Schedule

9:30am Registration/coffee

  10:00   Reflections on two years as Ambassador to Ireland , Thomas Foley , US Ambassador to Ireland , 2007-2009

11:00    The Great Hunger—Emigration to the US Mary Pat Kelly, author of Galway Bay , followed by book signing

12:15    Lunch

1:15pm  Roots of Religious Conflict in Ireland , Dr. William Abbott, Prof of Irish History, Fairfield University

2:15       The Radical Heart of Irish American Music

Larry Kirwan, playwright and musician, founder of rock group Black 47, followed by book and cd signing

  DIRECTIONS: 

From Merritt Pkwy :  Exit 47, at end of ramp turn left onto Park Avenue; proceed one and a half blocks, entrance on Park Avenue .

From CT Turnpike, I-95:  Exit 27A, north on combined Rts 8 and 25 to fork, bear left onto Rt 25, take Exit 7 to Merritt Pkwy south to Exit 47, at end of ramp turn left onto Park Avenue, proceed one and a half blocks, entrance on Park Avenue.