Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend.
May 2nd - May 4th 2008 .
Friday 2nd.
7.00pm Registration / Welcome.
Cyril Gray Memorial Hall Dugort
Registration for all events. Fee € 60.
( concession € 40) .
( individual guided walks incl lunch € 20 ).
( individual readings € 15).
7.30pm Official opening of weekend by MrRolf Stehle Director Goethe-Institut Dublin
Announcement and presentation of prize for the winning
Heinrich Böll Memorial Essay for second level students by Mr Rolf Stehle.
8.00pm Talk by Chris Newton .
author of ; Hugh Falkus: A Life On The Edge, from Medlar Press
-the true story of the troubled adventurer who among many achievements directed Shark Island in Achill in 1951, and was the sole survivor of the tragic boat sinking off Keem bay during the making of Shark Island .
Hugh Falkus: A Life On The Edge assesses Falkus’ achievements as an inspirational writer, broadcaster and instructor and recounts the many adventures and mishaps that coloured his life. The author has interviewed almost every remaining member of Falkus’ inner circle, along with his surviving relatives, to piece together his story and explain what made him the man he was.
Chris Newton writes on fishing, particularly on sea trout, for the national angling press. He is one of the many who discovered the magic of night fishing for sea trout through Hugh Falkus’ works, and says he took on the challenge of writing his biography because he got fed up of waiting for someone else to do it.
Chris Newton
9.30 pm Screening of Shark Island, directed by Hugh Falkus, 1951 in Achill, with an introduction by Michael Gielty Dooagh, who remembers the occasion of the tragic drowning during the making of the film.
Saturday May 3rd. and Sunday May 4th. 10.30 am – 5.00pm.
Exhibition of art works from the collection of Mayo County Council
Cyril Gray Memorial Hall Dugort Achill, Co. Mayo.
Saturday May 3th .
10.30 am. Guided walk to archaeological sites on Achill Beg guided by Tomás Mac Sheáin, with archaeologist Eoin Halpin. Meet at Cé Bheag, Kildownet. Transfer to and from Achill Beg on “Lady Slievemore”.
2.00pm Lunch at Pattens Pub Dereens.
2.00 – 3.00 pm Heinrich Böll cottage open to members of the public.
7.00pm. Reception Cyril Gray Memorial Hall Dugort.
7.30pm. Talk by Hugo Hamilton. Lecture by Hugo Hamilton.
Focussing on changes in Ireland over last 50 years.
Hugo Hamilton was born in Dublin of Irish-German parentage. He has brought elements of his dual identity to his novels Surrogate City (London, Faber & Faber,1990); The Last Shot (Faber & Faber, 1991); and The Love Test (Faber & Faber, 1995). His stories were collected as Dublin Where the Palm Trees Grow (Faber & Faber, 1996). His later novels are Headbanger (London, Secker & Warburg, 1996); and Sad Bastard (Secker & Warburg, 1998).
He has also published a memoir of his Irish-German childhood, The Speckled People (London, Fourth Estate, 2003); and its sequel, The Sailor in the Wardrobe (Fourth Estate, 2006).
In 1992, he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.He lives in Dublin.
8.30pm. Reading by Gerald Dawe.
photo Amelia Stein
Gerald Dawe is the author of six collections of poetry, including Heart of
Hearts, The Morning Train and Lake Geneva. He recently published, The Proper Word: Collected Criticism and a memoir, My Mother-City & Bit Parts. Catching the Light, a collection of travel sketches, critical views and interviews, will be published later this year. He moved to Galway in 1974 where he lived for twenty years, writing and teaching at NUI, Galway. A Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, where he is Senior Lecturer in English, director of the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing and director of the graduate writing programme, Gerald Dawe has given readings and lectures in many parts of the world. He lives in County Dublin.. Gerald Dawe is the presenter of RTE Radio 1 Radio programme “Poetry”.
Sunday May 4th .
11.00am Meet in Deserted Village for readings from Heinrich Böll’s Irish Journal.
Followed by a guided walk through the archaeology and environment of Caraun Point, the Valley, with archaeologist Eoin Halpin.
1.00pm. Lunch Gray’s Guest House Dugort.
Further enquiries;
Mary Lavelly Burke; 087 7720192
John Mc Hugh 098 43414.
____________________________________________________Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend, 2-4 May 2008
Please print and complete the form below and forward it, with the relevant fees, to:Achill Tourism, Cashel, Achill, Co Mayo, Ireland