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The Gathering 2013.
The 2013 Festival Theme has been announced
Friday May 31st – Sunday June 2nd 2013
Theme:
The Gathering - Are faraway hills greener ?
“Such is the patriot’s boast, where’er we roam,
His first, best country ever is, at home.”
The Traveller (1764)- Oliver Goldsmith
Friday 31st May The Rustic Inn, Abbeyshrule,Co.Longford
8.00.p.m. Recital by Innyside Singers
8.30.p.m Chair: Ciaran Mullooly
Official Opening by Ms.Sally Mulready
“The Gathering-Are Faraway Hills Greener?”
Symposium on Festival Theme : Professor Andrew Carpenter
Tom maguire
Saturday June 1st Goldsmith Room, Ballymahon Library. Adm:10e
11.00a.m LiteraryTour of Goldsmith Country commencing at Goldsmith statue,Ballymahon Community Library Adm:10e
2.30p.m Chair: Adrian Duncan
Professor Christopher Wheatley
Desmond Egan
7.00p.m. The Three Jolly Pigeons
Goldsmith Barbeque
Music by The Henshaws
Sunday June 2nd Goldsmith Room, Ballymahon Library. Adm:5e
12.00p.m. Chair: Niall Nally
Goldsmith Miscellany
Sunday June 2nd Pallas (Oliver Goldsmith’s Birthplace)
3.30p.m. Chair Anne Tully
Poetry Readings by Acclaimed Poet
Poetry Competition Results
Musical Entertainment
Joe’s Cheese and Wine
Press Launch Wednesday May 8th 7.30p.m.
Goldsmith Room Ballymahon Library Co.Longford
Brochure and poster available immediately after