Programme

The following programme is provisional and will be confirmed in April 2026.

9:30am: Registration and informal networking.

10:00am: Welcome from President of TU Dublin, Dr Deirdre Lillis.

10:10am: Opening Address by Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, Charlie McConalogue TD

10:30am: Keynote Address by Prof. Paul Rouse, UCD. Sport and the Asylum.

11:30am: Tea, coffee break with informal networking.

12:00noon: Panel Discussion with Ed Randolph. US Basketballers in Irish Sport since the 1980s.

12:20pm: Panel Discussion.

1:00pm: Lunch break

2:00pm: Presentation by Julien Clénet. The Phoenix Park and sport in the nineteenth century: contested space?

2:15pm: Presentation by Anna Maria Mullally, Making Waves: Female Swimmers in Dublin 1870 - 1930.

2:30pm: Presentation by Terry Clavin, Dublin’s role in the early history of the Camogie Association.

2:45pm: Presentation by Siobhán Doyle, GAA in 100 Objects.

3:00pm: Tea, coffee break with informal networking.

3:30pm: Presentation by Cormac Moore, The Day "A Nation Once Again" played Brazil.

3:45pm: Presentation by Conor Curran, Liverpool FC supporters’ clubs in Dublin in the late twentieth century.

4:00pm: Panel Discussion involving all afternoon presenters, following up on themes emerging from the day.

4:50pm: Closing address.

5:00pm: Finish.