Westmeath Archaeological and Historical Society
Westmeath Writers - The Historians who shaped the county's identity. Admission is €40 and includes lunch, tea, coffee and brochure.
Conference Programme
9.00am Registration
9.20am Welcome and Introductions
9.30-10.10am Dr Anne Byrne
Vera Hughes: A Life Made Vivid Through
Writing and Community.
10.10 - 10.50am Dr Harman Murtagh
Billy English and other historians
from South Westmeath.
10.50 -11.15am Tea/ Coffee
11.15-11.55am Ruth Illingworth
Leo Daly –A creative Life.
12 Noon -12.20pm Ciara O Hara
Kitty Flynn, Kilbeggan.
12.20 – 1.00pm Paul Gosling
Mythic Recollections: John Casey,
NT Milltown, Rathconrath, and
the folklore of Táin Bó Cuailnge.
1-2pm Lunch
2.00-2.40pm Dr Nollaig Ó Muraíle
Fr Paul Walsh:
Westmeath’s Greatest Scholar
2.40 -3.20pm Dr John Sheehan
Jeremiah Sheehan: Farm and Folk.