The Joy of Humanism!
Carlingford Heritage Centre, Co. Louth, Ireland
17 – 18 - 19, August 2007
Jointly hosted by
Humanist Association of Ireland
Humani
Belfast Humanist Group
Friday 17 August
8:00pm:
Informal gathering in Carlingford Arms.
For those who may be arriving on Friday, here’s a chance for getting acquainted
with early-bird Humanists while having a relaxing drink.
Saturday 18 August
9:15 - 9.45 am: Registration
10:00 : Introduction Justin Keating - President of the HAI, former Minister in the Dail, Professor of Veterinary Medicine
10:30 : "The Humanist Legacy in Europe" Philippe Besson, Libre Pensee Francaise.
11.30 : Break for tea & coffee
12:00
: "Settling Old Scores: the Role of the Church in Films about Ireland” Martin McLoone, Professor of Film
Studies, University of Ulster
1:00
pm: Lunch
2.00
: Workshops: group activities on
various discussion topics
3.00 : Leisure pursuits: Walk on Sleive Foy (bring boots, etc); Music-making (bring instrument and/or sheet music)
8.00 : Evening dinner in Four Seasons Hotel - Food, good company, after-dinner entertainment (Cost of dinner not included in fee)
Sunday 27 August
10:00
am: “Humanism – a joyful brand or an invisible one?” Fergus Finlay
11.30
: “The Joy of Text” Glenn Patterson, novelist: Burning Your Own (1988), Fat Lad (1992), Black Night at Big Thunder
Mountain (1995), The International (1999), Number 5 (2003) and That Which Was
(2004). His journalism was
collected under the title, “Lapsed Protestant” (2006).
12.30 : Close
Fees
Saturday only - Euro 30.00/Stg £ 20.00 per person
Sunday only - Euro15.00/Stg £10.00 per person
Both days - Euro45.00/Stg £30.00 per person
(Please note that the cost of meals is not included above)
Dinner on Saturday - Euro 30.00/Stg £ 20.00 per person
Name,
Address and fee should be sent to either:
Belfast Humanist Group
Mr Geoff Hindley, Treasurer BHG, 17E Castlereagh Street, Belfast BT5 4NE
Northern
Ireland - for Sterling
or
Humani
34 The Cutts
Derriaghy
Belfast BT17 9HN
Northern Ireland - for Sterling
or,
Association of Irish Humanists
47 Sugarloaf Crescent
Bray
Co. Wicklow
Republic of Ireland - for Euro
ACCOMMODATION
Carlingford Tourist Office 0429 373 033
International dialling code: 00 353 (0) 429 _ _ _ _ _ _
B&B and guest houses in Carlingford
Viewpoint 042 937 3149
Mourne View 042 937 3551
Shalom 042 937 3151
Barnavave 042 937 3742
Beaufort House 042 937 3879
Belvedere House 042 937 3731
Grove House 042 937 3494
Highlands B&B 042 937 6104
Jordan's 042 937 3223
The Oystercatcher 042 937 3922
Ghan House 042 937 3682 ghanhouse@eircom.net
Hotels
The
Four Seasons 042 9373 530 info@4seasonshotel.ie
McKevitt’s
042 9373 116 villagehotel@eircom.net
The
Park Hotel 042 9375 116 parkhotelomeath@eircom.net
Self catering
Hawthorn House 042 937 3116
Traditional Farmhouse 042 937 6199
Woodney's Cottage 042 937 3731
Tholsel Mews 042 933 9511
Accommodation close to Carlingford (5 to 8km away)
Tearaways Cottage 042 937 3215
Creag Ard Farmhouse 042 937 6470
The Swallows 041 982 3366
Riverside Lodge 042 937 6940