Overhead and Underfoot: Legacies of World War II around Lough Neagh
Overhead and Underfoot Conference: 16th -17th October 2018
The Old Courthouse, Market Square, Antrim
Registration and tea and coffee 9.30am
Welcome – Mayor Councillor Paul Michael, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
10.00am-10.05am
Session one 10.10am-11.30am
SETTING THE HISTORICAL SCENE
Paul Clark ( Television Presenter ) – The power of the WWII story
Richard Doherty ( Military Historian and author ) – Setting the scene of WWII in the Lough Neagh Area
Alan Freeburn ( Education Officer NI War Memorial ) – Dark Histories around the Lough
Aidan Fee ( Stewartstown and District Local History Society ) – Evacuees around the lough
Questions and comments
Tea break 11.30am-11.45am
Session two 11.45am-1pm
WORKING WITH THE LEGACIES
Jonny Mc Nee ( Aviation Historian ) – Inspiring stories of WWII community projects
Ernie Cromie ( Ulster Aviation Society and author ) – The story of military aviation in NI during WWII
John McCann ( Historian and Author ) Passing Through
Rebecca Milligan ( PhD researcher QUB ) – Hauntology and mapping WWII stories
Questions and comments
Lunch 1pm-2pm
Session three 2 pm-3.15 pm
COLLECTING, RECORDING AND DISSEMINATING
Dr Jim O Neil ( Historian and Archaeologist ) – Surveying the built heritage
Ian Henderson ( Consultant in Tourism and Military Historian ) – World War II legacy potential
Jenny Hasslett ( Manager NI War Memorial ) – Collecting and recording for communities
Ian Montgomery ( Public Records Office of Northern Ireland ) – PRONI – A resource
Tea break 3.15pm-3.30pm
Session four 3.30pm-4.30pm
THE WAY FORWARD
How can Lough Neagh communities engage with, protect and publicise their World War II heritage?
- small groups to discuss ideas
- bring together to share ideas and make connections
Closing remarks.
Wednesday 17th October: Overhead and Underfoot Bus Tour
Please note there is a limit of 50 spaces on this tour, these will be provided on a first come, first serve basis
Visiting Toomebridge sites, Clontoe / Ardboe sites and Maze / Ulster Aviation Society
(Lunch provided)
Depart 10 am – Carpark beside The Old Courthouse, Market Square, Antrim – return 4.30
Facilitators
Emma Mc Bride (Historic Environment Division, Dept for Communities)
Pat Grimes (Ardboe Gallery, Historian and Author)
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