The speaker line up for our Emigration Conference in the Independence Museum Kilmurry on 5 April 2025 is now complete. See the list below. For more information about the conference and to purchase tickets go the Emigration Conference page.
Conference Speakers:
· Terri Kearney
Historian, author and manager of the Skibbereen Heritage Centre will give the opening remarks
· Ultan Cowley
Independent historian, author and former emigrant will speak on Taking the Boat: Some First Impressions..
· Jarlath McNamara
Retired Engineer, historian and expert on 19th century musician and bandleader Patrick S. Gilmore, will speak on Finding our Diaspora.
· Dr Miriam Nyhan Grey
Assistant Professor at Mary Immaculate, College Limerick and a founding member of the African American Irish Diaspora Network will speak on Migration in Irish History: Reflections on a Century
· Dr James Walsh
Associate Professor in the Political Science Dept. at the University of Colorado Denver will join via Zoom to speak on Lessons From the Pauper Graves: The Leadville Irish and the Struggle to Memorialize 19th Century immigrant Paupers Buried at 10,000 Feet.