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The Roscrea Spring Conference
The 48th consecutive conference: 29th April - 1st May, 2011
at Mount St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Theme: From the Synod of Rathbreasail (1111) to Kells (1152): All Change?
Friday April 29th:
6.00 Snack supper and registration
6.45 Reception hosted by Roscrea Heritage Society
7.20 Welcome: Dom Richard Purcell, OCSO, Abbot of
Mt St Joseph
7.30 Official opening: Dom Laurence Walsh, OCSO,
Abbot Emeritus, Roscrea
7.40 Making Change Possible: the run up to
Rathbreasail, Tony Candon, Manager Keeper, NMI, Turlough Park, Castlebar
7.55 Stoke up the fire: Irish Monks, English Scholars, Papal Legates and the so-called12th century Reform of the Irish ChurchAn t-Ollamh Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Roinn na Staire,NUIG
8.50 Discussion
9.15 Hospitium
Saturday April 30th
3.45 Optional rise for vigils
9.30 Benedictine reformers in late eleventh/early twelfth-century Ireland
Dr Edel Bhreathnach, Micheál Ó Cléirigh Institute, UCD
10.10 Metalwork, Sculpture and Liturgy in the Age of Reform Raghnall Ó Floinn, Head of Collections, NMI
10.50 Discussion
11.00 Coffee
11.30 12th century High Crosses Professor Peter Harbison, art historian and author
12.10 Case studies of two monastic/diocesan centres in the mid 12th century Clonfert: Dr Christy Cunniffe, Roscrea: George Cunningham
1.10 Snack Lunch
2.30 Field trip to St Cronan’s monastery, Roscrea And view new work at Damer House
5.30 Vespers
5.55 Sherry Reception to honour the publication:
Treasures from the Cardinal Ó Fiaich Memorial
Library and Archive; midland launch of Whitley
Stokes (1830-1909): The lost Celtic notebooks
rediscovered Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
6.30 Dinner
8.00 Wish I had been present - lecturers share a wish or a comment
8.30 Saturday Colophon: George Cunningham
9.00 Hospitium
Sunday May 1st
9.30 Benefactors An tAthair Ciarán Ó Sabhaois, archivist MSJ
9.45 Rathbreasail: Cork or Tipperary? Tony Candon
10.00 The Shrine of the Bookof Dimma Raghnall Ó Floinn
10.15 Discussion
10.30 Concelebrated High Mass with new liturgical music, Lead me Home, composed by Roscrea man, Seamus Doran, and performed by Roscrea Folk Group.
11.30 Coffee
12.00 Thoughts on monastic libraries in the 12th century Edel Bhreathnach
12th century pilgrimage in the Burren
Peter Harbison
Synod of Kells, 1152: All Change?
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
1.15 Discussion on conference theme
1.35 Summing up and close of conference: George Cunningham
1.50 Lunch
As part of Féile Chrónáin (Feast day on the 28th April) a pilgrimage from St Cronan’s monastic ruins in the town will arrive at Mt St Joseph at approximately 3.30
for concluding prayers at the monastic waterfalls.
A date for your Diary 2011
The Roscrea Autumn Conference
The 49th consecutive conference
Theme -
Art and Devotion in Medieval Ireland
Friday 4th - Sunday 6th November 2011
Brochure sponsored by Roscrea Credit Union 6th November 2011
Conference Fee: €60 (includes receptions, all lectures,
coffee/tea). Full time students and unemployed €30. A
concession by MSJ of a reduction of a third off the price of
meals also available to full time students.
Full board at Mount St. Joseph main guesthouse and
Clairvaux: €180 per person sharing (includes conference fee
as above with accommodation on Friday and Saturday nights;
supper on Friday evening; breakfast, snack lunch and dinner
with wine on Saturday; breakfast and full lunch with wine on
Sunday); single supplement €10 extra per night. Modern en
suite accommodation is now available at the restored
Clairvaux House (the guesthouse at the main gate). Some
places for full-time students are available for an inclusive rate
(full board and fee) of €95 per student sharing.
Conference organizer and director, George Cunningham
M.Litt., FSA (georgencunningham@eircom.net), Parkmore,
Roscrea (also History Dept., Faculty of Arts, Humanities and
Social Sciences, UL) www.roscreapeople.com and follow the
link to the Roscrea Conference.
Further details and bookings to Dom Kevin Daly, OCSO, guestmaster Mt St Joseph Abbey, 0505 21711;guesthouse@msjroscrea.ie. www.msjroscrea.ie
Damer Court Hotel (Grant’s) has a special b/b rate for the conference: €45 per
night b/b single or€85 for double or twin b/b; meals atthe Abbey as required. Mention
the conference when booking – early booking advisable. Damer Court Hotel at 0505 23300. The Roscrea conference is run by Roscrea People in association with the
Office of Public Works and Roscrea Heritage Society.
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