CUMANN CHLANN

DÍSEART
Ó DEÁGHAIDH

7th INTERNATIONAL
 O'DEA CLAN GATHERING

  July 4 - 7, 2008

Draft Programme

Friday, July 4

4:00 to 6:00 PM
Registration
Banner Room Foyer, Old Ground Hotel

4:30 - 6:00 PM
Clan Connections
Informal family genealogy assistance.  Share what you know and ask what you need to find out about your O'Dea Clan roots.

7:00 PM
Official Opening and Welcome Reception
Waterpark House
(Ennis Town Council Chambers)

8:00 PM
The O'Dea Clan: its History and Lore
Talk by Risteard Úa Cróinín, Clan Historian and
author of O Dea- The Story of a Rebel Clan
Banner Room, Old Ground Hotel

Social Hour Following Talk
Meet and Greet Clansmen and women from Far and Wide

Saturday, July 5

10:00 - 2:00 PM
Coach trip to Dysert O Dea Castle
Official O Dea Clan Photograph
Inauguration of Taoiseach John B. O'Day III
Irish Coffee & Irish smoked salmon
Guided walking tour of Dysert O Dea historical sites

2:00 P.M.
Return to Ennis. Free time for lunch

 3:30 PM
Short guided tour of medieval Ennis

5:00 PM
Informal session
John O Dea's Pub, O'Connell St., Ennis

7:45 PM
Coaches leave Old Ground Hotel for Bunratty
8:00 - 11:00 PM
O Dea Clan Medieval Banquet
Bunratty Castle
The Medieval Banquet is an optional Extra.  It is often an  overflow event.  Reserve early.

Sunday, July 6

10:00 AM
O Dea Clan Mass
St. Flannan's College, Ennis

11:30 AM
Clan Connections (Session 2)
Informal family genealogy assistance

1:00 to 6:00 PM
Coach Trip to the Cliffs of Moher via the Burren

8:00 PM
O'Dea Clan Farewell Banquet
Banner Room, Old Ground Hotel

9:30 PM
Election of O'Dea Clan Tánaiste (Chieftain Elect)

10:00 PM
Musical entertainment and Clan sing song

Monday, July 7

10:00 AM
Dysert O'Dea Clan Association General Meeting
Banner Room, Old Ground Hotel

2:00 PM
O Dea Golf Tournament
Shannon Golf Club
or
Research at Local Studies Centre (O'Dea Archives)
Clare County Libraries, Ennis

4:30 - 5:00 PM
Presentation of Golf Prizes
Official Close of the Seventh International
O'Dea Clan Gathering

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