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Famine 'Shoeboxes' Summer School
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Shoeboxes International Summer School

Remembering our Coollattin Famine Emigrants

Date of Summer School: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th September 2022
Venue: Coollattin House, Shillelagh, Co Wicklow, Ireland
Queries and Expressions of interest: Use CONTACT page on this website
Or phone Eleanor@ +353 86 3971922
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Thursday 1st September 

5.00  Meet & greet in Coollattin House, Eleanor & Kevin Lee & committee
Whiskey Reception
Traditional Irish Fare - 3 course dinner. Harpist
Guided tour of Coollattin House
Themed exhibition in the Billiards Room
Opening Address:  Mr Conor Lenihan
Official Opening of Shoeboxes Summer School by Mr Tom Jenkins

Friday 2nd September
10.00 Lecture Series One     Chair:  Mr Conor Lenihan
COOLLATTIN AS A CORPORATE ENTITY       
Speaker:  Mr Tom Jenkins
11.30 Tea & Coffee 
12.30 Outing to the ancestral home of the uncrowned king of Ireland, Charles Stewart Parnell in Avondale, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow
6.00 Cold Buffet and Pastries in Coollattin House
7.30  Lecture Series Two      Chair: Mr Barry Brennan 
THE COOLLATTIN ESTATE AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOUTH WICKLOW IN  THE PRE-FAMINE ERA        Speaker:    Dr Kevin Whelan
Saturday 3rd September
10.00 Lecture Series Three        Chair: Mr Tom Jenkins
THE MANY FACES AND LEGACIES OF ASSISTED EMIGRATION MAHON, FITZWILLIAM, PALMERSTON, GORE BOOTH            Speaker: Dr Mark McGowan 
11.30 Tea & Coffee
Lecture Series Four       Chair: Mary Donohoe
FAMINE PANDEMICS
Speaker:  Dr Ida Milne
2.30  Lunch in the Farm Shop, Tinahely followed by a bus tour of the Coollattin Estate, Shillelagh, Carnew and Tinahely
6.30  Unveiling of a Commemorative Famine Monument
7.00  Victorian Banquet in Poole's Restaurant, Carnew
Sunday 4th September
10.00 Lecture Series Five         Chair: Mr Dave Donohoe
COOLLATTIN DURING THE FAMINE YEARS
Speaker: Mr Kevin Lee
Tea & Coffee
12.30 Light picnic lunch in the Marquee in the grounds of Coollattin House
1.00   Genealogy advice by Ms Catherine Wright, Archivist, Wicklow County Council and Mr Kevin Lee
1.30   Maple Tree Planting by Her Excellency, Ms Nancy Smyth
2.00  Pageant/American Wake 
Open Invitation
Shuttle bus from in-field parking to and from Coollattin House from 1pm
6.00 Private BBQ  for our international visitors, guests and friends
Entertainment and Traditional Irish Music
Monday 5th September
Until we meet again. Thank you for taking the time to be with us for our symposium
Enjoy the rest of your time in Ireland and do keep in touch with us.

This schedule is subject to change
Our Shoeboxes Summer School is an environmentally sustainable event
We would like to thank Coollattin Partnership for sharing Coollattin House with us for our symposium.

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