ISSN 2009-2237
The 52th Consecutive Conference - 5th - 6th April, 2013
at Mount St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Friday 5th April
7.45pm
The Council of Roscrea, 1213: crown, context and consequences, Dr Adrian Empey
Saturday 6th April
10.15am
The Gaelic background and reaction to the AngloNorman incursion in the SW midlands, and Roscrea in particular, in the late twelfth and early thirteenth-centuries, Dr Edel Bhreathnach, Deputy Director, Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute, UCD
11.30am
An Earthen Castle at Roscrea and a Stone Castle in Nenagh c1213, Con Manning, Senior Archaeologist, Dept Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
12.15pm
Roscrea 800: commemorating 800 years of a castle at Roscrea. Its story illustrated over the centuries to the present day, George Cunningham
Sunday 7th April
12.00pm
The poets and chroniclers of the midlands in the twelfth and thirteenth-centuries, Edel Bhreathnach
12.30pm
The crosslands of medieval Tipperary, Adrian Empey
Part attendance at the conference is possible or attendance at just one lecture is possible for a nominal fee.