 TALES OF MEDIEVAL DUBLIN
LUNCHTIME LECTURE SERIES
The Friends of Medieval Dublin and Dublin City Council are pleased to announce the launch of TALES OF MEDIEVAL DUBLIN, an annual lunchtime lecture series exploring the lives of seven different and fascinating inhabitants of Medieval Dublin.
It will be officially launched by Michael D. Higgins TD, on Tuesday 21 June 2011 at 1.00pm in the new Wood Quay Venue, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.
Following the launch, Stephen Harrison will present 'The Viking's Tale', on how new research on a group of artefacts found in a gravel pit at Islandbridge in 1866 is casting new light on on the earliest Viking inhabitants of Dublin.
Each of the six subsequent lectures will run on a Tuesday mid-month from July to December in the Wood Quay Venue of Dublin City Council, against the unique backdrop of a stretch of the original Hiberno-Norse wall dating from the 12th century.
Admission is free and no pre-registration is required. All lectures take place at the Wood Quay Venue in the Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 at 1.15pm to 1.45pm unless stated otherwise. Further information is available from talesofmedievaldublin@gmail.com or by telephone to the Friends of Medieval Dublin on 085 7769358.
Full details of the lecture series are available below, or click here for a PDF file (3.5Mb) of the poster for the lecture series.
| DATE |
LECTURE |
LECTURERS |
Tuesday 21 June 2011
(13.15-14.00)
|
The Viking’s Tale
New research on a group of artefacts found in a gravel pit at Islandbridge in 1866 is casting new light on
one of the earliest Viking inhabitants of Dublin. |
Stephen Harrison |
| Tuesday 12 July 2011 |
The Mother’s Tale
Allegedly married in succession three times, to a Norse king and to two Irish high-kings, Gormlaith appears
to have been something of a Jezebel. Does she deserve this reputation?
|
Howard Clarke |
| Tuesday 9 August 2011 |
The Peasant’s Tale
What would it have been like to be a peasant in the medieval period? Learn about some of the problems
these farmers had to overcome in order to survive in the eleventh century.
|
Cherie Peters |
| Tuesday 20 September 2011 |
The Archdeacon’s Tale
Nicholas de Clere was both archdeacon of Dublin and treasurer of Ireland in the late thirteenth century. This
tale looks at his spiritual and secular careers and explains why they ended in imprisonment and disgrace.
|
Margaret Murphy |
Tuesday 11 October 2011
|
The Mason’s Tale
John More was mason at Dublin Castle in 1372 and instrumental in the repair of the great bridge of Dublin
in 1385/6.
|
Michael O’Neill |
| Tuesday 22 November 2011 |
The Notary’s Tale
Involved in legal administration and literary commissions, James Yonge is a fascinating fifteenth-century
Dubliner who produces one of the most interesting Hiberno-Middle English works of his century.
|
Caoimhe Whelan |
| Tuesday 13 December 2011 |
The Man of Law’s Tale
James Stanihurst served as both Recorder of Dublin and parliamentary Speaker. Hear the tale of this scholarly lawyer who assisted in Queen Mary's Catholic restoration and Queen Elizabeth's Protestant Reformation.
|
Colm Lennon |
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