IRELAND'S LARGEST COMMUNITY FESTIVAL - Féile an Phobail

A Permanent Peace? Where now for the Basque Country?
Roddy MacCorley Social Club, Sat 4th Aug, 5pm
Panel discussion on developments since the declaration of a
permanent end to ETA’s armed struggle & the electoral successes
of the pro-independence Movement. Speakers - Igor Zulaika &
Alex Maskey (Sinn Féin MLA). Chair - veteran republican Joe
Austin. Organised by Belfast Basque Solidarity Committee.
Followed 6pm by a fusion of live music from the Basque Country
and Ireland, with plenty of craic eta festa!!
Organised by the Belfast Basque Solidarity Committee
The 1974 Long Kesh Escape & the Killing of Hugh Coney
Mac Diarmada GAA Club, Falls Road, Sat 4th Aug, 7.30pm
In 1974 republicans, protesting against conditions, burnt down
the Cages of Long Kesh and were subsequently gassed and
beaten by British soldiers. Whilst living in the ruins of the camp,
internees began digging a tunnel. Paddy Joe Rice, O/C of Cage 5,
describes the planning of an escape; Fra McCann & Tony Bootser
Hughes on tunnelling & the escape; Rocky Morgan on the
shooting dead of their comrade Hugh Coney during the escape.
Joe Doherty will give a graphic presentation of events. Chair – Joe
Watson. Organised by former republican internees. Admission
- £5 at door. Contact – Joe Doherty, 90 200 770.
Human Rights & Journalism
St Mary’s University College, Mon 6th Aug, 12 noon
Amnesty International’s annual Féile discussion. Panel members
- multi-award winning journalist Mandy McAuley (BBC
‘Spotlight’), award-winning journalist and author Chris Moore
(‘The Detail’, ‘Betrayal of Trust’) and Steven McCaffery (Deputy
Editor and Political Editor of Press Association Ireland).
‘Talking about Ulster Suffrage: From Petitions, Protests to
Prison’
St Mary’s University College, Mon 6th Aug, 2.30pm
Between the summer of 1912 and the outbreak of war in August
1914 against a background of constitutional turmoil, 36 women
were convicted for suffrage militancy in Ireland and several went
on hunger strike. Guest speakers - Dr Myrtle Hill, Queen’s
University of Belfast (author of ‘Women in Ireland: A Century of
Change’) & Dr Margaret Ward (Women’s Resource &
Development Agency, and author of ‘Unmanageable
Revolutionaries: Women and Irish Nationalism’ and biographies
of Maud Gonne and Hanna Sheehy Skeffington).
‘Warrior’ - The Life Of Leonard Peltier
St Mary’s University College, Mon 6th Aug, 4pm
Suzie Baer’s film about Leonard Peltier, the American Indian
leader locked away for life, convicted of the alleged murder of 2
FBI agents during a bloody shoot-out on the Pine Ridge
Reservation in 1975. Amnesy International, Desmond Tutu and
more than 50 members of the U.S. Congress have appealed for a
new trial for the man who has come to symbolize the continued
oppression of North America’s indigenous peoples. Speaker –
Geri Timmons, LPDOC Coordinator for Ireland.
The Legacy of the Ulster Covenant
Frank Cahill Memorial Lecture, The Mill Theatre, Conway Street,
Mon 6th Aug, 7.30pm
The turbulent events around the signing of the Ulster Covenant in
1912 and its consequences. Speakers - socialist and activist
Eamon McCann & Sinn Féin Councillor Tom Hartley. Chair – Dr
Myrtle Hill (QUB). Q & A. After– discussion, including
refreshments. Hosted by the Committee of the Mill Preservation
Trust. Free event.
Discussion and Debate Plé agus Diospoireachtaí
Síocháin Bhuan? Cá háit anois do Thír na mBascach?
Club Sóisialta Rodaí Mac Corlaí, Dé Sathairn 4 Lúnasa, 5i.n.
Díospóireacht phainéil ar na forbairtí ó fhorógra deireadh buan le
coimhlint armtha ETA & rath toghcháin na Gluaiseachta ar son
neamhspleáchais. Cainteoirí - Igor Zulaika & Alex Maskey (BTR Shinn
Féin). Beidh an poblachtánach Joe Austin sa Chathaoir. Eagraithe ag
Coiste Dlúthpháirtíochta Bascaí Bhéal Feirste. Beidh cumasc de cheol
bheo ó Thír na mBascach agus ó Éirinn ina diaidh ar 6i.n. le cuid mhór
craic eta festa!!
Eagraithe ag Coiste Dlúthpháirtíochta Bascaí Bhéal Feirste.
Éalú ón Cheis Fhada in 1974 & Marú Hugh Coney
Club CLG Mac Diarmada, Bóthar na bhFál, Dé Sathairn 4 Lúnasa,
7.30i.n.
In 1974 nuair a bhí poblachtánaigh i mbun agóide in éadan na
staideanna, dhóigh siad síos Caighin na Ceise agus ina dhiaidh sin,
bhí saighdiuirí na Breataine á gciapadh le gás agus á mbualadh. Cé go
raibh cónaí orthu i bhfothracha an champa, thosaigh
imthreorannaithe ag tochailt tolláin. Déanann Paddy Joe Rice, O/C
Chaighean 5, cur síos ar phleanáil an éalaithe; Fra McCann & Tony
Bootser Hughes ar thochailt an tolláin & ar an éalú; Rocky Morgan ar
scaoileadh chun báis a gcomrádaí Hugh Coney i rith an éalaithe.
Beidh cur i láthair léir ag Joe Doherty ar na himeachtaí. Beidh Joe
Watson sa Chathaoir. Eagraithe ag iarimtheorannaithe
poblachtacha. Táille - £5 ag an doras. Déan teagmháil le Joe
Doherty ar 9020 0770.
Cearta Daonna & Iriseoireacht
Coláiste Ollscoile Naomh Muire, Dé Luain 6 Lúnasa, 12 nóin
Díospóireacht bhliantúil Amnesty International i rith na Féile. Ar an
phainéal beidh an t-iriseoir ilghradambhuach Mandy McAuley (BBC
‘Spotlight’), an t-iriseoir gradambhuach agus an t-údar Chris Moore
(‘The Detail’, ‘Betrayal of Trust’) agus Steven McCaffery (Leas-
Eagarthóir agus Eagarthóir Polaitíochta Press Association Ireland).
‘Ag Caint faoi Chearta Vótala Uladh: Ó Achainíocha, Agóidí go
Príosún’
Coláiste Ollscoile Naomh Muire, Dé Luain 6 Lúnasa, 2.30i.n.
Idir samhradh 1912, tús an chogaidh i Lúnasa 1914 agus cíor thuathail
bhunreachtúil ag dul ar aghaidh, ciontaíodh 36 bean as iorghalacht
chearta vótála in Éirinn agus chuaigh roinnt ban eile ar stailc ocrais.
Aoichainteoirí – An Dr. Myrtle Hill, Ollscoil na Banríona, Béal Feirste
(údar ‘Women in Ireland: A Century of Change’) & An Dr. Margaret
Ward (An Ghníomhaireacht Acmhainne & Forbartha Ban & údar
‘Unmanageable Revolutionaries: Women and Irish Nationalism’ agus
beathaisnéisí Maud Gonne agus Hanna Sheehy Skeffington).
‘Laoch’ – Saol Leonard Peltier
Coláiste Ollscoile Naomh Muire, Dé Luain 6 Lúnasa, 4i.n.
Scannán Suzie Baer faoi Leonard Peltier, an ceannaire Meiriceánach
Dúchasach a ciontaíodh as dúmharú líomhnaithe beirt ghníomhairí
FBI i rith tréanbhabhta lámhaigh fuilteach ag Tearmann Pine Ridge in
1975 agus a cuireadh i bpríosúin ar fad a shaoil dá dheasca. Rinne
Amnesy International, Desmond Tutu agus níos mó ná 50 ball de
Chomhdháil na S.A. achomharc do thriail nua don fhear ar siombail
den chos ar bolg leanúnach ar mhuintir dhúchasach Mheiriceá
Thuaidh é. Aoichainteoir – Geri Timmons, Comhordaitheoir LPDOC in
Éirinn.
Oidhreacht Chúnant Uladh
Léacht Chuimhneacháin Frank Cahill, Amharclann an Mhuilinn,
Sráid Mhic Con Midhe, Dé Luain 6 Lúnasa, 7.30i.n.
Scrúdófar na himeachtaí suaite bainteach le síniú Chúnant Uladh in
1912 agus a iarmhairtí. Aoichainteoirí – an sóisialach agus an
gníomhaí Eamon McCann & Comhairleoir Shinn Féin Tom Hartley.
Beidh An Dr. Myrtle Hill (OBBF) sa Cathaoir. C & F. Beidh díospóireacht
agus sólaistí ina dhiaidh. Á chur i láthair ag Committee of the Mill
Preservation Trust. Ócáid Saor.