March 2014 - O’Brien Clan Millenium Celebration Events Calendar
APRIL 23 – 27, 2014
CENTERED AT CLONTARF CASTLE HOTEL _O’BRIEN CLAN FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS
PLEASE NOTE DURING THIS PERIOD THERE ARE MANY OFF_SITE EVENTS AND INFORMATION ON ALL AVAILABLE THROUGH O’BRIEN CLAN CONCERAGE AT THE CLONTARF CASTLE HOTEL
APRIL 23, 2014 - WEDNESDAY
MID DAY –WELCOMING EVENT - CHRISTS CHURCH CATHEDRAL– O’BRIEN CLAN GATHERING – ALONG WITH CLANS OF IRELAND- SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY BRIAN BARU PIPE AND DRUM BAND _ WELCOME TO THE MILLENIUM FROM “THE O’BRIEN” Brian Boru Band Musical Performance – Welcoming Speeches from the Chief to All CLANS OF IRELAND. TOUR OF THE CATHEDRAL INCLUDING GRAVE OF ‘STRONG BOW.” REMARKS BY DIGNITARIES PRESENT. SPECIAL AUDIENCE WITH DEAN DUNNE of CHRISTS CHURCH CATHEDRAL.
LATE AFTERNOON – CLONTARF CASTLE HOTEL – OUTDOORS AND IN ATRIUM ASSEMBLES AND:
Welcoming Remarks and Introductions:
Designating O’Brien Clan Official Medallion for the Millennium Festival.
Designating the Shield and Sword Family Roots Items as Official O’Brien Clan Memorials for the Millennium Festival
and retiring into private reserved pub hotel. SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF SWORDS AND SHIELDS OF O’BRIEN CLAN – PERFORMANCE BY BRIAN BORU PIPE AND DRUM BAND – TRADITIONAL IRISH ENTERTAINMENT AND MUCH MORE.
5: 30 Rugby Event at Clontarf Field CLOSE BY and Invited Back to PRIVATE PUB (Knights or Indigo Lounge) To JOIN CLAN GATHERING. Clontarf versus the Barbarians in the real Battle of Clontarf.
APRIL 24, 2014 - THURSDAY
POETRY READING. STORY TELLING,CHILDRENS EVENTS AT HOTEL THROUGHOUT THE DAY – EXHIBITS –SILENT AUCTION –BOOK SIGNINGS- MORGAN LLEWYLYN – MARTIN BREEN – EXHIBITS – Small IRISH ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE FOUR DAYS AT CLONTARF CASTLE HOTEL STORE OPEN FOR MEDALION AND BRIAN BARU COMMEMORATIVE SWORD AND SHIELD AND SPECIAL BRIAN BARU ITEMS FROM BRIAN BARU STORE OF KILLALOE INCLUDING GIFTS FOR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
CONTINUOUS SHOWING OF BRIAN BORU TWO SEPARATE MOVIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
ANNOUNCEMENT AND VIEWING OF NEW STAMP ISSUE COMMEMORATING EVEN
The stamp issue showcasing the amazing talents of BBC Time Team illustrator Victor Ambrus and is supported by expert text by Howie Firth Director of the Orkney International Science Festival (www.oisf.org) and Dr Ragnhaild Ljosland of Orkney of the Centre for Nordic Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
ART WORK WILL BE ON VIEW IN LOBBY AREA
The issue includes a set of six stamps in mint condition, a First Day Cover, an envelope featuring all the stamps postmarked with the first day of issue, and a Presentation Pack, which includes not only the stamps in mint condition, but also a four-sided folder featuring more illustrations and information about the great battle.
DURING DAY – BUS TOUR TO CASINO MARINO to view CLONTARF BATTLEFIELD DUBLIN CASTLE AND CASINO TO VIEW CLONTARF WORLD FAMOUS ORIGINAL PAINTING DEPICYTING THE BATTLE OF CLONTARF AND BRIAN BARU by artist Hugh Frazer returned to Ireland to be viewed during the Millennium.
5: OO –6:30 ASSEMBLE – COCKTAILS AND ORDERVES – ANNOUNCEMENT FROM O’BRIEN CLAN FOUNDATION _ KILLALOE – THE FUTURE OF O”BRIEN CLAN FOUNDATION – Presentation of IRISH HERITAGE AWARD PRESENTATION. Dignitaries from U.S. and Ireland Invited for this special presentation to a distinguished O’Brien family.
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
APRIIL 25, 2014 FRIDAY
MORNING: SPECIAL VISIT TO TRINITY COLLEGE TO VIEW KELLS DOCUMENTS LIMITED SPACE ACCOMPANIED BY AND GUEST OF Professor Ditchburn.
EVENING:
THE O’BRIEN CLAN MILLENIUM BANQUET –
HIGHLIGHT OF THE OBRIEN CLAN REUNION IN DUBLIN FOR CLONTARF AND THE 1000 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BRIAN BORU _THE HIGH KING OF IRELAND. THIS COULD BE THE HIGHLIGHT EVENT
OF THE WEEK FOR THE MILLENIUM- SPACE IS LIMITED. TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH IRISH TOURISM
THE OBRIEN CLAN MILLINEUM BANQUET WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS SPECIAL WEEKS FESTIVITIES- ALL CLANS OF IRELAND AND DIGNITARIES ARE INVITED.
OUTSTANDING IRISH ENTERTAINMENT. SPECIAL DIGNITARIES IN ATTENDANCE. CELEBRITIES. SMART DRESSED SPECIAL FEAST. TOASTING SPONSORED BY CASTLE BRANDS BRIAN BORU VODKA ANDWHISKEY.
IN ADDITION
THROUGHOUT CONFERENCE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE PRESENTED IN ARTS, MOVIES, NEW BOOKS RELATING TO BRIAN BARU –SOME EXAMPLES; masterful work of genius by musicians that are breaking new ground and opening new doors as they transverse our musical horizons"
Deep End of The Ford combine four of the most progressive avant-garde talents in improvised and folk music; with the spoken word of Celtic prehistory; to "create a seemingly ancient sound out of instrumentation that is anything but ancient"
They create massively dynamic soundscapes that shift from peaceful melody to turbulent invocations of sorcery and battle.
Possibly their most unique and exciting feature is their reuse of texts from the dawn of Celtic history in their compositions. Their retelling of The Táin sees them use a text that was transcribed in the 8th century AD, to explode a mythological epic -which was formed in the 3rd C. BC- on the modern senses.
JOHNNIE DYNAMITE –MOVIE IN PLANNING ABOUT O’BRIEN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO AND OTHER PLANNED ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS INCLUDING UPDATES ON PLANNED BRIAN BORU HOLLYWOOD MOVIE
AND IN ADDITION SPECIAL ACCESS TO OFFSITE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE CLONTARF BATTLE TRAIL AND VIKING VILLAGE : The trail will consist of a series of heritage boards, approximately every 0.5km on the Clontarf Promenade between the Alfie Byrne Road and the Wooden Bridge. The heritage boards will be double sided and mounted perpendicular to the path. The six boards will outline the story of the Vikings, Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf in word, map and illustration in Irish and English. Daily guided tours, at 2.30pm will be provided during the two weeks of Easter from the 13th – 27th April 2014.
APRIL 26, 2014 SATURDAY
10:00 – 1:00 BOARD MEETING OF O’BRIEN CLAN FOUNDATION WEBCAST AND SKYPE – ANNOUNCEMENTS OF REVITALISED GOALS – PARTNERSHIP WITH KILLALOE – INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND SUCH MATTERS AS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS< GENEOLOGY PROJECT
INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
CONFERENCE WRAP UP.
APRIL 27, 2014
WE DEPART FOR ARMAGH FOR 3:15 SERVICE AT ST. PATRICK’S WHERE BRIAN BORU IS BURIED. WRITTEN INVITATIONS REQUIRED SO EARLY REQUESTS FOR INVITATIONS REQUIRED.
After his death at the battle of Clontarf on Good Friday, 1014, Brian Boroimhe, High King of Ireland, was buried ‘on the north side of the great church’ at Armagh. The Church of Ireland Cathedral of St Patrick, which stands on the site, incorporates a memorial tablet in its north wall. A service will be held to mark the millennium of the burial of Brian Boroimhe on Sunday 27th April 2014 at 3.15 p.m.
Based on the Anglican liturgy of Choral Evensong, the service will be ecumenical in character, including both commemoration of the burial and prayer for the Ireland of today. Mark Patrick Hederman, OSB, Abbot of Glenstal, will preach.
