Evening Conference Friday June 9th 2023 Live Stream
Friday June 9th: 7.15 – 8.15 p.m. Vincent Woods
“Seeding a future: Hope, History and Human Intelligence”
Writer and broadcaster Vincent Woods grew up in north Leitrim. His plays include ‘At the Black Pig’s Dyke’ and ‘A Cry from Heaven’, and he has published several collections of poetry. He has worked as a news and current affairs and arts broadcaster and is currently presenting the radio series ‘The County Measure’ on RTÉ Radio 1. Vincent is director of the Iron Mountain Literature Festival in Leitrim. He lives in Dublin and is a member of Aosdána.
Friday June 9th: 8.15 – 9.15 p.m. Orla Parkinson Memorial Lecture – Patricia Groves
“Lessons from the Ladies’ Land League: Managing a country in crisis during global upheaval”
Trish Groves is a communications professional and author of ‘Petticoat Rebellion: The Anna Parnell Story’, published by The Mercier Press. She holds a post-graduate qualification in scriptwriting and entrepreneurship and has been involved in the production of many short films. She brings insights from over twenty years’ experience in the international development sector to her writing, which helps to illustrate how Ireland, although it is a small nation, continues to have such profound international impact.