The Butlers of Ormond at Home and Abroad A Celebration of a Dynasty in History, Architecture and Literature
CONFERENCE ENQUIRIES & RESERVATIONS:
Conference Schedule
11 October 2013
18. 00: Craft Granary Building Registration and Welcome; Official Launch of Butler Exhibition; Wine and Cheese Reception
19. 30: Great Hall, Cahir Castle
‘The Flight of the Wild Geese: the Butlers in Baroque Europe’
Opening addresses by His Excellency Dr. Thomas Kafka, Ambassador of the Czech Republic &
Mr. Harald Seibel, First Secretary, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
20.00: Keynote Lectures
Dr. Declan Downey: ‘In Habsburg & Bourbon Services: some Butler notables in Iberia & Flanders, ca.1630-ca.1900′ &
Dr. Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel: ‘The story continues: The Butlers in Austria, Bohemia and Germany’
12 October 2013
Cahir House Hotel
09.00: Registration
09.45: Opening Remarks
10.00: The Butler Dynasty: Ken Nicholls
10.30: Some Butler Castles 1200- 1700: Con Manning
11.00: COFFEE
11.30: ‘The Butlers: patrons in the Gaelic world’: Dr. Gearóidín Uí Chatháin
12.00: ‘Image and identity: the artistic legacy of the Butlers’: Dr. Rachel Moss
12.30: DISCUSSION
13.00: LUNCH BREAK
14.15 : ‘Heraldry & The Butlers ‘: Gerard Crotty
14.45: “I came a simple soldier’s boy from Ireland”: What Schiller did to Walter Butler, and why’: Prof. Florian Krobb
15.15: ‘Remarks on the Book of Pottlerath and other Butler manuscripts’: Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin
15.45: DISCUSSION
16.15: ‘The Cahir Butlers in the 19th-20th century’ followed by a Guided Walking Tour of Cahir: Dr. David Butler
20.00: CONFERENCE DINNER: Cahir House Hotel €25.00
13 October 2013
Excursion to Fethard
Fethard & it’s Butler Connections
11.00: Meet at the Tholsel /Town Hall in Fethard where you will be met by your guide from ‘Backs to the Wall Tours’ for an extensive walking tour of Ireland’s finest extant medieval walled town. Lunch in McCarthy’s – a wonderful traditional style Irish pub serving the very best in home-cooked good food! Two course lunch menu + tea/coffee €15.95
15.00: Conference End
Conference Details
Cost: €25.00 (€20.00 student/unwaged/retired)
Registration takes place on 11th at Craft Granary, on 12th at Cahir House Hotel
Lunch:(Sat & Sun) at delegates own expense.
Conference Dinner: €25.00
Excursion: Guided Tour of Fethard. €5.00 for non-registered delegates. Transport not provided.
Accommodation: Cahir House Hotel special conference accommodation rate (quote Butler Conference when booking):
€40 p.p. sharing, €50.00 single room
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Bookings: To reserve a place at this conference please email: thebutlertrail@gmail.com
