Seán Mac Diarmada

SUMMER SCHOOL 2026

KILTYCLOGHER, CO. LEITRIM

– Presents –

The World Today:

“Times of Change
And Challenge”

Friday May 22nd & Saturday May 23rd 2026

2026 Summer School: Booking is now live
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Booking for 2026 is available from Friday 15th May

2026 – Presentations:

Friday 22nd May 2026

  • 5.30 p.m
    Official opening at Sean Mac Diarmada Cottage by Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll Mac Neill.
    Shuttle bus in operation from Heritage Centre at 5.00 p.m.
    Light refreshments in Community Centre after official opening    .
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  • 7.30 p.m.
    Minister Jennifer Carroll Mac Neill
    Presentation Title: Challenging Times.
    .
  • 8.30 p.m.
    Senator Nessa Cosgrove
    Presentation Title: An té nach bhfuil láidir ní foláir dó a bheith glic.
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Saturday 23rd May 2026

  • 11 a.m.
    Anne Hailes MBE
    Presentation Title : Northern Ireland and changes in public life – the serious, the silly and the in-between!
  • 11.15 a.m.
    Norma Foley (Minister for Children, Disability and Equality)
    Presentation Title:
    Serving Children and Young People in a Topsy-Turvey World    .
  • 12.00 noon.
    Dr Ray Bassett
    Presentation Title:  The Traveller’s Tale: the story of the Irish government’s role in the Peace Process.
  • Lunch 1.15 p.m. – 2.15 p.m.
    Heritage Centre will be open during lunch.
  • 2.15 p.m.
    Professor Gary Murphy
    Presentation Title: Can the centre hold? Electoral volatility in modern Ireland.
  • 3.15 p.m.
    Gerry Farrell
    Presentation Title: The shadow side of “good change” : an analytic psychological perspective on contemporary norms.

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2026 Speakers

Sean Mac Diarmada Summer School is supported by Leitrim County Council, Leitrim Tourism and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.