Past Participants

Over the years the following speakers have given the Kate O'Brien lecture. As we archives grow we will also have links to each of the following:

Year	Lecturer
2010	Ruth Padel
2009	John Banville
2008	John Bird
2007	Ruairi Quinn
2006	Dorothy Cross
2005	Kevin Whelan
2004	Fatima Gailani
2003	Ferdinand Mount
2002	Laurie Taylor
2001	Terry Eagleton
2000	Blake Morrison
1999	Victoria Glendinning
1998	Gearoid O'Tuathaigh
1997	Marina Warner
1996	Carmen Calil
1995	Roy Foster
1994	Robert Kee
1993	Robert Fisk
1992	Maeve Binchy
1991	Paul Smith
1990	Lorna Reynolds
1989	Jose Maria de Areilza
1988	Francis Stuart
1987	Benedict Kiely
1985	Eavan Boland

Alphabetical Listing of Participants
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

To find a participant from any of the archived years please select the letter of their surname from the listings above.
Click here for a full listing of archived participants.

Please note: Participant biography is based on the information available the year they appeared at the Kate O'Brien Weekend. Click on the link next to each name to jump to the archive of featured year(s).