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Conference
Programme
Crannog at Loughnascaddy,
Achill, County Mayo © Kevin
Barton
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6th.
18.00: Hotel Westport: Registration
open
18.00: Westport UDC Offices, Castlebar Street:
Civic Reception hosted by Westport Urban District
Council
Welcoming Address:
Councillor Declan Dever, Cathaoirleach, Westport Urban
District Council
20.00: Hotel Westport: Opening of
Conference
Welcoming Address:
Councillor Annie Mai Reape, Cathaoirleach, Mayo County
Council
Archaeological and Historical Societies of Mayo
Invitation Lecture
Chair: Mr Des Mahon, Mayo County Manager
County
Mayo and the National Museum
Mr Paul Doyle, Manager/Keeper, Irish Folklife
Division, National Museum of Ireland
SATURDAY, OCTOBER
7th.
09.00: Registration open
SESSION 1
Ancient
Landscape and
Archaeology
Chair: Mr Gerry Bracken, Westport Historical
Society
09.30: The
Role of Human Activity in Shaping the Landscape of Mayo
Dr Karen Molloy, Palaeoenvironmental Research
Unit, Department of Botany, National University of
Ireland, Galway
10.00: Recent
Archaeological Investigations on Croagh
Patrick
Mr Gerry Walsh, Archaeologist, Mayo County
Council
10.30: Clare
Island: the role of Archaeological Survey in the
re-construction of an Island's History
Mr Paul Gosling, Galway/Mayo Institute of
Technology
11.00: Coffee and Community Exhibition
SESSION 2
A
Multi-disciplinary Study by The National University of
Ireland, Galway
Chair: Mr Joe Brett, Meitheal Mhaigheo
11.30: Long-term
Vegetation and Land-use History at Mayo
Abbey
Dr Janice Fuller, Palaeoenvironmental Research
Unit, Department of Botany, National University of
Ireland, Galway
11.50: Maigh
Eó na Sacsan: Anglo-Saxons in Ireland and the
Question of Assimilation
Ms Vera Orschel, Department of History, National
University of Ireland, Galway
12.10: Mayo
Abbey: Geophysical Surveys at the Monastic
Enclosure
Mr John Madden, Applied Geophysics Unit,
National University of Ireland, Galway
12.30: Lunch and Community Exhibition
SESSION 3
Publications,
Sources and
Artefacts
Chair: Professor Patrick Duffy, Geography
Department, National University of Ireland,
Maynooth
14.00: Recent
Research, Publications and Websites Relating to County Mayo
History
Mr Joe McDermott, The Rural College and Newport
Historical Society
14.25: Mayo
in the National Archives of Ireland
Ms Aideen Ireland, National Archives of Ireland
14.50: Museums
of Mayo: A Valuable Network
Ms Marie Creighton, Museums of Mayo
15.15: Coffee and Community Exhibition
SESSION 4
Change in the
Political and Social
Order
Chair: Mr John Mulloy, Westport Historical
Society
15.45: Survival
and Transition in the Mayo of Granuaile and her
Family
Ms Anne Chambers, Writer
16.15: The
Church of Ireland Community of North County Mayo and South
County Sligo 1870-1940
Ms Miriam Moffitt, National University of
Ireland, Maynooth
16.45: Resurrecting
lost local landscapes in west Mayo
Professor Patrick Duffy, Geography Department,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
SESSION 5
Open
Forum
Chair: Rev. Fr. Frank Fahy, CC, Ballintubber
Abbey
17.15: Reflection and Discussion
All Speakers
20.30: Conference Dinner:
After Dinner Speaker
Introduction: Ms Carmel
Hughes, North Mayo
Historical and Archaeological Society
From
Belderrig to Belfield and Back: Locating Knowledge within
its own Landscape
Professor Séamus Caulfield, University
College Dublin and The Belderrig Environmental Research
and Study Centre
22.30: Traditional Music Session:
Ceol agus Craic
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8th
SESSION 6
Case
Histories
Chair: Mr Seán MacEíl, Chairman,
History Teachers Association of Ireland (Connacht
Branch)
09.30: Geophysical
Images of a Rath and Souterrain near Mayo Abbey, County
Mayo
Mr Kevin Barton, Applied Geophysics Unit,
National University of Ireland, Galway
10.00: The
Landscape and Heritage of Turlough
Mr Christy Lawless, Field Archaeologist
10.30: Mayo's
Lost Islands
Dr Brian Dornan, CEO, Airfield Trust
11.00: Coffee and Community Exhibition
SESSION 7
Conservation,
Preservation and
Protection
Chair: Dr Tony Barrett, Director FÁS,
Western Region
11.30: Local
Field Studies; a Community Approach
Mr Leo Morahan, Galway/Mayo Institute of
Technology
12.00: A
Sense of Place: The Real Basis for Conservation and
Appreciation of the Mayo Heritage
Professor Emer Colleran, Department of
Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Galway
12.50: Concluding Remarks
13.00: Lunch
SESSION 8
Community
Workshop and Exhibition
Chair: Mr Justin Sammon, Manager, Meitheal
Mhaigheo
14.00: Community Workshop and Exhibition
SESSION 9
Field
Excursions
14.00: EXCURSION 1
Guided Walk of Historical Westport
Hosted by the Westport
Historical Society
14.00: EXCURSION 2
Aughagower Patrician Foundation
Hosted by the Westport
Historical Society
14.00: EXCURSION 3
Quaternary Geological Sites of the
Westport Area
Hosted by Irish Association for
Quaternary Studies
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