FRIENDS OF MEDIEVAL DUBLIN
6th Medieval Dublin
Symposium 2004

Saturday 29 May 2004
Supported by the Department of Medieval History, TCD
and the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Admission free. All welcome.

Trinity College, Dublin
Ussher Theatre
(Room 2037)
  09.30

Registration and opening remarks
Seán Duffy
  09.45

Ninth-century Viking Dublin:
the evidence unfolds
 Linzi Simpson
  10.30 Development phases in
Hiberno-Norse Dublin:
a tale of two cities
 Andy Halpin
  11.00 Tea / coffee
  11.20 Standards of living in the
medieval Dublin region -
archaeological &
documentary approaches
Margaret Murphy &
Michael Potterton
  12.00 The Monasticon Hibernicum
project: the diocese of Dublin
 Ailbhe MacShamhráin
  12.45

Lunch
Details of last year's
Medieval Dublin Symposium 2003
  Christ Church Cathedral
Dublin
(Song School)
  14.15

Welcome by the dean
 Desmond Harman
  14.20

Medieval manuscripts from Christ
Church & their significance
Raymond Refaussé
  14.30 Liber niger
Colmán Ó Clabaigh
  15.10 Liber albus
Alan J. Fletcher
  15.45 Tea / coffee
  16.00 Book of obits
Colm Lennon
  16.50 Summary
Raymond Gillespie
  17.00  

Recital: (Cornysh, Salve Regina)
Res Nova
  17.30 Launch of Medieval Dublin V
John Fitzgerald (city manager) &
Patrick Wallace (director, National Museum of Ireland)
  18.00 Reception for the Friends of
Medieval Dublin hosted by the
Friends of Christ Church
EXHIBITION PREVIEW: Manuscripts associated with the cathedral priory, including the Christ Church psalter from the Bodleian library in Oxford, and the book of obits and martyrology from Trinity College, Dublin will be on display during the reception.