Join us Saturday, 5th of October, 9.30 am – 5 pm, for this year’s in-person Medieval Dublin Symposium at the Neill lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin.
The 25th Medieval Dublin symposium, presented as part of the Dublin Festival of History, will showcase new research in the history and archaeology of medieval Dublin. Dublin Festival of History is brought to you by Dublin City Council and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company.
The purpose of the annual Medieval Dublin symposium is to provide a way through which specialists, amateurs, historians, archaeologists, teachers, students, and everyone whose talents and interests are required to make complete the business of history, excavation and post excavation, can collaborate and provide us, and the Dubliners of the future, with a clearer picture of the early growth of this remarkable city.
25th Medieval Dublin Symposium Programme
9.30–9.40 Introduction
Seán Duffy
9.40–10.30 Exciting new Viking discoveries from excavations at the edge of Kilmainham
Antoine Giacometti
10.30–11.10 A man of all kingdoms? The rise and fall of Echmarcach Rǫgnvaldsson (d. c.1064)
Russell Ó Riagáin
11.10–11.40 Break
11.40–12.25 St Lorcán Ua Tuathail and the sieges of Dublin, 1170–71
Jesse Harrington
12.25–12.50 Reimagining St John’s priory, medieval headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Kilmainham: a Covid ‘sanity project’
Ruth Johnson
12.50–14.00 Lunch (not provided)
14.00–14.45 Excavations of a multi-phase site at Molyneux House, Bride Street, Dublin 8
Chris Coffey
14.45–15.30 “Which should we hang first, the holly or each other?”: Henry II’s Christmas court at Dublin, 1171
Denis Casey
15.30–16.00 Break
16.00–17.00 Wood Quay 50th Anniversary Event
The commencement of the Wood Quay excavations in 1974: a reappraisal
Pat Wallace
Admission Free ∙ All Welcome ∙ No Registration Required
For event details Contact: Prof Seán Duffy <sduffy@tcd.ie> / Dr Caoimhe Whelan <secretary.fmd@gmail.com>