9.45am Assemble at Corick House Hotel, Clogher (10.00am prompt departure)

A Literary Tour
of County Fermanagh


Image courtesy Fermanagh County Museum © Carole Durix

Coach tour in County Fermanagh by Gordon Brand & Frank McHugh with particular reference to the literary work of Shan Bullock and his early years on the Crom Estate. Shan Bullock took his pen name from one of William Carleton's short stories, 'Shan Fadh's Wedding'. Like Carleton he spent his working life away from his childhood home, but his literary imagination remained focused on the comic characters and stories of his boyhood in rural West Ulster.

The tour also includes a visit to Portora Hill, to take in a breathtaking view of the island town of Enniskillen, recent host to the G8 Summit. It will also allow us to contrast the work of Shan Bullock with that of literary giants, Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde, who spent their formative years at Portora Royal School. Portora Hill is also the location where Edward Carson launched the Ulster Covenant campaign in September 1912.

Coach returns to Corick House Hotel at 7.30pm

Booking essential: for more details
Contact Frank McHugh
e: f.mchugh4@btinternet.com
Cost: £30/€35 including snack, lunch & evening meal.

Gordon Brand
from Enniskillen is the Secretary of the William Carleton Society. He edited the summer school's volume 'William Carleton: The Authentic Voice'. He gives occasional lectures on Oscar Wilde, Anthony Trollope, William Allingham and Patrick MacGill. He has written extensively on a range of different local history topics.

Frank McHugh
was born in Belfast. He is a professional genealogist. He set up the Fermanagh Family History Society in 2008. He was formerly Head of Drama at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and is the Deputy Director of the William Carleton Summer School.