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    John Boyle O’Reilly Summer School: September, 2007

    By Noreen Bowden | September 1, 2007

    The Flight of the Earls is the subject of this year’s John Boyle O’Reilly Summer School, hosted by The Old Drogheda Society. Speakers will include Dr Patrick Fitzgerald of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh, who will speak on “The Flight of the Earls and the Origins of Modern Diasporas”.

    Other speakers include Dr John McGurk, Senior Research Fellow in Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool, whose talk will be “The Flight or Escape of the Earls: Why and with what results”. Dr John McCavitt, noted historian and author of the www.theflightoftheearls.net website, will speak on “The Flight of the Earls and County Louth”.

    The event takes place on September 9 in the Boyne Valley Hotel.

    Visit www.eastmeath.org for more information.

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