About this Event
The Dominicans of Medieval Dublin
A Symposium marking the 800th anniversary of the coming of the Dominicans to Dublin
to take place at St Saviour's Priory, Dominick Street Lower, Dublin 1
Organised by the Friends of Medieval Dublin and the Dominican Province of Ireland
Free and all Welcome
In 1224 a group of Dominican friars of the newly founded Order of Preachers arrived in Dublin and established their first foundation, St Saviour's Priory, near what is today the Four Courts. From there they established houses across the island.
The symposium will incorporate medieval chant sung by the friars of today's St Saviour's, recreating the soundscape of the original priory, and will be followed by the launch of Bernadette Williams' important new edition of The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator: An account of Irish affairs, 1162-1370 (Four Courts Press, 2024).
The Programme for the day
14.00 '1224, The Preachers entered Ireland.' St Saviour's Priory in its Medieval Context
Br Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB (Glenstal Abbey, Limerick)
14.30 The career of Philip of Slane OP, lector in St Saviour's, Dublin (d. 1326)
Br Conor McDonough OP (University of Galway)
15.00 Dominican chant: Salve Regina and some other Marian pieces
15.10 Tea/coffee
15.45 Piers Plowman and the friars of Dublin
Dr Caoimhe Whelan (Newcastle University)
16.15 The Dublin Dominican annals and Gaelic Ireland
Professor Seán Duffy (Trinity College Dublin)
16.45 Dominican chant: O Lumen Ecclesiae and O Spem Miram
17.00 Cloister reception, followed by launch at 17.30 of Bernadette Williams (ed.), The Dublin annals of Friar John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator, with an address by Professor Brendan Smith (University of Bristol)
Painting: Will Nathans (2024). Used with thanks to the Dominican Province.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St Saviour's Church, Dominick Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland
GBP 0.00
