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Clachan and Rundale: Post-Medieval Farming and Settlement

Date: June 9th 2012
Location: National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Programme

9.00am Registration

9.15am Official Opening – Prof. Jim Walsh, Deputy-President

Session 1: The Context

9.30am ‘Clachan and Rundale in a comparative perspective’. Emeritus Professor Robert Dodgshon - Aberystwyth University.

10.30am   ‘Sustainability of Post-Medieval Farming’  Jim Collins,

11.15am   Coffee/tea

11.30am   Agricultural History Society of Ireland – AGM.

1.15pm     Lunch in Pugin Hall

Session 2: Recent Developments:

2.30pm   ‘Seasonality and Pig production in Ireland; 1800-1940’ - Mervyn Watson

3.15pm  ‘The dynamics of rundale and enclosure in pre-famine Ireland: evidence from Ulster estates’. Martin W. Dowling

4.00pm    ‘The Enclosure of Rundale on Lord Arran’s Estate, Donegal’ - Eamonn Slater

4.45pm     ‘Did “Enclosure” start in the Later Middle Ages’ - Tadhg O’Keeffe

‘Concluding Comments’ - William Nolan

Joint conference by the Agricultural History Society of Ireland and the Department of Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, celebrating 75 years.

Registration fee: €45, includes lunch in Pugin Hall and tea/coffee breaks.
Overnight accommodation is available at the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth - 01-6290909; info@glenroyal.ie, at a cost of €89 - double room and €79 - single room. 

Advance booking is advisable before 20th May. Limited accommodation is also available on campus; the cost is 26 euro per night plus 7 euro for continental breakfast. To avail of this please ring (01-7086400).

For more information or to book a place contact:aghistoryireland@gmail.com