Power and Politics in the Blackwater Valley
Sunday July 7th 2019
Dromana House, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
10.30 - 4 pm
Prof. Patrick Geoghehan (TCD): 'Liberation: Waterford and the Winning of Civil Rights in the Age of Daniel O'Connell'.
Dr. Dave Edwards (UCC): 'Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork: Statesman and Warlord (1629-1643)'.
Lunch
Prof. Tadgh O'Keeffe (UCD): 'Home truths about Walter Raleigh, Richard Boyle and Edmund Spenser'.
Patrick Cockburn (The Independent Newspaper London): 'Power struggles: marriages and money in an Anglo-Irish family in the 19th century'.
Enquiries and booking email: info@dromanahouse.com Tel: 086 8186305.
€75 pp or €130 for 2 persons to include morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea.