (1939).
The Twenty-Fifth annual ITS seminar jointly organised by the Irish Texts Society and the combined Departments of Irish, UCC, will be held in UCC on Saturday, 9 November 2024.The subject of this year’s event will be Sgéalta Thomáis Uí Chathasaigh: Mayo Stories told by Thomas Casey, edited by Douglas Hyde, Irish Texts Society Main Series, vol. 36 (1939).
Registration
Please register online at the UCCShop.ie
€40 registration fee (€20 students and unwaged)
The deadline for registration is Friday, 1 November, 2024
Clár/Programme
| 9.30 |
Oscailt / Opening |
| 9.45 |
Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh: ‘Tomás Ó Cathasaigh: His Life and Language’. |
| 10.25 |
Mícheál Briody, ‘The Genesis of Sgéalta Thomáis Uí Chathasaigh and its National and International Contexts. |
| 11.05 |
Coffee / Caifé |
| 11.35 |
Stiofán Ó Cadhla, ‘Discovering the landes aventureuses of Gaelic Folklore’. |
| 12.15 |
Lón / Lunch |
| 13.45 |
Seoladh Leabhar / Book Launch |
| 14.30 |
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Chomhaill, ‘Sgéalta Thomáis Uí Chathasaigh: An Analysis of Aspects of the Storyteller's Repertoire’. |
| 15.10 |
Barbara Hillers, ‘The Repertoire of Tomás Ó Cathasaigh between the Settled and Travelling Communities’. |
| 15.50 |
Plé agus Clabhsúr / Discussion and Close |
The proceedings of the ITS / UCC seminars are published in the Irish Texts Society's Subsidiary Series; the most recent volume on Caithréim Conghail Cláiringhnigh ‘The Martial Career of Conghal Cláiringhneach’ (ITS vol. 5), will be launched this year.
Further enquiries: p.riggs@ucc.ie