MELICAN GATHERING
Fiddle Head, Kilmihil
June 27 – 29, 2013
Schedule
June 27
6 pm: Registration
7 pm: Dinner, presentations on Melican research including
Martin Melican on his family's emigration to Australia
Elizabeth Melican Odell on her research
June 28
10 am: Tour County Clare by charter bus driven by Michael Melican of Shyan
Tour some towns where Melicans Iived:
Doonbeg, Kilmacduane, Kilmihil, Lissycasey (including a Killeen,
children's graveyard on the old homeplace of the Toberniddaun Melicans),
Kildysart, Newmarket (Inismacnaghten), Tulla
Other places to see along the way: Cliffs of Moher and the Burren
7 pm: Dinner, more Melican research: Tom Weingart on a dna study
Irish music
June 29
Noon: Scattery Island (time dependant on tides and weather), Kilrush, Kilbaha, Carrigaholt
7 pm: Dinner followed by a talk on "Irish Pioneers in New Zealand 1860 – 1880" by Ciara Breathnach,
PhD, lecturer at University of Limerick
Irish music
Other potential places to visit:
County Clare: Craggaunowen, (reconstructed lake dwelling): www.shannonheritage.com Bunratty Folk Park, Aran Islands, Killaloe
County Meath: Newgrange (Megalithic Mound, 3200 BC): www.newgrange.com
Suggested links for lodging:
Kindly contact if you plan to attend and if you are interested in a day trip to Newgrange,
and partial day trips to Bunratty and the Aran Islands before and after the present schedule.
Elizabeth Melican Odell deodell@mac.com or Melican Clan on Facebook
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