Inspired by Bruff’s Fitzgerald legacy and the sixtieth anniversary of the presidential visit to Limerick, the weekend gathering in Bruff will explore the enforced emigration experience of the Irish echoing still, as we embrace nearly a hundred thousand Ukrainian people who have been forced by war to flee their homeland, many of whom are now living in Bruff and contributing to community
October 27-29 Bruff Co Limerick
About
Welcome to the second Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Autumn School in Bruff, Co Limerick. The expanse from Ukraine to Ireland, no less than from Bruff to the White House, sets up our Friday night event. The School kicks off with an address from Her Excellency Larysa Gerasko, Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland, followed by Reflections on a Universal Emigration Story, considering the Fitzgerald family legacy that the small town of Bruff has, and next, From Emigrant Remittances to Foreign Investment by Stephen Kinsella, highlighting the perennial link between migration and development.
Set up by members of the community to memorialise the Fitzgerald Kennedy links that stem from 1850, the School sheds light on Irish emigrants’ feeling for place that, just like the Fitzgeralds, they left centuries ago, for example the events planned will relate the story of President John F Kennedy’s momentous 1963 visit to Limerick – we hope to have a lively debate and consider the contrast between Ireland – then and now. Also a celebration of rural Ireland–her towns and the wonderful environment in which we live, we hope the School will engage and inspire you with the emigrant legacy around the world, a unique and innate culture.
EVENTS by SPEAKER
REFLECTIONS ON IRISH AND UKRAINIAN EMIGRATION
LARYSA GERASKO
UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND
7.30PM FRIDAY REFLECTIONS ON IRISH AND UKRAINIAN EMIGRATION
STEPHEN KINSELLA
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS University of Limerick
8PM FRIDAY FROM EMIGRANT REMITTANCES TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT
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JFK’S VISIT TO LIMERICK and MAYOR CONDELL
Dr MATTHEW POTTER
Dr WILLIAM T O’NEILL
LIMERICK CITY MUSEUM CURATOR
1PM SATURDAY JFK’S VISIT and MAYOR CONDELL
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DIASPORA’S GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE HOMEPLACE
Dr PAT WALLACE
former DIRECTOR National Museum of Ireland
1PM SUNDAY JFK - GIANT AT MY SHOULDER
FRANK PRENDERGAST
Emeritus PROFESSOR ENG. Technological University Dublin
1PM SUNDAY SMALL STEP FOR LOUGH GUR GIANT LEAP FOR JFK
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DIASPORA DIMENSIONS: THE WILD GEESE, JFK AND OUR MUSICAL HERITAGE
MAUREEN BROWNE
JOURNALIST BRUFF NATIVE
3.30PM SUNDAY IF THE FITZGERALDS HADN’T LEFT BRUFF IN THE 1850s
FRIDAY 27th October
7.30pm: Formal Opening by Mayor Gerald Mitchell Opening Remarks: Declan Hehir, Director of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Autumn School
Followed by: Universal Emigration Story: Reflections
Her Excellency Larysa Gerasko, Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland
Followed by: From Emigrant Remittances to Foreign Investment
Prof Stephen Kinsella Moderator: Tim O’Connor
THOMAS FITZGERALD CENTRE, BRUFF
8pm: 3 One-Act Plays
by Lough Gur Amateur Dramatic Society HONEYFITZ THEATRE, LOUGH GUR BOOKINGS: 087-489 1922
SATURDAY 28th October
1pm: The Story of President Kennedy’s visit to Limerick and Mayor Frances Condell, 1963
Drs Matthew Potter and William O’Neill Moderator: Kate Harrold, Lough Gur Manager LOUGH GUR VISITOR CENTRE
SUNDAY 29th October
11am: Fitzers Family Breakfast
OLD IRISH WAYS MUSEUM, CAHERGUILLAMORE, V35 X236
1pm: Diaspora’s Gravitational Pull of the Homeplace
Dr Pat Wallace - JFK: Giant At My Shoulder Frank Prendergast – Small Step for Lough Gur, Giant Leap for JFK Moderator: Tim O’Connor
LOUGH GUR VISITOR CENTRE
3.30pm: Diaspora Dimensions: The Wild Geese, JFK and our musical heritage
Maureen Browne – If the Fitzgeralds hadn’t left Bruff in the 1850s… Dr Liam Chambers – The Wild Geese Peadar Ó Riada – Cultural Identity Here and Abroad
Moderator: Pat Hayes
THOMAS FITZGERALD CENTRE, BRUFF
8pm: 3 One-Act Plays
by Lough Gur Amateur Dramatic Society HONEYFITZ THEATRE, LOUGH GUR BOOKINGS: 087-489 1922
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