Derry’s Tower Museum.
Autumn lecture series “Island Voices” will explore the legacy of the Plantation of Ulster when it returns to the Tower Museum in Derry next week.
As this year marks the 400th anniversary of the Plantation of Ulster, the “Island Voices” lecture series offers a timely and unique opportunity to examine our relationships with the complex and often contentious Plantation story.
The series begins on Thursday next, 26 September, with the first lecture “The Flight of the Earls” and the “Plantation of Ulster in Irish Letters” which will be delivered by Éamonn Ó Ciardha, senior lecturer in the School of English, History and Politics at the University of Ulster.
In his talk, he will explore the Gaelic response to these two seminal events in Irish history will how they have been recorded in contemporary Irish writings.
The second lecture in the series, entitled “Notable Ulster-Scots Women and Men and their Legacy,” takes place on Thursday, 24 October and will be delivered by Frank Carey, formerly a researcher with the Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies at the University of Ulster and currently working on the Peace Walls project in the city.
In his talk Frank will explore the lives and stories of lesser-known Ulster-Scots figures from the local area and assess their enduring legacy.
The third and final talk in the series, entitled “The Plantation of Ulster: Process, People and Perspectives – The Background of a Narrative Art Quilt, takes place on Thursday, 21 November and will be delivered by Deborah J Stockdale, a textile artist living in south west Donegal.
In this, the artist will describe how she researched and created the Plantation art quilt which features in the new Plantation of Ulster museum exhibition housed in Derry’s recently refurbished Guildhall.
The Island Voices programme is funded by Derry City Council’s Good Relations Programme and is supported by Foras na Gaeilge.
All lectures in the series will take place in Derry City Council’s award-winning Tower Museum at 1.00pm on each of the dates. To book telephone the Tower Museum on 028 7137 2411 or email [email protected].
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