Events at the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival and Summer School for Saturday 25th July 2026. All events at the Maldron Hotel, Shandon except where stated.

9:30 a.m. Peter Foynes: A Heritage stroll. Meet at the Maldron

11:00 a.m. “Remembering the Asbestos War in County Cork 1975-1980”
Speakers: Gertie O’Driscoll, Tom MacSweeney, Derry Chambers & John Twomey.

1:15 p.m. Memories of departed friends.

2:15 p.m. Naomi Masheti. Cork Migrant Centre. “Activism through Story Telling: Raising the Voices of Migrants’

3:30 p.m. John Donoghue. “The Battle of Irish Town: Mother Jones, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Catholic Working Class Resistance 1919-1923.”

5:00 p.m. Celebrating the Vita Cortex Struggle. Speakers: Ex-Workers and Supporters tell their story

6:30 p.m. Plaque events with singer and songwriter Martin Leahy. Singers and musicians welcome. Followed by a traditional whiskey toast to Mother Jones. Plaque is located on John Redmond Street.