Weekend Conference:

‰Û÷Remembering NoÌÇl Browne, 1915-97: Reflections on Radicalism, Welfare & Social Change in Modern Ireland’

Featuring Robert Ballagh, Joe Higgins TD and others.

Marking the centenary of the birth of Irish socialist politician and health reformer Noel Browne in Galway 13 – 14 November 2015.

The programme of events is…

Friday 13 November – 19:30

Galway Mechanics Institute, Nun’s Island

An evening of discussion on the life and work of Noel Browne, speakers include;

Robert Ballagh (Artist)

Joe Higgins TD (Socialist Party)

Glyn Carraher (Browne’s grandson)

Donncha ÌÒ hEallaithe (Founding member of Socialist Labour Party)

Readings from Sarah Clancy (Winner of 2015 Irish People’s Poetry Prize)

Chair: Tish Gibbons

Saturday 14 November

A day of talks on social history, social issues and welfare provision.

Moore Institute, NUI Galway

9.00 – 9.30: Registration

9:30 – 9:45: Welcome

9.45 – 11.15: Panel 1 – The Catholic Church and the Social Sphere

Shane Faherty – ‰Û÷The Catholic Church and the Creation of Denominational Education.’

Gerard Madden (NUIG) – ‰Û÷Catholic anti-communism, the Cold War, and peace and nuclear disarmament campaigns in Ireland 1945-1968.’

Deirdre Foley (UCD) – ‰Û÷Contraception and Conscience: Family Planning in Ireland and at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street (1963-1978).’

11.15 – 11.30: Break

11.30 – 13.00: Panel 2 – Theory and Practice

Nat O’Connor (UU) – ‰Û÷Increasing People’s Net Economic Benefit versus Tax Cuts.’

Caitriona Nic Philbin (TCD) – ‰Û÷The concurrent validity of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales in child, adolescent and family psychiatry (HoNOSCA) and the possible application of this instrument in the forensic child, adolescent and family settings.’

Aggelos Panayiotopoulos (UL) and Michael O’Flynn (UCD) – ‰Û÷Scholar-Activism: Creating Spaces for Education and Action.’

13:00 – 13.45: Lunch

13.45 – 15.15: Panel 3 – Forgotten Voices

Paul Horan (TCD) – ‰Û÷The Role of Women as Nurses, First Aiders & Dispatchers in the 1916 Rising.’

Liam Cullinane (UCC) – ‰Û÷Health, Safety and Masculinity in Twentieth Century Ireland: Insights from an Oral History Project.’

Sara Goek (UCC) – ‰Û÷Describing Poverty in Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Ireland: Personal Narratives and Collective Memory.’

15.15 – 15.30: Break

15.30- 17.00: Panel 4 – The Health and Welfare of Mothers and Children

SarahAnne Buckley (NUIG) – ‰Û÷Reflecting on child welfare in Ireland during Noel Browne’s lifetime, 1915-1997.’

Angela Flynn (UCC) – ‰Û÷Discourses of Inequality: Ireland’s Health System.’

Carmel Hannan (UL) – ‰Û÷Changing times but still the same story: The health and wellbeing of Lone Mothers in Ireland.’

17.00 – 17.15 Break

17.15 – 18.45: Panel 5 – Ireland and the International Left

David Convery (NUIG) – ‰Û÷John Wheatley: Irish-born Minister of Health in Britain’s First Labour Government.’

Morris Brodie (QUB) – ‰Û÷Scattered internationalists: Irish anarchism in the interwar world.’

Liam O’Discin (UCD) – ‰Û÷Catholics, Communists and Steelworkers, 1936-1948.’

For more information please contact john.cunningham@nuigalway.ie