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
( Based on the present exhibition in the Chester Beatty library)

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