The Irish Civil War National Conference - Day 4 (UCC Aula Maxima) - Saturday 18 June

On 15-18 June, University College Cork will host a national conference to mark the centenary of the Irish Civil War. Supported with funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the four-day conference is one of the key events in the State’s Decade of Centenaries Programme for 2022. Over 130 scholars will gather on the UCC campus to explore the political, social, cultural, military, and economic dimensions to the Irish Civil War. Proceedings will be free, open to the public and recorded for viewing in collaboration with RTE.ie. Find full details at ucc.ie/civilwar

Saturday Morning Session 1 | 9:30 - 10:40

Panel 1: Politics
Chair: Dr Theresa Reidy (UCC)
Dr Ciara Meehan (University Hertfordshire)
David McCullagh (RTE)
Prof Gary Murphy (DCU)

Saturday Morning Session 2 | 10:50 - 12:10

Panel 3: Trauma
Chair: Dr Sarah Anne Buckley (NUIG)
Prof Linda Connolly (Maynooth University)
Dr Síobhra Aiken (QUB)
Fergal Keane (BBC)

Saturday Afternoon Session 1 | 13:20 - 14:40

Panel 5: Partition
Chair: Dr Éamon Phoenix
Dr Adrian Grant (Ulster University)
Prof Charles Townshend (Keele University)
Dr Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, (University Sheffield)

Saturday Afternoon Session 2 | 14:55 - 16:05

Panel 7: Disorder
Chair: Dr Heather Laird (UCC)
Dr Brian Hanley, (TCD)
Dr Gemma Clark (University of Exeter)
Dr Liam O’Callaghan (Liverpool Hope University)

Saturday Afternoon Session 3 | 16:10 - 17:20

Panel 9: Faith
Chair: Dr Ida Milne (Carlow College)
Dr Andy Bielenberg, (UCC)
Dr Dáithí Ó Corráin (DCU)
Dr Tricia Oakley Kessler (University of Cambridge/Herzog Centre TCD)
Gabriel Doherty (UCC)

Saturday Afternoon Session 2 | 17:20 - 17:30
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