Date: Saturday, April 30
Time: Starting at 2.30 pm
Booking essential : €30 - includes talks, afternoon tea and tour of the gardens
2.30 pm Arrival/Registration
3.00 pm 'Grand Designs - Houses, Gardens and Landscapes of the Blackwater Valley'
Dr. David Edwards (Senior Lecturer, School of History, University College Cork):
'The land-grabber's playground: The Colonial landscape of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (1595 - 1643)
Dr. Finola O'Kane Crimmins (Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University College Dublin):
'Framing the Blackwater; Landscape Painting, Architecture and Tourism in an Irish River Valley'
4.00 pm Afternoon tea, followed by a tour of Dromana Gardens
5.15 pm End of Proceedings
Following on from Dromana is an evening at Lismore Castle at 6 pm.

Email for details: director@lismorecastlearts.ie