Sunday, August 17th
The day will begin with Sunday morning service in St Pauls at noon or mass in St. Rynagh’s Church at 11 a.m.
At 12.45p.m. we will make a short visit to the graves of the Bell Nicholls family in St Paul’s Churchyard at the top of the hill in Banagher.
Lunch in The Crank Café and Restaurant, Lower Main Street, Banagher. Eircode R42 DE61
2.30 p.m. in Crank House: Showing of Dr Maebh O Regan’s film Prenuptial Politics at the Brontë Parsonage, regarding the marriage settlement of Charlotte Brontë, and Arthur Bell Nicholls featuring an interview with Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator of the Brontë Museum in Haworth.
3.30 p.m. Address from Nigel West, founding member of the Brontë Birthplace Thornton group and a descendant of the former occupants of Hill House now known Charlotte’s Way.
4.30 p.m. Boat trip on the Shannon to Meelick Weir and Walkway with Silverlines River Queen. Please book a seat through committee members, details listed below. It is expected that the cost of the boat trip will be €12-15.
7.00p.m. Corrigan’s Corner Pub and Simon Lyons for open mic readings and nighttime revelry.
Monday, August 18th:
Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore (Eircode R35 Y5VO)
11 a.m. Music recital by the Banagher Brontë Ensemble 12.00 p.m. A second launch, by James Scully, of LET ME IN: The Brontës in Bricks and Mortar by Ann Dinsdale and Sharon Wright.
12.20 p.m. Sharon Wright will give an illustrated talk on Balloonamania Belles and Daredevil Divas, an entertaining history of early female balloonists and parachutists, a subject matter particularly relevant to Tullamore in view of the great balloon fire there in 1785.
1.10 p.m. Showing of Dr Maebh O Regan’s film Prenuptial Politics at the Brontë Parsonage, regarding the marriage settlement of Charlotte Brontë, and Arthur Bell Nicholls featuring an interview with Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator of the Brontë Museum in Haworth. This showing will be followed by a Q&A session and should finish by 2 p.m.
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