Marking 125 years of Shamrock Rovers Football Club, 15 Years in Tallaght, and 30 years of TU Dublin’s BA in Media Production & Digital Arts!
SRFC, TU Dublin School of Media and South Dublin County Council would like to invite you to join us, on Saturday December 7th in the 1899 Suite, Tallaght Stadium to celebrate the club’s history and community, and to showcase the Shamrock Rovers in the Community Project, based at TU Dublin.
The event will feature speakers from club administration, players past and present, and club historians, and will showcase research insights from the Shamrock Rovers in the Community Project, centering on Rovers fans and volunteers.
The project, details of which are at https://www.shamrockrovers.ie/2024/09/04/shamrock-rovers-in-the-community-project-2024/, is the outcome of partnership between SRFC and researchers in the School of Media on TU Dublin’s Tallaght Campus, and has welcomed the support of SDCC at the Tallaght Stadium.
The morning’s schedule will showcase a photographic exhibition, by Dr. Glenn Doyle, featuring SRFC match-day volunteers, as well as media-based content produced by Media Production & Digital Arts students, focusing on the club and its related activities.
This is a ticketed event for capacity control reasons, but the tickets are free!
Ticket link https://www.shamrockrovers.ie/tud/
Download your e-ticket to show at the event entrance either as a printout, or on your smartphone.
Contact [email protected] with any questions.
Shamrock Rovers in the Community Conference Schedule 7th December 2024
Welcome & Conference Launch
09.30 – 09.50 Speakers: John Martin (CEO SRFC), Dr. Kevin Hora MPRII (School of Media, TU Dublin) and Nicola Coffey (Tallaght Stadium Manager, SDCC)
Session One: Club and Community
09.50 – 10.00 Speaker: Eoghan O’Meara (SRFC Community Officer)
10.00 – 10.10 Speaker: Ciaran Kane (Director, Shamrock Rovers Foundation)
10.00 – 10.40 Panel Discussion. Panel Chair: Macdara Ferris. Panel: John Martin – CEO Shamrock Rovers FC, Aaron Greene – Player, Academy Coach and Tallaght resident, Pico Lopes – Player and Tallaght resident, Orlaith White, S & C Coach SRFC Women’s Team, Ella Kelly, Academy graduate and senior Women’s team player.
10.40 – 11.00 Club History. Speakers: Macdara Ferris and Robert Goggins (Club Historians)
11.00 – 11.20 Tea Break
Session Two: TU Dublin Shamrock Rovers in the Community Project
11.20 – 11. 30 Speaker: Dr Glenn Doyle
11.30 – 11.50 SR in the Community Project: Volunteer-Based Research. Speaker: Anna Maria Mullally
11.50 – 12.00 SR in the Community Project: Fan-Based Research. Speakers: Heather O’Connor (Graduate MP&DA and SRFC Media Volunteer) & Jonathan Daczkowski (Graduate MP& DA and Fan)
12.00 – 12.30 Student Filmmaking and SRFC. Speakers: Alan Fitzpatrick (TV Production Skills Lecturer) and students from the MP&DA Undergraduate Degree.
Short Film screening.
Speaker: Ally McKenzie, Documentary Film Director. TBC
Screening: Twice in a Lifetime (A. MacKenzie, Ireland, 2023)
Session Three: Looking Back with former Rovers Players
12.30 – 13.00 Discussion Chair: Macdara Ferris. Speakers: Former Players – Derek Tracey, John Coady and Barry Murphy
Closing Remarks
13.00 Speakers: Mark Lynch, Dr Glenn Doyle and Anna Maria Mullally
