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CLOGHER CENTENARIAN
This obituary of Clogher centenarian Bridget McKenna was published in a local newspaper in 1929. Bridget was born in Clogher in 1824 and died just short of her 105th birthday. She is buried at the Forth Chapel, Ballynaguragh. In this report she recalled seeing William Carleton when he revisited the area. She also attended the…
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May Weather and the Aurora
Former director of the Armagh Observatory and treasurer of the William Carleton Society Professor emeritus Mark Bailey includes a reference to William Carleton and the Great Aurora (1833) in his May weather round-up. Mark writes as follows: “Armagh Observatory reports that May 2024 was much warmer than average, the warmest May on record. It was…
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William Carleton Summer School 2013
Summer School 2013 Programme The twenty second William Carleton Summer School was held in Monaghan and Emyvale from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 August AND in Clogher from Monday 5 to Thursday 8 August 2013. Please click on the image of the cover to read the full programme.
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William Carleton Summer School 2012
Summer School 2012 Programme The twenty first William Carleton Summer School was held from Monday 6 to Thursday 9 August 2012. Please click on the image of the cover to read the full programme.
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William Carleton Summer School 2011
Summer School 2011 Programme The twentieth William Carleton Summer School was held from Monday 1 to Thursday 4 August 2011. Please click on the image of the cover to read the full programme.
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William Carleton Summer School 2010
Summer School 2010 Programme The nineteenth William Carleton Summer School was held from Monday 2 to Thursday 5 August 2010. Please click on the image of the cover to read the full programme. Themes and Focuses Should Historians still read Carleton? Carleton and the Established Church Emigration from 19th Century Tyrone Modern Ulster Writers Contributors…
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Summer School 2010
Retrospective THEMES The themes of the 2010 Summer School were: Will Modern Historians still read Carleton?; Emigration from 19th Century Tyrone; Carleton and the Established Church; and Modern Ulster Writers. Contributors Sean Connolly Professor of Irish History at Queen’s University, Belfast; previously taught at the University of Ulster and worked as an archivist in the…
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William Carleton Summer School 2009
Summer School 2009 Programme The eighteenth William Carleton Summer School was held from Monday 3 to Friday 7 August 2009. Please click on the image of the cover to read the full programme.
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William Carleton Summer School 2008
Summer School 2008 Programme The seventeenth William Carleton Summer School was held from Monday 4 to Friday 8 August 2008. Please click on the image of the cover to read the full programme.