Recording of Cathal Goan's introduction to RTE documentary on MacDonagh
Thomas MacDonagh
<p>Aindreas Ó GALLCHOIR</p>
RTE Documentary Series "On Behalf of the Provisional Government"
Cathal Goan introduces the Thomas MacDonagh episode of the 1966 RTE documentary series "On Behalf of the Provisional Government" by Aindreas Ó Gallchoir.<br /><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong><span style="background:#ffffff;">Cathal Goan</span></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> is former Director-General of RTÉ and Chairman of Druid Theatre Company. He</span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> was born in Belfast and received his University education in University College Dublin where he qualified in Celtic Studies in 1975. He spent two years post-graduate in the Department of Irish Folklore</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">UCD</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">before beginning work as a research officer with The Placenames’ Commission of the Irish Ordnance Survey. He subsequently joined</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">RTÉ</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> as an archivist before becoming first a radio and then a television producer in Current Affairs. In 1990 he became Editor of all RTÉ’s television output in the Irish language and in 1994 he was chosen as the first Chief Executive of the new Irish language television service which was about to be established in Galway. Teilifís na Gaeilge – TG4 – began broadcasting in October 1996 and has gained widespread recognition for the inventiveness and variety of its commissioned programming. In 2000 he returned to Dublin as Director of Television Programming at </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">RTÉ</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">. In 2003 he was appointed Director General (</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">CEO</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">) of</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">RTÉ</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">, a position that he held until January 2011. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Ulster in 2006 in recognition of his services to the Irish language and to broadcasting in Ireland. He was appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Irish Language, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics in</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">UCD</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background:#ffffff;">in 2011. He has a life-long interest in Irish music with particular reference to the Irish language song tradition.</span></span></span></span></p>
Cathal Goan
Revival to Revolution: the Literary Career of Thomas MacDonagh Symposium
25 June 2015
mp3 audio recording
English
oral lecture
2015, 1966, 1878-1916
Recording of Dr. Shane Kenna's lecture 'When the Dawn is Come: The Life and Times of Thomas MacDonagh'
Thomas MacDonagh
Recording of Dr. Shane Kenna's lecture 'When the Dawn is Come: The Life and Times of Thomas MacDonagh' delivered at the symposium 'Revival to Revolution: the Literary Career of Thomas MacDonagh' (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 24th-25th June 2015)<br /><p>Dr <strong>Shane Kenna</strong> holds a BA in History and Political Science, and an MA and PhD in Irish History from Trinity College Dublin. He has worked in several sites of historical and political importance including Kilmainham Gaol Museum and Archive, Dublin Castle, Government Buildings and Castletown House. Widely published in historical journals and interviewed by RTÉ, the BBC and Newstalk Radio, his first book <em>War In The Shadows: The Irish-American Fenians Who Bombed Victorian Britain</em> was published in 2013 by Merrion Press an imprint of Irish Academic Press. In 2014 Shane has completed a biography of the executed 1916 Rising Leader Thomas MacDonagh as part of the 16 Lives series on behalf of the <a title="O'Brien Press" href="https://www.obrien.ie/16lives/thomas-macdonagh" target="_blank">O'Brien Press</a> (See also <a title="Bibliography" href="http://revival2revolution.omeka.net/bibliography" target="_blank">bibliography</a>). Further information on Kenna's current research and publications can be found at <a href="http://www.shanekenna.ie/" target="_blank">http://www.shanekenna.ie/</a>.<br /><br /></p>
Shane Kenna
Revival to Revolution: the Literary Career of Thomas MacDonagh Symposium (Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, 24-25 June 2015)
24 June 2015
mp3 audio file
English
oral lecture
2015, 1878-1916
Recording of Prof. Declan Kiberd's opening address at the 'Revival to Revolution' Symposium
Thomas MacDonagh
Prof. Declan Kiberd's opening address at the conference 'Revival to Revolution: the Literary Career of Thomas MacDonagh'.<br /><p><strong>Declan Kiberd</strong> is Keough Professor of Irish Studies at University of Notre Dame. He was for many years Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature at UCD and wrote a chapter on Thomas MacDonagh in <em>The UCD Aesthetic</em>. Among his books are <em>Synge and the Irish Language</em>, <em>Idir Dhá Chultúr</em>, <em>Inventing Ireland</em>, <em>Irish Classics</em> and <em>Ulysses and Us</em>. <em>Handbook of the Irish Revival 1891-1922</em>, co-edited with PJ Mathews, has just been published by Abbey Theatre Press (June 2015). He is a former Director of the Yeats International Summer School and of the Abbey Theatre.</p>
Declan Kiberd
Revival to Revolution: the Literary Career of Thomas MacDonagh Symposium
24 June 2015
mp3 audio recording
English
oral lecture
2015, 1878-1916
Recording of Prof. Kurt Bullock's Lecture 'A Rhetoric of Motives: MacDonagh and the <em>Irish Review </em>Coup'
Thomas MacDonagh
The Irish Review
Recording of the lecture 'A Rhetoric of Motives: MacDonagh and the Irish Review Coup' by Prof. Kurt Bullock, Grand Valley State University. Prof. Bullock's presentation was delivered at the National Gallery of Ireland during the symposium 'Revival to Revolution: the Literary Career of Thomas MacDonagh' on Wednesday 24th June 2015. (Scroll down to 'Files' to visualise the player).<br /><p>Dr. <strong>Kurt Bullock</strong> is an associate professor at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Irish literature and critical theory and directs senior and master's-level theses. His area of scholarship is the work of Thomas MacDonagh and Joseph Plunkett; he most recently published two chapters on MacDonagh and the <em>Irish Review </em>last summer: "From Revival to Revolution: Thomas MacDonagh and the <em>Irish Review</em>" in <em>Ireland and the New Journalism </em>(eds. Karen Steele, Michael de Nie); and "Literary Provocateur: Revival, Revolt, and the Censure of the <em>Irish Review</em>" in <em>The Home Rule Crisis, 1912-1914 </em>(ed. Gabriel Doherty). <br />See also <a title="Bibliography" href="http://revival2revolution.omeka.net/bibliography" target="_blank">Bibliography</a> for further information on his scholarship</p>
Kurt Bullock
24 June 2015
MP3
English
Oral lecture
2015, 1878-1916