Nick Maxwell By Damien McLellan Recently I set about locating the church—or, more realistically, the site of the church—that Henry II was said to have founded in Waterford City in atonement for his part in the murder of Thomas à Becket, his former close friend before he appointed him archbishop of Canterbury in 1162 (see ‘Reclaiming an … Read more
On the face of it, the recent decision of the Colombian electorate to reject a peace deal drawing a line under 52 years of armed conflict with FARC guerillas—albeit with the slimmest of majorities, half of 1%—was extraordinary. What was even more extraordinary was that 62.56% of the registered electorate didn’t bother to vote. Hubris … Read more
27 Thur 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Frank Mitchell Lecture: Village life in prehistoric Ireland? New insights into the house clusters at Mullaghfarna, Co. Sligo, and Turlough Hill, Co. Clare, Stefan Bergh.
Thur 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S.Frank Mitchell Lecture: Village life in prehistoric Ireland—new insights into the house clusters at Mullaghfarna, Co. Sligo, and Turlough Hill, Co. Clare, Stefan Berg.
Thur 5.30pm Rebel Women of the 20th Century, GPO Witness Visitor Centre. Nora Connolly O’Brien, Leah Dowdall. Book @ 01-872 1916 or www.gpowitnesshistory.ie. Thurs 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Frank Mitchell Lecture: Reading the Irish Cistercian landscape, Geraldine Stout.