Annual General Meeting 2016
Comhdháil Bhliantúil & Cruinniú Ginearálta Finte na hÉireann
Annual Conference & General Meeting of Clans of Ireland
Friday 15th & Saturday 16th April 2016
The Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club, Dublin.
Clans represented at 2016 Annual General Meeting
Cassidy - Nuala & Oliver Cassidy
Connolly - Bartle Connolly
Dixon - Michael & Kenneth Dixon,
Hoban - Denis Hoban, Baron, Canada
Joyce of Joyce Country - Laurie Joyce, Australia
Keohane of West Cork - William Keohane, USA
Mac Cabe of Breffny - Aidan McCabe
Curtin - Heidi Welch, USA
McGillycuddy - The McGillycuddy
Egan - Tim O’Neill
McGinley - Proinsias, & Francis McGinley,
McGrath of Thomond - Dan McGrath
McGrath of Ulster - Seán McGrath
McMullen - Maureen McMullen
Mannion - Dr. Joe Mannion
Mulqueen - Niall Mulqueen
O’Brosnan - Paul & Doireann Brosnan
O’Byrne - Richard & Trish Byrne
O’Carroll of Oriel - Vincent & Alexandra O’Carroll
O’Crowley - Michael Crowley
O’Dea - Shane & James O’Dea,
O’Dowd - Brendan O’Dowd
O’Farrell - John & Tara
O’Gara - Maura O’Gara & Maura O’Riordan
O’Kane of Keenaght - John O’Kane
O’Kelly of Hy-Many - Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh
O’Lalor - Margot Lalor Coogan, Annie Lalor,
O Mahony - Nora Keohane Hickey
O’Neill Clan Association - Dr. Eoin O’Neill
O’Shaughnessy - Des and Tony O’Shaughnessy
O’Sullivan - Gary & Julie O’Sullivan
O’Tireney - Cathaoir & Órlaith Ó Tíghearnaigh
* AGM 2016 online BOOKING FORM is now open HERE
Schedule for Saturday 16th April 2016
10.30 Registration [Cost €15 includes Lectures, tea/coffee and sandwich lunch]
11.30 Annual General Meeting
12.30 Lecture: A proposed template for a concise Clan history – Dr Joe Mannion
Having ready access to their ancestral history is of great significance to Irish Clans. As an alternative to an all-embracing book-length Clan history, however, the extant information could be condensed and made available in booklet form. This lecture will focus on one such publication and suggest that it could be used as a template by other Clans, who wish to provide their members with a concise and purposeful account of their past.
Dr Joe Mannion is an Independent Scholar who holds a PhD in history from NUI Galway. He is a founding member of the Mannion Clan Association, dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of Clann Uí Mhainnín of County Galway. To this end, he published a booklet entitled The Mannion Clan Historical Trail: A Guide to Residential, Ceremonial and Burial Sites, which was launched during the Mannion Clan Gathering in August 2015.
13.15 Light Lunch.
14.00 Parade of Clans & Ceannairí Finte na hÉireann
14.30 Group Photograph
15.00 Presentation of the Order of Merit
15.15 Lecture: Time travelling in Irish DNA – Professor Dan Bradley, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
Delving into the past can be problematic, the roots of modern patterns of genetic variation are the result of many overlaid processes and can be difficult to discern. To get beneath this requires time travelling, either by using the linkages between Y chromosomes and surnames with many hundred year histories or by directly accessing the variants in long-dead people using ancient DNA.
Dan Bradley spent his early years on an Irish farm After a degree in genetics from Cambridge University and PhD in medical genetics from Trinity College Dublin he subsequently started to work on the genetics of each species present on that farm, including Irish humans, and has done for over 20 years. He holds a Personal Chair in the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, is a member of the RIA and is the holder of an ERC Advanced Grant.
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19.30 Fáilte an Chathaoirligh – The Reception of the Cathaoirleach
20.00 Dinner [Cost €85.00]
