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Conference tallis::celt

Title:	Celt Notefile

Moderator:	TALLIS::DARCY

Created:	Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1632
Total number of notes:	20523

1149.0. "Irish Political Education Forum, and Festival" by WREATH::DROTTER () Thu Nov 19 1992 09:01

    There will be a three day political education forum, and festival
    at the Hibernian Hall in Lawrence staring on Friday.
    
    The schedule of events is as follows:
    
    
    FRIDAY, November 20th:
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    6:45 pm         Mise Eire (A classic Irish film)
    
    
    7:45 pm         Dedication of Irish Freedom Shrine
    
    
    8:00 pm         "The History of the Fenians"
                    Lecture by:
                               Fr. Sean McManus
                               President, Irish National Caucus
                               Washington, DC
    
    9:30 pm         Irish ballards by the Dooley Brothers
    
    
    
    SATURDAY, November 21st:
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    10:00 - Noon     "After the Elections"
                     Political Education Forum and Workshop on Human Rights
                     and the MacBride Principles
                     Panelists:
                               -Fr. Sean McManus, Irish National Caucus
                               -Kevin Murphy, Massachusetts PEC
                               -Francis Costello, Chief of Staff for
                                Congressman Joseph Kennedy.
    
    
    1:00 - 2:30pm   "Belfast Exposed - Beyond The Headlines"
                     Slide Presentation by:
                                Daniel Burke, Photojournalist, Belfast
    
    
    8:00pm           The Wolfe Tones in COncert (Sold Out)
    
    
    SUNDAY, November 22nd:
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    
    9:30 am          Memorial Mass for Capt. Timothy Deasy (of Clonakilty
                     County CORK. @ St. Mary's Church, Lawrence.)
    
    
    11:00am (approx) Grave side ceremony (Immaculate Conception Cemetery)
                     Unveiling and Blessing of a Memorial to Capt. Timothy 
                     Deasy on the 125th anniversary of the rescue of
                     Col. Kelly and Capt. Deasy. Remarks and rememberences by:
    
                     - Robert J. Bateman, Sr. great-grandnephew of Capt.
                       Timothy Deasy   
                     - David R. Burke, Mass. State President, AOH
                     - John McGuire (boyhood recollections of attending the
                       annual Manchester Martyrs Commemorative in
                       Manchester, England
                     - Guest Speaker: Derek Warfield (Irish historian,
                       recording artist and leader of the group, Wolfe Tones
                     - A Firing party by the 9th and 28th Mass., 3rd Maine, 
                       and 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantries in salute
                       to the memory of Capt. Deasy.

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1149.1	An only son myself but.....	MACNAS::JDOOLEY	Calmly and cooly,Dooley	`Thu Nov 19 1992 10:52`	5
	Couldn't help noticing the ballad group with the best Surname of the all. :). Also fond of a few songs myself.
1149.2		BONKIN::BOYLE		`Fri Nov 20 1992 06:23`	10
	re.0 > Unveiling and Blessing of a Memorial to Capt. Timothy > Deasy on the 125th anniversary of the rescue of > Col. Kelly and Capt. Deasy. Remarks and rememberences by: Who was Capt. Deasy and what was the story of the rescue of Col. Kelly? Tony.