Roderic O'Flaherty: A Galway Scholar

Event Details

Date:  Monday, 9th April 2018
Time:  2pm to 5pm
Venue:  G011, Hardiman Research Building, NUIG, University Road, Galway
Organisers:  James Hardiman Library NUIG
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Programme

14.00: Welcome & short introduction to O’Flaherty’s life

14.15-14.30: Cumann Staire Ruaidhrí Uí Fhlaitheartaigh, Moycullen: ‘The Year of O’Flaherty, an overview’

14.30-15.15: Dr. Bernadette Cunningham (Deputy Librarian, Royal Irish Academy) ‘What did Roderic O’Flaherty read? The books and manuscripts used by a Moycullen scholar’

15.15-15.45: Coffee break

15.45-16.30: An tOllamh Nollaig Ó Muraíle (NUIG, retired): ‘O’Flaherty among the scholars’: 17th century networking’

Q/A & Close of seminar