On Friday September 20th, a special conference will take place at the Sligo Southern Hotel which will contain lots of fascinating insights and talks on Spanish Armada heritage. Organised by the team at the National Monuments Service, the conference is titled: ‘1588 Armada : Ireland and Spain – A Shared Underwater Cultural Heritage’. With registration at 10:30am the conference will run until 5:15pm. This event is by ticket only, and any remaining tickets can be accessed at www.SpanishArmadaIreland.com/festival.
Here are a list of the speakers and their topics:
OPENING ADDRESSES:
1. Niall O’Donnchú – Assistant Secretary(Heritage), Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage/Director-General National Parks and Wildlife Service
2. Emer Connolly – Director, National Monuments Service
3. Carmen Cabrera Lucio-Villegas – Deputy Director for the Management and Coordination of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Spain
4. Edouard Planche – Head of Unit a.i. 2001 Convention & UCH, UNESCO, Paris, France
5. Eddie O’Gorman – Chair, Spanish Armada Ireland, Sligo
SESSION 1: Chaired by Karl Brady, NMS
1. Streedagh Armada: Where it all began and where we are now
Nessa O’Connor – Senior Assistant Keeper in Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland
2. La Juliana Armada Wreck Sligo: The 2015 project visualised
Fionnbarr Moore- Senior Archaeologist, National Monuments Service
3. The De Cuellar Carta collaborative publication
Carmen Cabrera Lucio-Villegas – Deputy Director for the Management and Coordination of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Spain
SESSION 2: Chaired by Fionnbarr Moore, NMS
1. New heritage legislation and ratification of the 2001 UNESCO Convention
Sean Kirwan- Senior Archaeologist GI, National Monuments Service
2. 2001 UNESCO Convention Experience & Group 1 Meeting
Paloma Sánchez Gomez – Head of Service for the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Spain
3. The Wreck Inventory of Ireland, surveys and shared histories
Karl Brady – Senior Archaeologist, National Monuments Service
4. Not just Armada- the 1628 Spanish galleon wreck Santa Ana Maria
Connie Kelleher – Senior Archaeologist, National Monuments Service
KEYNOTE: Chaired by Connie Kelleher, NMS
Our Shared Heritage: Commonalities across centuries
Professor Jane Ohlmeyer – Erasmus Smith Professor of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin
The FULL PROGRAMME can be accessed HERE Programme – 1588 Armada.
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