Was Sulien at Glendalough? (Prof. Charles Doherty, UCD)
Start Date 24 Aug 2010
End Date 24 Aug 2010
Times 7.30pm
Lectures for the Curious 2010 - Glendalough Visitor Centre
Every Tuesday from 24th August - 21st September at 7.30pm
The theme of this year's series is: Glendalough and its international connections.
Supported by the Heritage Office of Wicklow County Council as an action of the County Wicklow Heritage Plan 2009-14.
Was Sulien at Glendalough? (Prof. Charles Doherty, UCD)
Manuscript evidence testifies that Glendalough was a major centre for education in the 11th and 12th centuries. Sulien, bishop of St. David's in Wales, is said, in his Life, to have spent 10 years studying in Ireland. Prof. Doherty explores the possibility that Sulien may have spent that time in Glendalough rather than Clonmacnoise as is so often suggested.
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The First Century of Anglo-Irish Relations (c. 563 - c. 739) Prof. D. Ó Cróinín, NUIG
Start Date 31 Aug 2010
End Date 31 Aug 2010
Times 7.30pm
Continuing the series of Lectures for the Curious 2010 .....
The 7th century Anglo-Saxon monastery at Rath Melsigí (Clonmelsh, Co. Carlow) was the base from which Willibrord launched his mission to Frisia resulting in the foundation of the monastery of Echternach, Luxembourg.
We are delighted to welcome back Prof. Ó Cróinín who will discuss the evidence for Clonmelsh as the site of this Anglo-Saxon community and why these Anglo-Saxons were here.
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From Glendalough to Austria: The oldest manuscripts of the Life of St. Kevin (Dr. Dagmar Ó Riain Raedal, UCC)
Start Date 07 Sep 2010
End Date 07 Sep 2010
Times 7.30pm
Continuing the series of Lectures for the Curious 2010 ....
Why was a Life of St. Kevin copied and preserved in the library of the Irish Benedictine monastery of Regensburg in the 12th century? Dr. Ó Riain Raedal has recently discovered and identified this Life, now housed in an Austrian library, and suggests a possible line of transmission of the information on St. Kevin from Glendalough to Regensburg.
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Cologne, Dublin and Glendalough: New light on the Market Cross (Dr. Raghnall Ó Floinn, NMI)
Start Date 14 Sep 2010
End Date 14 Sep 2010
Times 7.30pm
Continuing the series of Lectures for the Curious 2010 ....
The Market Cross of Glendalough is an elaborate 12th century granite cross. It incorporates panels of well-established Urnes design, with many decorative elements which are distinctly 'foreign' in origin. Dr. Ó Floinn identifies these elements, offers a possible source for their inspiration and suggests a political motivation for the erection of this distinctive cross. He also throws new light on its original location in Glendalough.
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A Glendalough bishop in Germany? The Four Masters and the Three Gilla na Náems (Dr. D. Ó Riain, UCD)
Start Date 21 Sep 2010
End Date 21 Sep 2010
Times 7.30pm
Continuing the series Lectures for the Curious 2010 ....
According to the Annals of the Four Masters, Bishop Giolla na Náem Laigin of Glendalough travelled to Wurzburg and died there as head of the community of Benedictine monks in 1085. Some fine detective work by Dr. Diarmuid Ó Riain suggests that this may well be a case of mistaken identity.
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