Vincent Hanley Summer School: The Music Legacy

Rockin’ the 80s

Vincent Hanley Summer School: The Music Legacy of Vincent Hanley with Conor McAnally and Guest Speakers
– Showgrounds Shopping Centre

A highlight of this year’s programme is the Vincent Hanley Summer School, a symposium and vital opportunity to celebrate one of Ireland’s significant celebrities and cultural figures, Vincent Hanley, a Clonmel native.

TV writer, producer and director Conor McAnally will be joined by Billy McGrath (Filmmaker and Irish TV veteran) and Jim Carroll (music journalist and editor RTÉ Brainstorm) to discuss Vincent’s life as a pioneer of Irish broadcasting, trailblazer and household favourite, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of music and popular culture that took him past radio to TV and beyond.

Since his death in 1987 and despite his iconic status, Vincent has not been given the critical attention he deserves beyond a couple of TV and film documentaries. The Vincent Hanley Summer School seeks to right this imbalance, exploring Vincent’s legacy while also endeavouring to make sense of the extraordinary change in Irish society in the intervening years.

With live music from The Waheys.