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| TIME |
VENUE |
EVENT |
| 7.00pm |
Trim Castle Hotel |
Visitors will be able to meet various Trim characters/‘Paddy’s People’ Festival Launch: Champagne reception. |
| 7.30pm |
Trim Castle |
Performance by Trim Castle Singers. |
| 9.00pm |
Trim Castle Hotel |
Official opening of Trim Swift Festival by Minister Noel Dempsey. |
Daily Events |
Trim Castle Hotel |
“Several Remote Nations’ – a colourful exhibition of illustrations from Gulliver’s Travels |
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Knightsbrook Hotel |
Art Exhibition including a display of Swift memorabilia |
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Daily Flyovers |
Hot-Air Balloon - Meath Heritage. |
| TIME |
VENUE |
EVENT |
| 11.30am |
Trim Castle Hotel |
Lecture 1 – “Swift and Charles Wogan” by Dr. Eamonn O’Ciardha, University of Ulster |
| 2.00pm |
Trim Castle Hotel |
Lecture 2 – “Swift and Gardens” by Professor Joseph McMinn, University of Ulster |
| 7.00pm |
Brogan's Restaurant |
Dinner followed by round table
discussions on "Modern Ireland's Modest Proposal: Would Today's Ireland
provide Swift with much material for satire." by Terry Prone,
Bruce Arnold, Fergus Finlay, Mark Hennessy, Stephen Collins, John Waters,
Chaired by: Vincent Browne |
| 11.00pm |
Brogans |
Music by Gerry Tully |
| TIME |
VENUE |
EVENT |
| 11.30am |
Knightsbrook Hotel |
Lecture 3 –“Swift and Dublin” by Professor Ian Campbell Ross, Trinity College Dublin |
| 1.00pm |
Knightsbrook Hotel |
Official opening of the Jonathan Swift Gallery Art Exhibtion featuring works by Brian Ballard, Colin Martin, John Behan, Anthony Scott, Peter Collis & a selection of gallery artists, with special guest Minister, Noel Dempsey |
| 2.00pm |
Knightsbrook Hotel |
Lecture 4 - “Swift and the Art of Speech” by Dr. Aileen Douglas, Trinity College Dublin |
| 4 – 6pm |
Swift Trail Tour |
Visitors tour of Swift Trail by Jim Reynolds |
| 7.30pm |
Castle Car Park/ French’s Lane |
Tannoy Debate – 'The Lisbon
Treaty - A Modest Proposal or a Faustian Pact' - Local solicitor Paul Moore ,
Declan Ganley (Libertas), Minister Dick Roche, Joe Higgins and others. |
| TIME |
VENUE |
EVENT |
| 11.00am |
Knightsbrook Hotel |
Charity fun run in aid of Aware |
| 11.30am |
Knightsbrook Hotel |
Lecture 5: “Double Standards and Double Vision: Swift our Contemporary by Professor Andrew Carpenter, University College Dublin |
| 2.00pm |
Knightsbrook Hotel |
Lecture 6: “Editing Swift’s works” by Dr. Adam Rounce, Keele University |
| 4.00pm |
Canoe boat racing |
Trim Canoe Club. ‘Boyne Descent and Swift Race’? |
| 7.00pm |
Trim Castle Hotel |
Closing Ceremony –
Champagne reception and music by Dearbhail
Finnegan & Robin Slater (harp & Flute) |
| 8.00pm |
Trim Castle Hotel |
Closing Candlelit Dinner with 18th Century
Cabaret Gala Dinner - literary and musical
entertainment from Boyne Writers Group's Tale of a Tub and Trim Castle Singers. The winner
of the Festival satirical writing competition will be announced on the
night. Music by Cormac Dempsey and his band will follow. |
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