Tales of Medieval Dublin   CONTENTS The Skeleton’s Tale | Linzi Simpson (ind.) The Abbot’s Tale | Seán Duffy (TCD) The Slave’s Tale | Poul Holm (TCD) The Mother’s Tale | Howard B. Clarke (RIA) The Farmer’s Tale | Cherie N. Peters (TCD) The Tax Collector’s Tale | Áine Foley (TCD) The Archdeacon’s Tale | Margaret Murphy (Carlow College) The Crusader’s Tale | Edward Coleman (UCD) The Wife’s Tale | Gillian Kenny (TCD) The Mason’s Tale | Michael O’Neill (ind.)…

The 17th Medieval Dublin Symposium will feature an exciting look at the return of a St Mary’s Abbey manuscript to Dublin after 400 years and tales of dragons terrorizing the medieval city.

The Friends of Medieval Dublin, in partnership with Dublin City Council and Trinity College Dublin, have organised a half-day symposium inspired by the 800th anniversary of the granting of the Magna Carta. A fortnight after the Magna Carta, on 3 July 1215, King John granted the Fee-Farm charter to Dublin. What did this mean for Dublin? And what is the importance of the Fee-Farm charter for Dublin, granted just after its more famous legal cousin, Magna Carta?    

The second talk in the 2015 Milestones of Medieval Dublin series will focus on the fascinating topic of the foundation of Christ Church and will be given by Dr Stuart Kinsella.