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This year the Friends of Medieval Dublin will once again be offering free guided walking tours of Medieval Dublin during Heritage Week 2015. Come explore life in the city 1,000 years ago and see how your ancestors lived. Click here to sign-up for one of our free walking tours.
Find out more »The next lecture in the 2015 Milestones of Medieval Dublin lecture series will be given by Áine Foley focusing on the execution of William de Bermingham in 1332.
Find out more »Our next lecture in the 2015 Milestones of Medieval Dublin series will be given by Edward Coleuman (UCD) on the origins of banking in Dublin.
Find out more »Our next speaker in the 2015 Milestones of Medieval Dublin series is Sparky Booker (Swansea University) and she will be speaking on the manorial court rolls of Lucan.
Find out more »Our final speaker in our 2015 Milestones of Medieval Dublin lecture series will be Raymond Gillespie and he will be speaking on the introduction of the printing press to Dublin.
Find out more »‘Medieval music at St Patrick’s cathedral Dublin: the Dublin troper’. Dr Frank Lawrence, Lecturer in Early Music History, UCD This event is free and no booking is required. http://www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/media/file/Music%20in%20context.pdf
Find out more »Join us on 05 April 2016 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Friends of Medieval Dublin and the launch of Medieval Dublin XV. At 6.00 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 April 2016 in the New Common Room, Trinity College Dublin, (entrance via Dining Hall steps, Front Square). Medieval Dublin XV ed. Seán Duffy, will be launched by Professor Linda Hogan, Vice-Provost of Trinity College Dublin.
Find out more »‘New light on the foundation of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin’ (Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute Seminar) Dagmar Ó Riain Raedel, Emeritus Lecturer, University College Cork http://www.academia.edu/20431078/Mícheál_Ó_Cléirigh_seminars_Jan-April_2016 https://penitentials.wordpress.com/relevant-events/other-micheal-o-cleirigh-events/ FRIDAY 8 APRIL, 16.00, Room K114, Newman Building, UCD Belfield Dublin 4
Find out more »Join us on Saturday, 21 May 2016 for the 18th Medieval Dublin symposium. This year’s symposium takes place – as usual – in the Robert Emmet Theater (Room 2037) in the Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin and the lineup promises a wealth of new information on medieval Dublin. Opening with an investigation of the archaeology of James’s Street by Antoine Giacometti and followed by Áine Foley’s exploration of piety and patronage demonstrated by the Anglo-Norman le Brun family, this year’s symposium will…
Find out more »As part of Heritage Week 2016, the Friends of Medieval Dublin will, once again, be running free walking tours of medieval Dublin. This year we have organised five different one-hour tours to take place throughout the week. Sat 20th August 13:00 to 14:00 Mon 22nd August 18:00 to 19:00 Wed 24th August 18:00 to 19:00 Fri 26th August 18:00 to 19:00 Sat 27th August 13:00 to 14:00 The Friends of Medieval Dublin walks of the medieval city are conducted by experts…
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