Invasion 1169 The National Conference on the occasion of the 850th Anniversary of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland
The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife’, Daniel Maclise, c.1854, © National Gallery of Ireland.
Speakers include: David Bates (East Anglia) * Elizabeth Boyle (Maynooth) * Keith Busby (Wisconsin-Madison) * Bruce Campbell (QUB) * Denis Casey (Maynooth) * Peter Crooks (Trinity) * Ruairí Cullen * Seán Duffy (Trinity) * Marie Therese Flanagan (QUB) * Robin Frame (Durham) * Jeremy Hill * Rachel Moss (Trinity) * Ronan Mulhaire (Trinity) * Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (Cambridge) * Colmán Ó Clabaigh (Glenstal Abbey) * Ruairí Ó hUiginn (DIAS) * Linzi Simpson * Thomas W. Smith (Leeds) * Michael Staunton (UCD) * Colin Veach (Hull) * Nicholas Vincent (East Anglia) * Caoimhe Whelan (Trinity) Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th May 2019 Edmund Burke Theatre (Arts Building), Trinity College Dublin ADMISSION FREE • ALL WELCOME
Register at: https://www.tcd.ie/medieval-history/invasion1169/ For information: [email protected]
The 3rd Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium
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eter Crooks (Trinity College Dublin) College (Trinity Crooks eter P Michael Staunton (University College Dublin) College (University Staunton Michael
ax Normannica’? Normannica’? ax ‘P reconsidered reconsidered Giraldus’s Expugnatio Hibernica Expugnatio
- NARRATING THE INVASION INVASION THE NARRATING - Bruce Campbell (Queen’s University Belfast) University (Queen’s Campbell Bruce
Session 3 Session
and the European commercial revolution revolution commercial European the and 14.00–15.30
rom boom to bust: the Lordship of Ireland Ireland of Lordship the bust: to boom rom F
e Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) of (University Mhaonaigh Ní e Máir
T DID THE NORMANS EVER DO FOR US? FOR DO EVER NORMANS THE DID T WHA -
eflexes of the invasion in Gaelic sources sources Gaelic in invasion the of eflexes R
Session 7 Session
16.00–17.30
ersity of Leeds) of ersity Thomas Smith (Univ Smith Thomas
achel Moss (Trinity College Dublin) College (Trinity Moss achel R apacy and the invasion: Laudabiliter Laudabiliter invasion: the and apacy p The
Building the Anglo the Building -Norman Church Church -Norman
Colin Veach (University of Hull) of (University Veach Colin
Colmán Ó Clabaigh (Glenstal Abbey) (Glenstal Clabaigh Ó Colmán The first invaders and their aims aims their and invaders first The
Invasion the and Monasticism Caesar: and Christ Between - 1169 & ALL THAT THAT ALL & 1169 -
- THE CHURCH AMONG TWO NATIONS NATIONS TWO AMONG CHURCH THE -
Session 2 Session
11.00–13.00
Session 6 Session
14.00–15.30
David Bates (University of East Anglia) East of (University Bates David
rinity College Dublin) College rinity (T Duffy Seán
of the twelfth-century world world twelfth-century the of
of Queen Elizabeth I. I. Elizabeth Queen of
ation and plantation plantation and ation Immigr eland and empires empires and eland Ir -
Dublin was created on the former monastic site by royal charter charter royal by site monastic former the on created was Dublin
Linzi Simpson Simpson Linzi ENT 2 KEYNOTE
9.30–10.30
Dublin eventually acquired a university in 1592, Trinity College College Trinity 1592, in university a acquired eventually Dublin -Norman castellation of Ireland Ireland of castellation -Norman The Anglo The
- C - ONQUEST AND COLONIZATION AND ONQUEST to the crown during the rebellion of Silken Thomas and, when when and, Thomas Silken of rebellion the during crown the to
FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019 MAY 3 FRIDAY,
Session 5 Session
11.00–12.30 were granted to the citizens of Dublin in return for their loyalty loyalty their for return in Dublin of citizens the to granted were
Reformation. The grounds and buildings of the former monastery monastery former the of buildings and grounds The Reformation.
ent (University of East Anglia) East of (University ent Vinc Nicholas
y (Maynooth University) (Maynooth y Case Denis religious houses until its dissolution in 1538 during the Protestant Protestant the during 1538 in dissolution its until houses religious y II and Ireland Ireland and II y Henr -
Murchada Mac Diarmait of expulsion the and orgaill Derbf
continue to thrive, and remained one of the city’s most important important most city’s the of one remained and thrive, to continue KEYNOTE 3 KEYNOTE
9.30–10.30
onan Mulhaire (Trinity College Dublin) College (Trinity Mulhaire onan R Long after Diarmait’s own unlamented demise, All Hallows would would Hallows All demise, unlamented own Diarmait’s after Long
-Clontarf Ireland Ireland -Clontarf post in kingship and Kings
SATURDAY, 4 MAY 2019 MAY 4 SATURDAY, ‘Hoggen Green’ to the east of the Hiberno-Norse town of Dublin. Dublin. of town Hiberno-Norse the of east the to Green’ ‘Hoggen
Elizabeth Boyle (Maynooth University) (Maynooth Boyle Elizabeth
Augustinian priory of All Hallows (or All Saints) in a place called called place a in Saints) All (or Hallows All of priory Augustinian
on the eve of the invasion invasion the of eve the on
and, before his expulsion from Ireland in 1166, he founded the the founded he 1166, in Ireland from expulsion his before and,
Intellectual, literary and religious culture culture religious and literary Intellectual,
ears of Oppression’? of ears Y ‘850 -
reputation but he was also a generous patron of the reformed church church reformed the of patron generous a also was he but reputation - AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN? TO WAITING ACCIDENT AN -
HISTORY IRELAND HEDGE SCHOOL SCHOOL HEDGE IRELAND HISTORY
18.30–20.00
Mac Murchada, king of Leinster, may traditionally have a unsavoury unsavoury a have traditionally may Leinster, of king Murchada, Mac Session 1 Session
15.30–17.30
responsible for the Anglo-Norman invasion in Ireland. Diarmait Diarmait Ireland. in invasion Anglo-Norman the for responsible
Dublin) College rinity (T Whelan Caoimhe
ese Flanagan (Queen’s University Belfast) University (Queen’s Flanagan ese Ther Marie
Trinity College Dublin College Trinity has a unique connection to the man man the to connection unique a has gence of the Hiberno-English literary tradition tradition literary Hiberno-English the of gence emer The
twelfth-century Ireland twelfth-century
Ruairí Ó hUiginn (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies) Advanced of Institute (Dublin hUiginn Ó Ruairí - Organising invasion and settlement in in settlement and invasion Organising -
Ireland Gaelic of literature the on invasion the of impact The
KEYNOTE 1 KEYNOTE
14.00–15.00
- COLLIDING CULTURES COLLIDING -
OFFICIAL OPENING OFFICIAL Session 4 Session
13.00–14.00 16.00–17.30
THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019 MAY 2 THURSDAY,
PROGRAMME
CONFERENCE
Dining Hall Botany Bay
Front Parliment Invasion 850 gate Square Campanile Invasion 1169 New Square Overview Library Square The National Conference on the Occasion of the 850th anniversary of the Old Library Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland May 2nd, 2019, marks, perhaps to the very day, the 850th Fellows’ Square Berkeley anniversary of the first landing in County Wexford in 1169 of the Library Anglo-Norman adventurers enlisted by the king of Leinster, Diarmait
Mac Murchada. Their arrival marks the start of the Anglo-Norman ARTS BUILDING Invasion of Ireland. Within two years, Henry II would become the first reigning English monarch to set foot on Irish soil. In what was arguably the single most formative event in Irish history, King Henry formally brought the island under the lordship of the English crown, Further Information: a constitutional relationship that endures to the present day in the The conference takes place in the Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre case of Northern Ireland. (Arts Building), Trinity College Dublin To mark the 850th Anniversary in May 2019 of this foundational Admission to the conference is open to the public free of charge. moment in the shared history of Ireland and Britain, Trinity College Department of History, Dublin will host the national conference on the history of the Professor Seán Duffy, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Invasion. By assembling a platform of world experts, the conference will communicate the latest findings in historical scholarship on Dr Peter Crooks, Department of History, the 1169 Invasion and its aftermath to the widest possible audience. Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
The objective of the Invasion 1169 conference is to establish the Dr Caoimhe Whelan, Academic Coordinator truth of what really happened during this invasion for a twenty-first Email: [email protected] century audience. The methodology is explicitly interdisciplinary. Register at: https://www.tcd.ie/medieval-history/invasion1169/ For the first time, all the world’s leading authorities on the subject from the fields of Irish history, Anglo-Norman history, Gaelic, Latin and French literary sources, and archaeology, will be brought together in one public forum. This will be a unique opportunity to re-evaluate the significance of the invasion and the impact it had on Ireland in the light of the latest cutting-edge research. The conference will also bring the Anglo-Norman invasion into the realm of public discourse, Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th May 2019 raising public awareness of this important anniversary, dispelling (or perhaps reconfirming) myths, and shedding new light on the Edmund Burke Theatre significance of 1169 in Ireland’s historical development. (Arts Building) Trinity College Dublin ADMISSION FREE • ALL WELCOME
Registration and information: www.tcd.ie/medieval-history/invasion1169/
The 3rd Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium
y (University of Wisconsin-Madison) of (University y Busb Keith
- and why? why? and - the write who Just Song of Dermot of Song did
eter Crooks (Trinity College Dublin) College (Trinity Crooks eter P Michael Staunton (University College Dublin) College (University Staunton Michael
ax Normannica’? Normannica’? ax ‘P reconsidered reconsidered Giraldus’s Expugnatio Hibernica Expugnatio
- NARRATING THE INVASION INVASION THE NARRATING - Bruce Campbell (Queen’s University Belfast) University (Queen’s Campbell Bruce
Session 3 Session
and the European commercial revolution revolution commercial European the and 14.00–15.30
rom boom to bust: the Lordship of Ireland Ireland of Lordship the bust: to boom rom F
e Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) of (University Mhaonaigh Ní e Máir
T DID THE NORMANS EVER DO FOR US? FOR DO EVER NORMANS THE DID T WHA -
eflexes of the invasion in Gaelic sources sources Gaelic in invasion the of eflexes R
Session 7 Session
16.00–17.30
ersity of Leeds) of ersity Thomas Smith (Univ Smith Thomas
achel Moss (Trinity College Dublin) College (Trinity Moss achel R apacy and the invasion: Laudabiliter Laudabiliter invasion: the and apacy p The
Building the Anglo the Building -Norman Church Church -Norman
Colin Veach (University of Hull) of (University Veach Colin
Colmán Ó Clabaigh (Glenstal Abbey) (Glenstal Clabaigh Ó Colmán The first invaders and their aims aims their and invaders first The
Invasion the and Monasticism Caesar: and Christ Between - 1169 & ALL THAT THAT ALL & 1169 -
- THE CHURCH AMONG TWO NATIONS NATIONS TWO AMONG CHURCH THE -
Session 2 Session
11.00–13.00
Session 6 Session
14.00–15.30
David Bates (University of East Anglia) East of (University Bates David
rinity College Dublin) College rinity (T Duffy Seán
of the twelfth-century world world twelfth-century the of
of Queen Elizabeth I. I. Elizabeth Queen of
ation and plantation plantation and ation Immigr eland and empires empires and eland Ir -
Dublin was created on the former monastic site by royal charter charter royal by site monastic former the on created was Dublin
Linzi Simpson Simpson Linzi ENT 2 KEYNOTE
9.30–10.30
Dublin eventually acquired a university in 1592, Trinity College College Trinity 1592, in university a acquired eventually Dublin -Norman castellation of Ireland Ireland of castellation -Norman The Anglo The
- C - ONQUEST AND COLONIZATION AND ONQUEST to the crown during the rebellion of Silken Thomas and, when when and, Thomas Silken of rebellion the during crown the to
FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019 MAY 3 FRIDAY,
Session 5 Session
11.00–12.30 were granted to the citizens of Dublin in return for their loyalty loyalty their for return in Dublin of citizens the to granted were
Reformation. The grounds and buildings of the former monastery monastery former the of buildings and grounds The Reformation.
ent (University of East Anglia) East of (University ent Vinc Nicholas
y (Maynooth University) (Maynooth y Case Denis religious houses until its dissolution in 1538 during the Protestant Protestant the during 1538 in dissolution its until houses religious y II and Ireland Ireland and II y Henr -
Murchada Mac Diarmait of expulsion the and orgaill Derbf
continue to thrive, and remained one of the city’s most important important most city’s the of one remained and thrive, to continue KEYNOTE 3 KEYNOTE
9.30–10.30
onan Mulhaire (Trinity College Dublin) College (Trinity Mulhaire onan R Long after Diarmait’s own unlamented demise, All Hallows would would Hallows All demise, unlamented own Diarmait’s after Long
-Clontarf Ireland Ireland -Clontarf post in kingship and Kings
SATURDAY, 4 MAY 2019 MAY 4 SATURDAY, ‘Hoggen Green’ to the east of the Hiberno-Norse town of Dublin. Dublin. of town Hiberno-Norse the of east the to Green’ ‘Hoggen
Elizabeth Boyle (Maynooth University) (Maynooth Boyle Elizabeth
Augustinian priory of All Hallows (or All Saints) in a place called called place a in Saints) All (or Hallows All of priory Augustinian
on the eve of the invasion invasion the of eve the on
and, before his expulsion from Ireland in 1166, he founded the the founded he 1166, in Ireland from expulsion his before and,
Intellectual, literary and religious culture culture religious and literary Intellectual,
ears of Oppression’? of ears Y ‘850 -
reputation but he was also a generous patron of the reformed church church reformed the of patron generous a also was he but reputation - AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN? TO WAITING ACCIDENT AN -
HISTORY IRELAND HEDGE SCHOOL SCHOOL HEDGE IRELAND HISTORY
18.30–20.00
Mac Murchada, king of Leinster, may traditionally have a unsavoury unsavoury a have traditionally may Leinster, of king Murchada, Mac Session 1 Session
15.30–17.30
responsible for the Anglo-Norman invasion in Ireland. Diarmait Diarmait Ireland. in invasion Anglo-Norman the for responsible
Dublin) College rinity (T Whelan Caoimhe
ese Flanagan (Queen’s University Belfast) University (Queen’s Flanagan ese Ther Marie
Trinity College Dublin College Trinity has a unique connection to the man man the to connection unique a has gence of the Hiberno-English literary tradition tradition literary Hiberno-English the of gence emer The
twelfth-century Ireland twelfth-century
Ruairí Ó hUiginn (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies) Advanced of Institute (Dublin hUiginn Ó Ruairí - Organising invasion and settlement in in settlement and invasion Organising -
Ireland Gaelic of literature the on invasion the of impact The
KEYNOTE 1 KEYNOTE
14.00–15.00
- COLLIDING CULTURES COLLIDING -
OFFICIAL OPENING OFFICIAL Session 4 Session
13.00–14.00 16.00–17.30
THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019 MAY 2 THURSDAY,
PROGRAMME
CONFERENCE
Dining Hall Botany Bay
Front Parliment Invasion 850 gate Square Campanile Invasion 1169 New Square Overview Library Square The National Conference on the Occasion of the 850th anniversary of the Old Library Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland May 2nd, 2019, marks, perhaps to the very day, the 850th Fellows’ Square Berkeley anniversary of the first landing in County Wexford in 1169 of the Library Anglo-Norman adventurers enlisted by the king of Leinster, Diarmait
Mac Murchada. Their arrival marks the start of the Anglo-Norman ARTS BUILDING Invasion of Ireland. Within two years, Henry II would become the first reigning English monarch to set foot on Irish soil. In what was arguably the single most formative event in Irish history, King Henry formally brought the island under the lordship of the English crown, Further Information: a constitutional relationship that endures to the present day in the The conference takes place in the Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre case of Northern Ireland. (Arts Building), Trinity College Dublin To mark the 850th Anniversary in May 2019 of this foundational Admission to the conference is open to the public free of charge. moment in the shared history of Ireland and Britain, Trinity College Department of History, Dublin will host the national conference on the history of the Professor Seán Duffy, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Invasion. By assembling a platform of world experts, the conference will communicate the latest findings in historical scholarship on Dr Peter Crooks, Department of History, the 1169 Invasion and its aftermath to the widest possible audience. Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
The objective of the Invasion 1169 conference is to establish the Dr Caoimhe Whelan, Academic Coordinator truth of what really happened during this invasion for a twenty-first Email: [email protected] century audience. The methodology is explicitly interdisciplinary. Register at: https://www.tcd.ie/medieval-history/invasion1169/ For the first time, all the world’s leading authorities on the subject from the fields of Irish history, Anglo-Norman history, Gaelic, Latin and French literary sources, and archaeology, will be brought together in one public forum. This will be a unique opportunity to re-evaluate the significance of the invasion and the impact it had on Ireland in the light of the latest cutting-edge research. The conference will also bring the Anglo-Norman invasion into the realm of public discourse, Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th May 2019 raising public awareness of this important anniversary, dispelling (or perhaps reconfirming) myths, and shedding new light on the Edmund Burke Theatre significance of 1169 in Ireland’s historical development. (Arts Building) Trinity College Dublin ADMISSION FREE • ALL WELCOME
Registration and information: www.tcd.ie/medieval-history/invasion1169/
The 3rd Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium