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
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.
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.