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Beltany - from Pagan to Christian
Footsteps on our landscape
October 6th, 7th & 8th 2006
Conference Programme
Friday October 6th
19:30: Raphoe Cathedral Hall - Registration open
Drinks and buffet Reception
20:00: Official Opening
Dr. Brian Lacey
Saturday, October 7th
09:00: Registration open
Welcome Address
Sir Gerry Robinson
Session 1
10:00 Beltany - a geophysical perspective
Kevin Barton & Mary Harte
Session 2
10:30 From Megalith to Monastery - a natural progression
Cary Meehan, local historian
11:00: Coffee and Community exhibition
Session 3
11.30 Berries and Lichens - medicines and dyes
Stuart Dunlop, naturalist
Session 4
12:00 The Art of the Metal Worker - from Bronze to Gold
Dr. Michelle Comber, NUI Galway
12:30: Lunch & Community Exhibition
Session 5
14:00 Research, Conserve, Promote & Enhance:
Implementing the County Donegal HeritagePlan
Dr. Joseph Gallagher, Heritage OfficerDonegal Co. Council
Session 6
14:30 Christians on a pagan landscape, Donegal and Offaly
Caimin O’Brien – Archaelogical Survey of Ireland
15:00 Tea & Community Exhibition
Keynote Address
16:00 Two Saints, Two Scholars : Colm Cille and Adoman, the making of Early Irish Culture
Professor Daibhi O’Croinin, NUI Galway
16:30 Closing Address
Images from the 2005 Conference