Lismullin Heritage Talks 2025
Situated at the foot of the Hill of Tara in the historic Boyne Valley, Lismullin Conference Centre is in an area with a very rich and varied heritage. In this series of Heritage Lectures, we will explore various aspects of our local heritage so that visitors to the Lismullin Conference Centre and our neighbours will have a greater knowledge and appreciation of the history and attractions of their surroundings.
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Date: 8:00 pm Monday 14th April 2025
A library of books have been written on St Patrick, the man and his cult. If we speak the words of the Confession and the Letter to Coroticus out loud we hear one of the last voices to speak from the Roman Empire. And that voice came from the very end of the known world. But how do we move from that clear voice to the words of those who wrote about him – words that have come down to us from the beginning of the seventh century? That is what will be discussed in this lecture.
Guest Speaker:
Charles Doherty is retired from the School of History and Archives in University College Dublin. Following retirement he spent a year in the Centre for Advanced Study in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters on a project that led to the publication of a book of essays, Kings and warriors in early north-west Europe. Together with Mary Kelly and Linda Doran he edited Glendalough: City of God. With Mary Kelly he edited Music and the Stars: Mathematics in medieval Ireland. He is continuing research on the cult of saints Patrick and Brigit, and has just finished a chapter on the Towns and villages of early Ireland.
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