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Thursday October 15
Our opening lecture is by Peter Murray, Curator of the Crawford Art Gallery, who will speak about ‘Medieval Realities and Medievalist Ideals: Lismore's Cultural Heritage’.
Thursday October 22
Author of a recent field guide to the street furniture of Cork City, Tom Spalding will provide a presentation on ‘An Historical Review of Public Lighting in Cork City’.
Thursday October 29
'Shanghai and Cork: Threads Through History' is the title of the lecture by historian Dr. Alicia St. Leger.
Thursday November 5
Tim O’Brien will present a talk entitled ‘Reflections: The Cork tram era, plus a pictorial focus on some tragic events in Cork in the 1912 to 1922 era’.
Thursday November 12
Carol Quinn, Archivist, UCC Library will discuss ‘Archives in Ireland – the state of the Nation’ – the importance of family and business archives in supplementing the official record, focusing on some of the collections held at UCC Library.
Thursday November 19
A return visit to Cork by Rosie Swale whose presentation is entitled ‘A little run around the world’.
Thursday November 26
Terry O’Regan of Landscape Alliance Ireland will discuss ‘The Shape of Place and Space: An exploration of the making and breaking of landscape and the resultant impact on our personal and communal sense of happiness, contentment, sanity and pain.’
Thursday December 3
‘Ancestors in the Royal Irish Constabulary, Dublin Metropolitan Police and other Irish police forces’ is the title of the presentation by Jim Herlihy.
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Thursday January 14
Acclaimed underwater photographer, John Collins, will present ‘Planet Ocean – an undersea journey’.
Thursday January 21
Our president, Canon George Salter, will look at the interesting topic of ‘Lakes and Forests of Fermanagh with Ancient Sites’.
Thursday January 28
‘Predators - twenty years of photography in the forest’ is the subject of the lecture by Paul Goldstein.
Thursday February 4
Renowned actor and director Michael Twomey will present a talk entitled ‘It makes me laugh’.
Thursday February 11
The Honourable Mr. Justice Adrian Hardiman will discuss ‘Cork themes in James Joyce’s Ulysses’.
Thursday February 18
A welcome return visit by Keith Holmes whose illustrated lecture will feature ‘Desirable Residences’.
Thursday February 25
‘Ireland’s most severe tornadoes’ is the subject of the talk by Dr. John Tyrrell, an expert on this subject.
Thursday March 4
The final lecture of the season will look at ‘Life on the Marsh: aspects of the early Hiberno-Norse town of Cork’ by archaeologist Deborah Sutton
Cork Literary and Scientific Society
Programme 2008-2009
Thursday October 16
Our opening talk is by Jim Fitzpatrick who will present a lecture on ‘Cork’s Northside: a Veiled Beauty.’
Thursday October 23
Donal Cashman will discuss ‘The Green Island of Europe: agriculture and its role in Europe.’
Thursday October 30
James Cronin will give a presentation on ‘An experiment in Irish Modernism: the church of Christ the King, Turner’s Cross, Cork.’
Thursday November 6
‘Chance of a Lifetime: a career in journalism, bookwriting and plays’ is the title of the talk by Declan Hassett.
Thursday November 13
Dr. Jerry Murphy will discuss the issue of biofuels in his presentation ‘Taking Food out of Fuel.’
Thursday November 20
John Hare will describe a remarkable journey ‘From Chad to Algiers on a camel.’
Thursday November 27
The mountains of North and South America, ‘Great Hills’ will be presented by Paul Deegan.
Thursday December 4
Our president, Canon George Salter, will given an illustrated lecture on ‘The Glens of Antrim.’
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Thursday January 15
Prof. Eunan O’Halpin will present a lecture on ‘Spying on Ireland during the Second World War.’
Thursday January 22
A return visit by Chris Bradley who will provide an illustrated lecture on a fascinating land: ‘Persia’.
Thursday January 29
Dr. Ivor McCarthy will take us on a “A journey through Geological Time.’
Thursday February 5
Malcolm Kitt will create flower arrangements in a presentation entitled ‘Flowers, Poetry and Life’.
Thursday February 12
Renowned speaker John Pilkington will give an illustrated presentation on ‘The llamas of South America.’
Thursday February 19
Award winning photographer Mike Brown will provide an illustrated talk on ‘Photographing Ireland’s Wildlife and Landscapes.’
Thursday February 26
Ray O’Connor, Regional Manager of the Industrial Development Authority, South West. will speak about “Attracting overseas investment to Cork: an IDA perspective.”
Thursday March 5
The final lecture of the season will be presented by art historian Dr. Jennifer O’Reilly.
Calendar for 2007/2008
Thursday October 18
Dr. Colin Rynne will start our programme with an illustrated talk on ‘Supplying the South Atlantic fleet. The British naval victualling stores on Haulbowline Island, c.1816-1900’.
Thursday October 25
Canon George Salter will present a lecture entitled ‘Hughenden, home of Disraeli and other ‘gems’’.
Thursday November 1
Cmdr. Eugene Ryan will look at the topical subject of ‘Naval Operations, including drug interdiction at sea’.
Thursday November 8
The remarkable story of the explorer Robert F. Scott will be discussed by Geoff Somers in his lecture ‘Scott- Hero or Loser?’
Thursday November 15
A welcome return visit by Elizabeth Heckett with her talk entitled ‘Ethiopian Excursions - views of a culture both ancient and modern.’
Thursday November 22
The varied life of Jerome Collins will be explored by John Mulcahy in a presentation on ‘Jerome Collins - his life, his work, his death and his funeral’.
Thursday November 29
Dr. Grace Neville will examine ‘‘French impressions in images and words of Cork throughout the ages’.
Thursday December 6
John Harrison will look at a South American topic in his illustrated lecture ‘Amazon Revisited’.
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Thursday January 17
Bob Montgomery of the Royal Irish Automobile Club Archive will start the second half of our season with a talk on ‘Early Motoring in Ireland.’
Thursday January 24
‘Wild Adventures in California’ is the intriguing title of the lecture by Patrick O’Hara.
Thursday January 31
Dr. Kevin Goggin will return to give a presentation entitled ‘Musical Conversations’.
Thursday February 7
Andrew Roche, Business Development Manager of Irish Rail, Cork, will discuss ‘Iarnród Éireann: expanding the railways in Ireland.
Thursday February 14
Deborah Sutton will present a lecture on ‘Raising a settlement from the marsh - archaeological excavation and historical research in Cornmarket Street, Cork’.
Thursday February 21
The fascinating story of ‘The Incas’ will be described in an illustrated talk by Ann Sweeney.
Thursday February 28
‘A Norfolk Journey’ is the title of the illustrated lecture by Keith Holmes.
Thursday March 6
The final talk of the season will be given by Prof. Tom Dunne and will look at ‘Daniel Maclise: History Painter’.
Programme 2006/2007
19th October Richard Henchion - “The old Market Gardeners of the South Liberties”
26th October Dr. Alicia St. Leger - “The Theatre Royal and Cork Opera House”
2nd November Helena Drysdale - “Mother Tongues - Travels through Tribal Europe”
9th November Prof. Des MacHale - “The Prime Numbers”
16th November Cliff Wedgbury - "Sir Ernest Shackleton"
23rd November Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil - "Cork’s English Market"
30th November Jeremy Gilbert - “World Oil Supply”
7th November John Hare - "Expeditions in search of the endangered wild Bactrian Camel"
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18th January Canon George Salter - "County Wicklow Houses"
25th January Jim Wilson - “The Whales and Dolphins of Ireland”
1st February Chris Bradley - “Libya: the Mediterranean’s greatest secret”
8th February Ronnie McDowell - “Existing and Proposed Development in Cork City”
15th February Charlie Wilkins - “Invasive Plants and their Ornamental Cousins”
22nd February Prof. John O’Halloran - “Tracking Birds- swans, dippers & corncrakes”
1 March John Pilkington - “Heart of the Sahara”
8th March Dr. Claudia Kinmonth - “Social History through 19th century
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