The Committee will make every effort to keep to this programme. However, changes may have to be made if speakers or venues are unavailable through unforeseen circumstances
SEPTEMBER 2013
Thursday 12th Phil Dunne, MA
“The American Dream and Black Writers”
OCTOBER
Thursday 10th Eric Dempsey, Professional Bird Guide, Speaker, Author, Photographer
“A Year of Birds with Eric Dempsey”
Thursday 24th Gerry Murphy, Meteorologist, Weather Presenter
“Forecasting and Communicating the Weather”
NOVEMBER 
Thursday 10th Pat Liddy, Historian
Where did Dublin come from”
Thursday 28th Dr. Matthew Jebb ,
Director National Botanic Gardens
“In praise of plants”
DECEMBER
Thursday 12th December
Christmas Celebration by Guild Members (programme later)
JANUARY
Thursday 9th Robert Ballagh, Artist, Painter, Designer
“An Artist’s Perspective”
Thursday 23rd Seamus Martin, Journalist, Author, Retired International Editor of the Irish Times
“ A life in Journalism”
FEBRUARY
Thursday 13th Brother Kevin Crowley OFM Cap., Director of The Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People, Church Street www.homeless.ie
Fundraising Auction in aid of the Centre at this Meeting. Tom Scollan Auctioneer
Thursday 27th Anne Doyle, Journalist, Presenter, Retired RTE News Reader. 
“Spreading the News”
MARCH
Thursday 13th Rachael English, Journalist, Broadcaster, Author
“From News to Novel”
Thursday 27th Professor Joe Barry, School of Medicine TCD
“Social Medical Issues”
APRIL
Thursday 10th Dr Anna Clarke, International Night : Peru
Thursday 24th Ami O’ Regan, Dietary Counsellor 
“You are what You Eat and Absorb”
MAY
Thursday 8th Abdullahi -El- Tom, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology Department, NUI Maynooth.
“Darfur the Worst Humanitarian Disaster of the Twentieth Century”- Kofi Annan
Thursday 22nd AGM and Competition for Mary Clarke Cup
JUNE
Thursday 12th June Anne O’ Dea, Guild Member
“Summer Flowers” 