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Maynooth Medieval and Renaissance Forum
Forum na Meán-Aoise agus an Renaissance Mháigh Nuad
Apostle of Ireland: Medieval Chant in Honour of St Patrick
Full Maynooth Programme
Apostle of Ireland
Devotion to St Patrick in Medieval Irish Literature, Music and Image
Full Programme
Organised by Maynooth Medieval and Renaissance Forum, in association with the Department of History, Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, and the Russell Library, NUI Maynooth, with the support of An Foras Feasa. The Institute for Research in Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions; the Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy, and Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, NUI Maynooth; and Sacred Music, St Patrick's College Maynooth. Sessions take place in the Crolly Room, St Patrick’s College, except where otherwise indicated.
WORKSHOP
Tuesday 11 March 2008
16.00-18.00 Canty Workshop for students of plainchant
Venue: The Sacred Music Room, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth
COLLOQUIUM
Wednesday 12 March 2008
09.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-10-30 St Patrick's Purgatory: history and fiction (Yolande de Pontfarcy Sexton, formerly School of Lanaguages and Literatures, University College Dublin)
10.30-11.00 Bethu Phátraic and the creation of a national saint's cult at Armagh (Catherine Swift, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick)
11.00-11.15 Tea/Coffee
11.15-11.45 The archaeology of early Irish sainthood: sources, patterns, themes (Cormac Bourke, Ulster Museum)
12.00-12.30 Presentation of a database of sources for the liturgical veneration of Irish saints in medieval Europe
(Ann Buckley, NUIM, and John Keating, NUIM)
12.30-13.00 An Foras Feasa's Digital Humanities Education Programme (John Keating, NUIM)Venue: An Foras Feasa Training Room, Room 1.39b, Ground Floor Callan Building, North Campus.
13.00-14.30 LUNCH
14.30-15.45 Round Table on the performance of medieval texts (Edel Bhreatnach, Ann Buckley, Juliet O'Brien, Rebecca Tavener, William Taylor)
15.45-16.00 Tea/Coffee
16.00-17.00 Russell Library exhibition: St Patrick and other Irish saints in early printed books (Penny Woods, NUIM)
17.30 Guided tour of Maynooth College Chapel (Dominic McNamara, SPCM)PERFORMANCE
20.00 Apostle of Ireland: An Office for St Patrick, performed by Canty, with Maynooth Schola Gregoriana, and William Taylor, medieval wire-strung clàrsach.
Venue: Maynooth College Chapel
Enquiries and Reservations: Ann.Buckley@nuim.ie