2008 Woodie Awards
Upcoming ACE event features Ireland tour guide
Mina Tsuboi
Issue date: 9/26/06 Section: Campus
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Students will get a chance to learn about Irish history from a vivid and entertaining tour guide.
Author Lorcan Collins will be speaking at Ottawa University during an ACE event in October.
"Lorcan Collins appropriately intertwines wit and Irish history to make for an entertaining and informative experience," Ireland traveler and junior Katie Glavin said.
Collins is the founder of the 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour in Dublin and co-authored The Easter Rising with Conor Kostic.
In May 2006, 14 OU students traveled to Ireland as part of the Nature in Ireland course. During the course, Professors Andy Hazucha and Terry Malloy led students and a few alumnae around the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. While the group was visiting Dublin, they participated in a historical walking tour of the Easter 1916 Rebellion with Collins.
Collins expressed interest in coming to OU to give a presentation on campus when talking with Hazucha.
"Lorcan's visit to our campus means that we're bringing a piece of Ireland back to Kansas with us," Hazucha said.
Junior Chrissy Spencer, who participated in the Ireland tour, plans to attend Collins' lecture.
"Lorcan Collins is amazingly entertaining and very knowledgeable about the 1916 rebellion. I greatly look forward to his upcoming AVE event," Spencer said.
During his tour this fall, Collins will speak about the1916 Easter Rising at many colleges and universities in the United States. This tour will be his second U.S. tour. In 2002, he visited many universities to lecture on Irish history. He was also invited to speak at the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
"I plan to bring some contemporary photographs and project them on to a screen. I should also have a few flags and emblems from the revolutionary period of 1916 - 1923," Collins said. "I will also speak about the 90th anniversary of the Rising and how it was celebrated by the media and government this year. This is an important advancement in light of recent events. The Easter Parade, a traditional annual event, was cancelled by an over-cautious Irish government in the early 1970s. They feared an association with violence in the six counties. This year, due to the ongoing peace process and to a certain extent as an attempt to cash in on a growing sense of Irish Republican identity, the main political party in the current Irish government, Fianna Fail, reinstated the Easter Parade."
Collin's presentation will be at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 11 in Martin Hall's O'Dell Lounge.
"It will be great to be in Kansas and I am looking forward to meeting everyone," Collins said.
Author Lorcan Collins will be speaking at Ottawa University during an ACE event in October.
"Lorcan Collins appropriately intertwines wit and Irish history to make for an entertaining and informative experience," Ireland traveler and junior Katie Glavin said.
Collins is the founder of the 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour in Dublin and co-authored The Easter Rising with Conor Kostic.
In May 2006, 14 OU students traveled to Ireland as part of the Nature in Ireland course. During the course, Professors Andy Hazucha and Terry Malloy led students and a few alumnae around the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. While the group was visiting Dublin, they participated in a historical walking tour of the Easter 1916 Rebellion with Collins.
Collins expressed interest in coming to OU to give a presentation on campus when talking with Hazucha.
"Lorcan's visit to our campus means that we're bringing a piece of Ireland back to Kansas with us," Hazucha said.
Junior Chrissy Spencer, who participated in the Ireland tour, plans to attend Collins' lecture.
"Lorcan Collins is amazingly entertaining and very knowledgeable about the 1916 rebellion. I greatly look forward to his upcoming AVE event," Spencer said.
During his tour this fall, Collins will speak about the1916 Easter Rising at many colleges and universities in the United States. This tour will be his second U.S. tour. In 2002, he visited many universities to lecture on Irish history. He was also invited to speak at the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
"I plan to bring some contemporary photographs and project them on to a screen. I should also have a few flags and emblems from the revolutionary period of 1916 - 1923," Collins said. "I will also speak about the 90th anniversary of the Rising and how it was celebrated by the media and government this year. This is an important advancement in light of recent events. The Easter Parade, a traditional annual event, was cancelled by an over-cautious Irish government in the early 1970s. They feared an association with violence in the six counties. This year, due to the ongoing peace process and to a certain extent as an attempt to cash in on a growing sense of Irish Republican identity, the main political party in the current Irish government, Fianna Fail, reinstated the Easter Parade."
Collin's presentation will be at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 11 in Martin Hall's O'Dell Lounge.
"It will be great to be in Kansas and I am looking forward to meeting everyone," Collins said.
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