Ireland’s man in Scotland to chart Celtic connections
Irish diplomat Daniel Mulhall will deliver the third in a series of prestigious lectures at the University of Aberdeen next month.
Mr Mulhall, Consul General of Ireland in Scotland, will share his views on how Ireland is building bridges with Scotland in trade, tourism, culture and politics in his lecture Making the Caledonian Connection: Building Bridges with Ireland.
His lecture is the third of four in the Across the Water: Reflections on Scotland and Ireland lecture series, which has been organised by the University’s Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies. It will take place at King’s College Conference Centre on Tuesday, March 13, at 7.00pm.
“Everywhere I go, I encounter a genuine interest in Ireland and a desire to reinforce old links while nurturing new ones,” said Mr Mulhall.
“Scots are acutely aware of the rapid economic changes that have transformed Ireland over the last decade. There is a keenness to tap into our experience and explore its potential implications for their own future developments. But there is much more that we in Ireland can learn from Scotland’s record as one of the oldest economies in the world.”
The first lecture in the Across the Water series was given by Canon Kenyon Wright, former Chair of the Scottish Constitutional Convention, last November. Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney delivered the last lecture earlier this month.
Scottish journalist and critic Joyce McMillan will chair the event. Free tickets for the lecture are available from the University Press Office on (01224) 272014, or by e-mailing pubrel@abdn.ac.uk
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