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Home > The Fourth International Féile Fidelma
Cashel Arts Fest is delighted to announce that the fourth three-day international gathering of Fidelma enthusiasts
will take place on September 7th-9th 2012 in Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
We look forward to welcoming both familar and new faces to this event, which promises to be the best yet.
Sister Fidelma is the heroine-sleuth of a series of popular novels and
short stories by author Peter Tremayne. She is an Irish religieuse of
the 7th Century AD who is also a trained advocate of the ancient Irish
law system of the time - the Brehon law system.
Féile Fidelma 2012 Programme:
Friday September 7th
An Evening with Peter Tremayne
Saturday September 8th
Professor Damian Bracken - “The Conflict Between the Early Irish Churches and Rome”
Cora Harrison - “A Conflict of Law”
Richard O’Brien - Forts of the Eóghanacht and comments on Rath na Drinne in preparation for the afternoon tour of Rath na Drinne.
(Rath na Drinne appears in the Fidelma books as the site of Ferloga’s Tavern -
recent excavation show it is a far older date than 7th century)
Sunday September 9th
Anna Heussaff - “Is Fidelma a Real Woman?
Neil Donnelly - “Dramatising Fidelma”
David R. Wooten - The International Sister Fidelma Society – Past and Future
Registration
To register for Féile Fidelma 2012, please use our online payment option below. Registration is $225 and includes all lectures, a tour of Rath na Drinne, the Opening Reception, the Gala Dinner and all coffee breaks.
Please note that there is a discount of for early registration until May 1st. Registration until May 1st is $195. Thereafter the normal rate of $225 will apply.
Click here to go to The International Sister Fidelma Society
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Welcome to the Cashel Arts Fest website. Cashel Arts Fest is a 10 day festival of music, visual art, theatre, comedy, talks, workshops, family and children's events.
Cashel Arts Fest provides opportunities for all sections of the community to engage with a variety of art disciplines in an enjoyable and meaningful way.
The small voluntary committee work hard year round to bring an exciting and varied programme of events to Cashel each November.
We hope you will join in the fun and festivities of our varied programme, which embraces our mission Arts for All.
Check out photos of previous festivals on Facebook and follow us on twitter @cashelartsfest.
Cashel Arts Fest has been chosen as the winner of Cashel Enterprise Awards 2011. Thank you to all who voted, the organising committee and Cashel Chamber of Commerce
The fourth bi-annual International Féile Fidelma has just been announced. It will take place from September 7th-9th 2012. More details under the Féile Fidelma Page.
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Thank you and Acknowledgements |
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All our sponsors, Cashel Heritage and Development Trust, The Staff of Cashel Heritage Centre, Tesco Cashel, Cashel Library and staff, Brú Ború and staff, Cashel Credit Union, O’Brien’s Holiday Lodge, Ardmayle Heritage Society, Halla na Féile committee and caretaker, Minogue’s Furnoture, Cashel Community School, Cashel Palace Hotel and staff, Spafield Family Resource Centre and staff, The Very Reverend Dean Philip Knowles and Chapter, Sally O’Leary (South Tipperary Arts Officer), David Wooten and the International Sr. Fidelma Society, St. Patrick’s Brass Band (Cashel), John Geehan and Ceol na Leanaí, Tipperary Gospel Choir, Order of Malta, Na Gardaí Síochána, Michael McDonnell (photographer), Tipperary Star, The Nationalist, South Tipp Today, Tipp Mid West Radio, Tipp FM, to all our volunteers and to all who helped in any way. |
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