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31/08/2012
Minister To Commemorate The 'Liberator'
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan TD will tomorrow, 1 host a seminar to commemorate the ‘Liberator’, Daniel O'Connell, in Derrynane House, Caherdaniel, Co Kerry on Saturday 1st September, 2012.
The seminar will be addressed by the Minister and two invited speakers, Dan Mulhall and Nettie Douglass.
Dan Mulhall, Irish Ambassador to Germany, will present a paper on ‘King Dan and the German Prince: Daniel O'Connell's meeting with Hermann von Puckler-Muskau, September 1828’.
Nettie Douglass, great great granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, will present a paper on the influence that Daniel O'Connell had on Frederick after meeting him when he came to visit Ireland in 1845. Her paper is entitled 'O'Connell, Douglass and Lincoln: The Legacy of Emancipation'.
Speaking ahead of the seminar Minister Deenihan said that he was delighted to welcome the guest speakers and the audience to the home of Daniel O'Connell.
"I have been a lifelong admirer of Daniel O'Connell and his achievements in asserting through peaceful means the cause of the Irish people at a time when the lot of the ordinary Irishman was arguably at its lowest ebb. I believe that he is distinguished in his age for his dedication to the advancement of society, his recognition of the universality of human rights and his unshakeable commitment to his principles."
(CD/GK)
The seminar will be addressed by the Minister and two invited speakers, Dan Mulhall and Nettie Douglass.
Dan Mulhall, Irish Ambassador to Germany, will present a paper on ‘King Dan and the German Prince: Daniel O'Connell's meeting with Hermann von Puckler-Muskau, September 1828’.
Nettie Douglass, great great granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, will present a paper on the influence that Daniel O'Connell had on Frederick after meeting him when he came to visit Ireland in 1845. Her paper is entitled 'O'Connell, Douglass and Lincoln: The Legacy of Emancipation'.
Speaking ahead of the seminar Minister Deenihan said that he was delighted to welcome the guest speakers and the audience to the home of Daniel O'Connell.
"I have been a lifelong admirer of Daniel O'Connell and his achievements in asserting through peaceful means the cause of the Irish people at a time when the lot of the ordinary Irishman was arguably at its lowest ebb. I believe that he is distinguished in his age for his dedication to the advancement of society, his recognition of the universality of human rights and his unshakeable commitment to his principles."
(CD/GK)
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