Programme
The programme for the symposium is provided below. For information about the individual talks, please visit the Presenters page.
Register here to attend this symposium on 10 June 2026
Morning Session
Welcome and Opening
09:30: Registration and informal networking.
10:00: Welcome from President of TU Dublin, Dr Deirdre Lillis.
10:10: Opening Address by Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, Charlie McConalogue TD
Keynote Address
10:30: Keynote Address by Prof. Paul Rouse, UCD. Sport and the Asylum.
11:30: Tea, coffee break with informal networking.
Panel Discussions
12:00: Panel Discussion with Ed Randolph and Jerome Westbrooks. US Basketballers in Irish Sport since the 1980s.
12:30: Panel Discussion with Azeez Yusuff, Taha Hassen, Kerrie Clohessy from Sport Against Racism Ireland. Inclusion and Diversity in Sport.
13:00: Lunch break. Lunch can be purchased in the TU Dublin restaurant in Rathdown House.
Afternoon Session
Panel - Sport in Nineteenth Century Dublin
14:00: Presentation by Julien Clénet. The Phoenix Park and sport in the nineteenth century: contested space?
14:15: Presentation by Anna Maria Mullally, Making Waves: Female Swimmers in Dublin 1870 - 1930.
14:30: Panel Discussion
Break
14:50: 20-minute tea / coffee break
Panel - Gaelic Sports
15:10: Presentation by Terry Clavin, Dublin’s role in the early history of the Camogie Association.
15:25: Presentation by Siobhán Doyle, GAA in 100 Objects.
15:40: Panel Discussion
16:00: Brief Break
Panel - Soccer
16:10: Presentation by Cormac Moore, The Day "A Nation Once Again" played Brazil.
16:25: Presentation by Conor Curran, Liverpool FC supporters’ clubs in Dublin in the late twentieth century.
16:40: Panel Discussion
Close
17:00 Closing address.
Post Conference
18:30 Movie. Following the conclusion of the conference, attendees are welcome to stay in TU Dublin to attend a showing of the movie Salute. This 2008 movie recalls the iconic black power salutes raised by athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during the medal ceremony for the 200m sprint at the 1968 Olympic games.
Photo Credit: Programme for the Richmond Asylum Annual Athletic Sports, 1901, National Archives of Ireland, Priv 1223/22/16/