THE NEXT HISTORY CLUB MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY MARCH 18th 2025
IN THE FOXROCK PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE AT 20:00
NEW THOUGHTS ON SAINT KEVIN AND GLENDALOUGH
SPEAKER – Christiaan Corlett
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HE FOLKLORE THAT SURROUNDS ST KEVIN IS VERY COLOURFUL AND OFTEN QUITE ANCIENT. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN IT COMES TO FIRM HISTORY THE FACTS ARE THIN ON THE GROUND. WE DON’T KNOW WHEN KEVIN WAS BORN OR WHEN HE FOUNDED THE MONASTERY AT GLENDALOUGH, EXCEPT THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY FOUNDED TOWARDS THE END OF THE 6TH CENTURY. THE ANCIENT ANNALS TELL US THAT HE DIED BETWEEN 618 AND 622.
OTHER EARLY HISTORICAL SOURCES IMPLY THAT HIS FATHER CAEMLUG WAS CONNECTED TO THE DAL MESSIN CORB, WHO WERE A COLLECTION OF FAMILIES THAT RULED MUCH OF LEINSTER DURING THE 5TH AND 6TH CENTURIES. WHILE GLENDALOUGH IS FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS A MONASTERY, IT IS NOT TRUE TO SAY THAT IT SERVED AS A MONASTERY IN THE SAME WAY AS LATER MEDIEVAL OR MODERN EXAMPLES. DURING THE EARLIEST CENTURIES OF CHRISTIANITY IN IRELAND, THERE WERE NO FORMAL PARISHES OR DIOCESES; THESE ONLY DEVELOPED DURING THE 11TH AND 12TH CENTURIES. PRIOR TO THIS, CHURCHES SUCH AS GLENDALOUGH SERVED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ECCLESIASTICAL ROLES. IN THE CENTURIES AFTER ST KEVIN THE NAMES OF MANY OF THE EARLY ABBOTS AND EARLY BISHOPS OF GLENDALOUGH ARE RECORDED IN THE ANNALS. THERE SEEMS LITTLE DOUBT THAT GLENDALOUGH HAD MULTIPLE ECCLESIASTICAL FUNCTIONS.
Christiaan Corlett
CHRISTIANN IS A PROLIFIC AUTHOR AND HAS WRITTEN, COMPILED AND EDITED MANY BOOKS WITH SUBJECT MATTERS RANGING FROM ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, FOLKLORE AND EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY. HE IS ALSO A VERY FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE ARCHAEOLOGY IRELAND AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL JOURNALS, SUCH AS THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND, THE IRISH ARTS REVIEW, THE JOURNAL OF THE GALWAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AS WELL AS MANY MORE. HE IS KNOWN FOR WRITING IN A LIVELY AND ACCESSIBLE STYLE THAT BRINGS HIS SUBJECTS TO A WIDER AUDIENCE.
Admission for members is Free.
Admission for Non- Members is EUR 5.00
Annual Membership Fee
The annual membership covers from September 2024 to July 2025 and is €20. This entitles you to 8 talks, free to our two short summer outings and preference for places on our full day summer outings. Please renew this as soon as possible to help us manage the club’s running expenses.
See the “Annual Membership Subscription” page for details on how to pay.
Our email is: info@foxrocklocalhistory.ie
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TALKS – OUTINGS PLANNED FROM SEPTEMBER – MAY 2024
( The talks are on the third Tuesdays of the month in the Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre Hall )
2025 Season |
SHORT TALK(Occasional) |
FULL TALK |
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Apr 15th |
Wicklow Gaol SPEAKER: Carmel Kelly |
A Forgotten Irish Author: Cornelius Ryan, ‘The longest Day’ and ‘A Bridge Too Far’ SPEAKER: Philip Lecane |
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May 20th |
Iveagh Trust Dublin Baths and Bathhouses SPEAKER: Padraig Laffan |
James Tissot’s muse Kathleen Newton SPEAKER: Patricia O’Reilly |
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May |
Short Outing |
To be announced |
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May |
Short Outing |
To be announced |
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June |
All Day Outing |
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All our meetings are held in the Foxrock Pastoral Centre, which is at the junction of the N11 and Kill Lane. We meet on the third Tuesday of every month between September and May. The meetings start at 20:00 with an introduction, this is then followed by the main talk. After the talk there is an opportunity for questions and answers. Then after, the vote of thanks, tea and biscuits are served and you can get a chance to meet the speakers and ask questions you may have.
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