Céiliúradh le déanamh ar an bhfile Michael Hartnett ag comhdháil speisialta i gColáiste Mhuire gan Smál Aoine 24 Bealtaine
A major Irish language conference on Limerick’s poet Michael Hartnett, will take place in Mary Immaculate College on Friday 24 May, the first ever scholarly conference dedicated to the poet who died almost twenty years ago.
The conference, which is free and open to the public, will bring scholars and poets together to celebrate the Irish language legacy of the poet dubbed ‘Limerick’s Lorca’ by Séamas Heaney.
Speaking in advance of the event Dr Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, Lecturer in Gaeilge, MIC, and event co-organiser along with colleagues Dr Stephen Newman and Tony Ó Floinn said: “It is only right that this first major celebratory event of the life works of Hartnett should take place in Limerick and we are very much looking forward to welcoming speakers and visitors from throughout Ireland to this free event. We are particularly delighted that, along with the talks and exhibition, we have an exciting poetry reading, Cith Filí, to celebrate the poet’s legacy”.
The Cith Filí poetry event takes place at 4.15pm and is supported by Conradh na Gaeilge, Luimneach. Mícheál Ó Siochrú, much loved Irish teacher of generations of St Clement’s schoolboys will be joined by Rita Kelly, Newcastlewest’s own Mike Mac Domhnaill and Seámas Barra Ó Súilleabháin, MIC post graduate student and a rapper and spoken word poet who is fast creating a name for himself as an emerging voice in Irish poetry. Mícheál Ó Siochrú was a friend of Hartnett and his own latest poetry book, Scáil an Scéil will be launched at the conference.
Niall Hartnett, son of the poet says “I think that my father would have been coy but undeniably proud that his Irish language work is being recognised and celebrated in this way in his much loved native county of Limerick. He had high expectations of the language when we moved back to Limerick in 1974. I hope his work as Gaeilge will continue to inspire the people of Limerick to embrace the language."
The conference, which features talks on such diverse topics as Hartnett’s mysticism and the cultural festivals Féile na Féile and Féile na Máighe, is being organised by Roinn na Gaeilge, MIC, and takes place at Mary Immaculate College, Friday 24 May from 9am – 5.30 pm. Free event and open to the public. Further information is available at www.facebook.com/hartnettfile
Beidh comhdháil speisialta ar siúl i gColáiste Mhuire gan Smál ar an Aoine 24 Bealtaine idir 9.15 agus 5.30. Is iad na filí Rita Kelly agus Mícheál Ó Siochrú na haoichainteoirí speisialta a labhróidh ag an gcéiliúradh seo ar shaol agus ar shaothar an fhile. Thug Séamas Heaney ‘Limerick’s Lorca’ ar Hartnett agus is é seo an chéad mhórchéiliúradh scolártha ar a shaol agus ar a oidhreacht.
Mar chuid den chéiliúradh beidh an imeacht CITH FILÍ ar siúl ag 4.15 p.m, mar a léifidh filí saothar de chuid Hartnett agus a saothar féin.
Seolfar na leabhair ‘Scáil an scéil’ le Mícheál Ó Siochrú agus ‘Saol Corrach’ curtha in eagar ag Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh ag 5.15pm.
Beidh saothar an fhile ar taispeáint sa leabharlann le linn na comhdhála agus beidh siopa leabhar speisialta POP UP ag an gCaifé Liteartha.
An Chlár
Fáilte 9.15 – 9.30
Oscailt 9.30 – 10.00
“Beadsa ann d’ainneoin an bháis/mar labhraíonn dúch is labhraíonn pár”: an grá i bhfilíocht Mhíchíl Uí Airtnéide.
An Dr Máiréad Conneely, Coláiste San Aingeal
10.00 – 10.30
‘Michael Hartnett agus an Longbhriseadh’
An Dr Tomás L. Ó Murchú, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad
10.30 – 11.00
Na hAonaráin? Ó Siochrú agus Hartnett
Shane Grant, Coláiste Mhuire Gan Smál
11.00 - 11.30
Sos Tae/Caifé
11.30 – 12.20 Aoichainteoir
Mo chara Michael Hartnett: a scéal agus a shaothar.
Mícheál Ó Siochrú
12.20 – 1.30
Lón
1.30 – 2.00
Mionanailís Théacsúil ar fhilíocht Mhíchíl Uí Airtnéide.
An Dr Sorcha de Brún, Ollscoil Luimnigh
2.00 – 2.30
‘I am not a lonely voice’: Hartnett, féilte Gaeilge Luimnigh na naoi déag seachtóidí agus scoil filíochta Luimníoch.
An Dr Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, Coláiste Mhuire Gan Smál
2.30 – 3.00
Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide agus an Misteachas
An Dr Pádraig de Paor, Coláiste na Tríonóide
3.00 – 3.30
Sos Tae/Caifé
3.30 – 4.20 Aoichainteoir
Ó hAirtnéide, an fhilíocht agus Cultural Prestige.
Rita Kelly
4.20 – 5.15
Cith Filí: Mícheál Ó Siochrú, Rita Kelly, Mike Mac Domhnaill agus Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin.
5.15 – 5.45
Fáiltiú agus Seoladh Leabhar: Saol Corrach, Éire i mbun réabhlóide in eagar ag Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh; Scáil an Scéil, (cnuasach filíochta bunaithe ar scéalta Sheáin Uí Chonaill) le Mícheál Ó Siochrú. Beidh an dá leabhar agus saothar na bhfilí ar díol ag Seoirse Ó Luasa ón gCaifé Liteartha
5.45 – 6.00
Clabhsúr
Beidh taispeántas speisialta faoin bhfile Michael Hartnett/Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide ann i gcaitheamh an lae.
Eolas: comhdhailhartnett@mic.ul.ie
Lean sinn ar www.facebook.com/hartnettfile
Bain úsáid as an haischlib #Hartnett19 ar Twitter.
