WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3rd

Except where stated, all events will take place at
Corick House Hotel, Clogher.
www.corickcountryhouse.com

Jack Johnston
Jack Johnston is the Director of the William Carleton Summer School and Chairman of the Ulster Local History Trust. He has written and lectured widely on local history, and has a particular knowledge of his native Clogher Valley. His publications include articles in a wide range of journals while he has edited local studies in Cavan, Monaghan, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Sligo. One of his earliest articles was ‘The Hedge Schools of Tyrone and Monaghan’ in Clogher Record, (1969). He currently edits The Spark: A Local History Review –now also in its twentieth year. He has planted over 100 trees and was one of the first to introduce the Texel breed of sheep to County Tyrone.

10.30am Tour in Clogher Valley and North Monaghan area led by Jack Johnston, director of the William Carleton summer school.

It will take in local hedge school sites and other educational venues including the new Fivemiletown College.



Evening: 8pm Armagh City Choir; Margaret Skeffington (harpist) at St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher. Tickets at door.