Previous Summer Schools

Inaugural Thomas D'Arcy McGee Summer School 2012 The inaugural Thomas D’Arcy McGee Summer School took place in Carlingford, Co. Louth from August 20 – 22. The three day event included a series of lectures and discussions from academics and pol...

2nd Annual Thomas D'Arcy McGee Summer School Following the success of the inaugural Summer School, 2013 saw the school enter it's 2nd year with an equally packed line up of academics, politicians and historians once again exploring the life and...

3rd Annual Thomas D'Arcy McGee Summer School 2014 saw the Summer School enter it's third year, and with participant numbers growing each year it was decided to move to the Four Seasons Hotel in Carlingford to accommodate the larger crowds. As...

4th Annual Thomas D'Arcy McGee Summer School 2015 saw the Summer School enter it's fourth year and a return to the Carlingford Heritage Center. As in previous years the attendees would look forward to a packed two days of discussion, debate ...

Thomas D’Arcy McGee Summer School 21st -23rd  August, 2017 Carlingford, Co Louth Canadian Confederation & Irish Fenianism The year 2017 marks the 150th  anniversary of Confederation in Canada and of a Fenian Rising in Ireland. Thomas D’A...