The Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School is in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, from 17-20 September 2025. The programme theme is 'Political Theatre: Learning from the Past?' and includes talks, workshops, a film screening and a Culture Night art exhibition.
Williams Rossa Cole, great-grandson of O’Donovan Rossa will introduce his film “Rebel Wife: The Story of Mary Jane O’Donovan Rossa” and take questions following the screening.
Assistant Professor in the School of History, DCU, Dr Leeann Lane’s keynote address is titled ‘Hunger strike as republican performativity: Mary MacSwiney, Brixton, 1920, Mountjoy 1922, Kilmainham 1923’.
In their discussion ‘Poetry and Politics: Plural Perspectives’ Dr Ailbhe McDaid and Prof Eugene O’Brien, of Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, will discuss how poets respond to different political events.
James Moran, Professor of Modern English Literature and Drama, Faculty of Arts at Nottingham University, will talk on ‘The Playwrights and 1916’.
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