Spring Term 2023
| JANUARY | |
| Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th | Mark Roper – Poetry – Education | 
| Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th | Mark Roper – Poetry – Education | 
| Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th | Mark Roper – Poetry – Education | 
| Monday 30th & Tuesday 31st | Mark Roper – Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro The story of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. | 
| FEBRUARY | |
| Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th | Mark Roper – Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro The story of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. | 
| Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th | Mark Roper – Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro The story of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. | 
| Thursday 16th Rivercourt Hotel, 1pm | Lunch for all members A celebration of Mark Roper’s great contribution to our group as he retires after 32 years of being our anchor speaker. | 
| Monday 20th | Dr Tara Shine Sustainability & you – changing the world from the inside out. | 
| Tuesday 28th | Dr Linda Hogan – Gender, Religion and Human Rights: A Global Challenge in the 21st. Century. | 
| MARCH | |
| Tuesday 7th | Dr. Diana Delia Early Christianity in Egypt | 
| Tuesday 14th | Declan Power The effects of the Ukrainian war on Ireland and Europe. | 
| Tuesday 21st | John McKenna The education of solitary living – Henry David Thoreau and his years in the wilderness.  | 
| Tuesday 28th | Finn O’Dwyer The great Hunger in Kilkenny City. | 
| EASTER BREAK | |
| APRIL | |
| Monday 17th | Jessica Fahy Art Education and women in western Art History. | 
| Monday 24th | Dr Ciarán Ó Gealbháin May day: Milk, Myth and Magic | 


