FRIENDS OF MEDIEVAL DUBLIN – 17th Medieval Dublin Symposium
Saturday 16 May 2015
Robert Emmet Theatre (Room 2037)
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
09.30 Registration and opening remarks
SEÁN DUFFY
09.40 The return of a St Mary’s Abbey manuscript to Dublin after 400 years
BERNARD MEEHAN
10. 30 Rediscovering the Columban legacy of Lambay
GABRIEL COONEY
11.10 TEA AND COFFEE
11.30 The church of Bearach, the grange of Baldoyle and the town of the dark stranger: excavations in suburban Dublin
PAUL DUFFY
12.10 Urban gentry: the county and civic elite of later medieval Dublin
BRIAN COLEMAN
12.50 LUNCH
14.00 Ireland, Saracens and the chanson de geste of Brian Boru?
CATHERINE SWIFT
14.40 Civil disobedience: Dublin and the rebellion of Hugh II de Lacy, 1223-4
DANIEL BROWN
15.20 TEA AND COFFEE
15. 40 Giants, dragons and magic: Sir Tristrem’s adventures in medieval Dublin CAOIMHE WHELAN
16.20 Excavations at Swords Castle gatehouse: bodies and buildings
MARK MORAGHAN
ADMISSION FREE ∙ ALL WELCOME
NO ADVANCE REGISTRATION OR BOOKING REQUIRED
For further information, contact Prof. Seán Duffy sduffy@tcd.ie