Emigration Conference

WEST CORK HISTORY SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION

10.00 – 10.30
Registration and Welcome

10.30 – 11.00
Introduction with Terri Kearney

11.00 – 12.00
Taking the Boat: Some First Impressions… with Ultan Cowley

12.00 – 13.00
Finding our Diaspora with Jarlath McNamara

13.00 – 14.15
Lunch

14.15 – 15.15
Migration in Irish History: Reflections on a Century  with Dr Miriam Nyhan Grey

15.15 – 16.15
Lessons From the Pauper Graves:  The Leadville Irish and the Struggle to
Memorialize 19 th  Century immigrant Paupers Buried at 10,000 Feet. with Dr
James Walsh

16.15 – 17.00  Discussion