Main Programme of Events at Castlecoote House |
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Wednesday • 14th July |
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10.00am |
Illustrated Talk: Religious Sites and Heritage in County Roscommon |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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11.15am |
Tea / Coffee |
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11.30am |
Lecture: Type of Beauty: The Story of Kathleen Newton, researching & writing historical fiction |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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12.15pm |
Lecture: The Art of the Memoir |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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1.00pm |
Gardens Open |
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Thursday • 15th July |
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10.00am |
Lecture: The Songwriter as a social historian: Percy French and Irish Everyday Life in the latter part of the 19th Century |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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11.15am |
Tea / Coffee |
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11.30am |
Lecture: Finding our future in our past?: The enduring inspiration of Percy French |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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12.30pm |
Gardens Open |
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1.15pm |
Pardon the French: Poems, Odes, Recitations & Monologues |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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Friday • 16th July |
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10.00 am |
Illustrated Talk on Percy French's Paintings |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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11.15 am |
Tea / Coffee |
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11.30am |
Lecture: Thomas Moore & Percy French |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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1.15pm |
Luchtime Recital: Music of The Bards |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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2.00pm |
Gardens open |
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7.30 pm |
Address by Michael D. Higgins, Honorary President of The Percy French Summer School |
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8.00pm |
Performance: An Evening of Wit and French Polish |
Admission: €20 |
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Saturday • 17th July |
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10.00 am |
Lecture: Above the Briar Line |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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10.50 am |
Tea / Coffee |
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11.15 am |
Lecture: Percy French Words & Music |
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Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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12.15pm |
Lecture: Experiences & Perspectives from my Journey with Percy French |
Admission: €7, concession: €5 |
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1.15pm |
Gardens open |
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8.00pm |
Performance: Moore & French The Entertainers: A Celestial Meeting of the Minds & Music of Thomas Moore & Percy French |
Admission:€20 Special Rate for the four days at the Percy French Summer School at Castlecoote House: €100 |
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Sunday • 18th July |
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12.30 pm |
Commemorative Service |
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1.00 pm |
Tea / Coffee |
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Programme of Events at Roscommon Library & Arts Centre |
 To support and celebrate the 2nd international Percy French Summer School at Castlecoote house, Roscommon County Council Library Services will be hosting events throughout there branch locations at Roscommon, Ballaghaderreen, Boyle and the Arts Centre. The Library is also marking the occasion with a two-week-long exhibition, "French Miscellany".. |
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Wednesday • 14th July at Roscommon Library |
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8.00 pm |
Opening Address |
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Illustrated Talk: Percy French in Ireland 1957 to today |
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9.00pm |
A Medley of Percy French Songs |
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Wednesday • 21st July at Arts Centre |
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8.00 pm |
Performance: Songs of Percy French |
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