15th Sean Mac Diarmada Summer School takes place in Kiltyclogher next weekend

All roads lead to Kiltyclogher on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th June where The Sean MacDiarmada Summer School 2023 takes place. 

This is the second physical event since June 2019 because of Covid.

In 2020 and 2021, the school successfully went to a virtual platform where we had an audience from the UK, America, Dubai, Switzerland, France and Australia.

We are really looking forward to people coming in the physical sense to the village for what promises to be a very stimulating and educational event.

For those people that are living abroad or are unable to make the physical event they can go to www.seanmacdiaramada.ie and book the various lectures online from the comfort of their own homes as live streaming will take place again this year in conjunction with the actual event taking place in the Holiday Centre.

This will be a feature of the summer school going forward and was one very positive outcome for the event after two long and twilight years of lockdown and semi-lockdown during the pandemic.

The event theme for June 2023 is “Ireland’s place in a world in crisis, examining the cultural, economic, political and social effects on Ireland  in the midst of a global crisis.”

The opening of the summer school will take place on Friday, June 9th with the customary event at the Mac Diarmada homestead in Corranmore by Cllr Sean McDermott, Leitrim County Council.

Friday 9th June

Vincent Woods - playwright, poet, news and current affairs and arts broadcaster, currently working with RTE Radio 1. “Hope, History and Human Intelligence” will examine the cultural aspect of the theme. 

Patricia Groves - communications professional will offer insight with regard to managing current crises in our country, and globally, in her presentation entitled: “Lessons from the Ladies’ Land League: Managing a Country in Crisis During Global Upheaval.”

Saturday, 10th June

Dr. Tony Bates, clinical psychologist and head of the Dept of Psychology at St. James’ Hospital, Dublin and founder of Jigsaw  -  National Centre for Youth Mental Health. Tony Bates’ presentation is entitled: “What Psychology Has to Offer in a Frantic World - Widening the Aperture of Our Awareness.”

Dr. Micheline Sheehy Skeffington - President of the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland.  Micheline will address the environmental and ecological issues of the day in Ireland in her presentation entitled “Ireland’s Native Flora - Is It In Crisis?”

Senator Emer Currie - Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson for Northern Ireland, Special Education and Inclusion. Emer  will present on “Convergence Versus Divergence in a Changing World.” -  addressing the most pertinent political and economic issues of the day. 

Fr. Peter McVerry - will bring the event to a close with his presentation entitled: “Ireland in Crisis - How Can Intelligent People Be So Stupid?” 

Booking details can be found on www.seanmacdiarmada.ie or by contacting Kiltyclogher Heritage Centre on 071-98-54865.