YOUGHAL CELEBRATES HISTORY

THE MEDIEVAL WALLED TOWNS

24-26 SEPTEMBER 2010

MALL ARTS CENTRE,

YOUGHAL, CO CORK

EMAIL: [2] ytta@eircom.net

WEB-SITE: [3] www.youghalcelebrateshistory.com

PHONE: 353 24 81010/ 087 9666554

Conference Programme

Friday evening: Registration , Reception and Opening of Conference followed by : an evening of stories, legends and music with local raconteur and broadcaster John Kennedy.

Saturday morning : 9.30 Registration

9.45 : Official Opening of Conference - Raghnall Ó Floinn, Head of Collections , National Museum of Ireland, Dublin

10.00 : John Bradley (NUI - Maynooth) “Youghal and the Mediæval Towns of Ireland”.

10.30 Coffee.

11.00 : Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel (UCC) “When miracles happened at Youghal: Our Lady of Graces.”

11.30 : Colmán Ó Clabaigh (Glenstal Abbey) “Monks, Medicine and Malpractice - the Benedictine Hospital in Mediæval Youghal”.

12.00 : Discussion and Question Time.

12.30 : Lunch

2.30 : Tadhg O’Keeffe (UCD) “ Youghal’s Mediæval Gates”.

03.00 : David Kelly (Youghal) “ The architecture of St. Mary’s Collegiate Church”.

03.30 :Máire Geaney (UCC) “The Mediæval Oak Roof of St. Mary’s, Youghal - an Irish gem with a French connection”.

04.00 Tadhg O’Keeffe, David Kelly “The Historic Towns Atlas for Youghal”.

08.00 Buffet Dinner

Sunday

9.30 :Registration

9.45 : Opening Remarks :

10.00 :Catryn Power ( Cork County Council) “Youghal Before the Walls”.

10.30 : Coffee

11.00 : Margaret Gowen ( Dublin) “Youghal’s Mediæval Town Walls - Heritage and Opportunity”.

11.30 Katherine Desmond and Dan Noonan ( Youghal) : “Mediaeval Youghal as seen through its Archaeology”.

12.00: Gerard Crotty “The Armorial Heritage of Youghal” .

12.30 : Discussion, Questions.

13.00 : Lunch

15.00 : Field Trip - A guided Walking Tour of Mediæval Youghal with entertainment.