An interdisciplinary conference

The 5th Limerick Conference in Irish-German Studies

15 - 17 April 2004

Organised jointly by the Centre for Irish-German Studies at the University of the Limerick, the ESB, the Hunt Museum, Limerick, and Siemens Ireland

      

Thursday 15th April
Venue: Ardnacrusha Power Station.

6.30pm, Reception & Opening Remarks
Welcome remarks by Pat Naughton, Station Manager & Huw Lewis, Dean, College of Engineering, UL.

7.00pm, Brendan Delany (ESB): "An overview of the Shannon Scheme"

7.55pm, Ron Cox (TCD): "Bridge building & Ardnacrusha"

8.50pm, Brief tour of the Station.

Friday, 16th April
Venue: Hunt Museum.

7.30pm, Justin Keating (Dublin): "Sean Keating's contribution to visual arts in Ireland"

8.20 pm, Paul Duffy (Galway): "Engineering Perspectives on Ardnacrusha"

Saturday 17th April
Venue: University of Limerick, CSIS Building.

9.00am, Jürgen Elvert (University of Cologne): "Germany and Ireland in the 1920's: Political and Economic Relations"

9.45am, Wilfried Feldenkirchen (University of Erlangen/Nürnberg & Siemens Archives, Munich): "Siemens in the 1920's and the importance of the Shannon Scheme"

10.40am, Coffee

11.00am, Peter Carroll (Building Consulting Group, ESBI): "Architectural Perspectives of Ardnacrusha Power Station"

11.45am, Gerald O'Beirne (Siemens Ireland): "The Shannon Scheme and Siemens in Ireland"

1.00 pm, Lunch in the Main Restaurant, University of Limerick

2.00pm, Michael McCarthy (Dublin): "Security Issues for the Shannon Scheme"

2.45 pm, Mark Maguire (Dublin Business School): "Social Consequences of Ardnacrusha and Electrification"

3.30 pm, Coffee

3.50 pm, Joachim Fischer (University of Limerick): "Literary Images of the Shannon Scheme"

4.40 - 5.15pm, Open Forum

5.15pm, Closing remarks

8.30pm
Venue: Jean Monnet Theatre, University of Limerick
Introduction by Martin Chappell (University of Limerick), Film Screening
Metropolis dir: Fritz Lang, 1927, 118 mins
Restored version with original score by Gottfried Huppertz
Screened in association with the UL Arts Office

10.30pm
Venue: An Phluais, Scholars Bar, University of Limerick
Music by Desi Wilkinson & friends, "Songs of Ardnacrusha and more …"

About the Speakers and Performers:

• Peter Carroll, Senior Consultant Architect, has a special interest in conservation and heritage issues and works in the Building Consulting Group, ESB International.
• Martin Chappell is Head of the Dept. of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Limerick. He lectures in French and in Film Studies.
• Dr Ron Cox is Research Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and Director of the Centre for Civil Engineering Heritage at TCD.
• Brendan Delany is Archive & Heritage Manager in ESB.
• Paul Duffy works in Forensic and Litigation Engineering and is author of several publications on the Shannon Scheme.
• Prof. Jürgen Elvert is Professor of History and the Didactics of History in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cologne, Germany.
• Prof. Wilfried Feldenkirchen is Professor of Economic History at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Academic Director of the Siemens Archives, Munich.
• Dr Joachim Fischer is Senior Lecturer in German and Joint Director, Centre for Irish German Studies at the University of Limerick.
• Justin Keating is a former Labour Minister and Senator and son of Sean Keating.
• Michael McCarthy is a journalist and author; he published several articles on social conditions during the building of the Shannon Scheme.
• Dr Mark Maguire published on anthropological aspects of the Shannon Scheme and lectures in the Dept. of Anthropology in the Dublin Business School.
• Gerald O'Beirne retired as Senior Manager, Power and Automatics Division from Siemens in 1995 and is author of Siemens in Ireland 1925-2000 (Dublin: Farmar).
• Dr Desi Wilkinson holds a PhD from the Irish World Music Centre at the University of Limerick. He is an acclaimed flute player and has recorded several CDs.

Registration

Attendance at the Conference is free. However, since places are limited for some of the events registration for the conference is advised to secure a place.

Registration and Conference Secretary
Dolores Hanly
Business Development Manager/Conferences & Events
Limerick Conference & Sports Park,
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Tel. +353-61-202064; Fax: +353-61-202188
Email: dolores.hanly@ul.ie
Website: www.limerickconferencepark.ie

Conference Committee: Joachim Fischer (Joint Director, Centre for Irish-German Studies, UL); Brendan Delany (Archives & Heritage Manager, ESB); Virginia Teehan (Director, Hunt Museum); Michael O'Connor (Marketing Manager Siemens).

Other events to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Official Opening of Ardnacrusha Power Station

Tuesday 6th April 2004
Venue: Hunt Museum

7.00pm, Welcome by Virginia Teehan, Director, Hunt Museum

7.10 pm, Address by the Chancellor of the University of Limerick, Mr Seán Donlon

7.15pm, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: Musical pieces commissioned by the ESB for Ardnacrusha 75

7.35pm, Address by the Secretary of the ESB, Mr John Redmond

7.40pm, Address by Ciara Ní Chuinneagáin, Siemens Ireland.

7.45pm, Justin Keating and Donald Teskey: Opening of Sean Keating exhibition

Wednesday 7th April
Venue: Hunt Museum

7.00pm, Dr Tricia Cusack (University of Birmingham): "Ardnacrusha and its symbolism"

Tuesday, 20th April
Venue: Hunt Museum

1pm, Andy McCarthy: "The Life and Work of Sean Keating"

Wednesday 7th April - Wednesday, 28th April
Venue: Hunt Museum

Exhibition of Sean Keating's Shannon Scheme paintings

Contact:
Naomi O'Nolan
Exhibition Manager
Hunt Museum
The Custom House
Rutland Street
Limerick
Tel. +353-61-490082; Fax +353-61-312834
Email: naomi@huntmuseum.com
Website: www.huntmuseum.com