2012 Parnell Summer School
Sovereignty and Society
12-17 August 2012
Today Irish people lament a loss of the state’s hard-won sovereignty in the face of the bailout by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. One hundred years ago the majority of Irish people looked forward to an increase in Irish sovereignty as a result of the 1912 Home Rule Bill. Yet militant minorities opposed the bill. For Ulster Unionists home rule threatened their cherished place in the United Kingdom while for advanced nationalists the bill failed to offer Ireland full sovereignty. Some Irish women even questioned the value of national sovereignty as they fought for the personal sovereignty of the vote. The 2012 Parnell Summer School will explore the theme of Sovereignty and Society as it relates to the Ireland of today and the Ireland of home rule leaders Charles Stewart Parnell and his successor John Redmond.
The Academic Director for 2011 is Dr. Marnie Hay.
Dr Marnie Hay is the author of Bulmer Hobson and the nationalist movement in twentieth-century Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2009).
She has lectured in Irish history at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and the Institute of Public Administration. |
Images from the 2011 Summer School
Images from the 2010 Summer School
Images from the 2009 Summer School
The 2009 Parnell Summer School was the Society’s eighteenth annual Summer School. Images below feature some of the highlights of the week including:
The official unveiling of two commerative seats, dedicated to two former founding members of the Society – Marie Toibin and Mairin Lindsay, by US Ambassador, Dan Rooney;
Guest speakers including Dairmaid Ferriter UCD, Christy Cooney GAA President, Michael O’Muircheartaigh, Broadcaster, Robert Fitzpatrick – CEO Odyssey, Jennifer Kelly and Tom Hunt.
Launch of two books from UCD Press - Words of the Dead Chief (eds, Donal McCartney and Pauric Travers); and J.J. Horgan (ed.), From Parnell to Pearse, by Mr Martin Mansergh, T.D.
Plus a review of the on-going redevelopment of the ‘Big Shed’ by the OPW at Avondale House.
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