The 25th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised by the Friends of Medieval Dublin with support from the Department of History of Trinity College Dublin, will showcase new research in the history and archaeology of medieval Dublin.

The purpose of the annual Medieval Dublin symposium is to provide a way through which specialists, amateurs, historians, archaeologists, teachers, students, and everyone whose talents and interests are required to make complete the business of history, excavation and post excavation, can collaborate and provide us, and the Dubliners of the future, with a clearer picture of the early growth of this remarkable city.

25th Medieval Dublin Symposium Programme

9.30–9.40 Introduction
Seán Duffy

9.40–10.30 Exciting new Viking discoveries from excavations at the edge of Kilmainham
Antoine Giacometti

10.30–11.10 A man of all kingdoms? The rise and fall of Echmarcach Rǫgnvaldsson (d. c.1064)
Russell Ó Riagáin

11.10–11.40 Break

11.40–12.25 St Lorcán Ua Tuathail and the sieges of Dublin, 1170–71
Jesse Harrington

12.25–12.50 Reimagining St John’s priory, medieval headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Kilmainham: a Covid ‘sanity project’
Ruth Johnson

12.50–14.00 Lunch (not provided)

14.00–14.45 Excavations of a multi-phase site at Molyneux House, Bride Street, Dublin 8
Chris Coffey

14.45–15.30 “Which should we hang first, the holly or each other?”: Henry II’s Christmas court at Dublin, 1171
Denis Casey

15.30–16.00 Break

16.00–17.00 Wood Quay 50th Anniversary Event
The commencement of the Wood Quay excavations in 1974: a reappraisal
Pat Wallace

Admission Free ∙ All Welcome ∙ No Registration Required

For event details Contact: Prof Seán Duffy <sduffy@tcd.ie> / Dr Caoimhe Whelan <secretary.fmd@gmail.com>

No Booking Required