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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
CIHS Meeting
The Spring meeting of the Church of Ireland Historical Society will be held in the Armagh Robinson Library on Saturday on 27 April beginning with teas and coffee in 9 Vicars’ Hill and registration in the Library at 10.30am
In the morning session at 11.00am Dr Brendan Twomey, whose current research interests are centred on the financial and legal affairs of Dean Johnathan Swift will speak on ‘Printing for power: Irish Protestant and Catholic controversies in the world of print, 1690 – 1732’ and at 12 noon Professor Peter Grey, a history professor in Queen’s University, Belfast, will give a paper on ‘Sharman Crawford and Disestablishment’.
Lunch will be available in Number 9 Vicars’ Hill at a cost of £10/€10.
After lunch at 2.00 pm the former Archbishop of Armagh Dr Richard Clarke will talk about ‘The Enigmatic Lord Plunket’ and the conference will conclude with a paper by Dr David Hayton, Emeritus Professor of History in QUB, on ‘The Leeper family: from Dublin to Australia, and back’.at 3pm.
Attendance is free to all paid–up members. Non–members can purchase a one–day membership for €10/£10.
The annual subscription is fixed at €40/£40 (student rate £15/€15). This includes admission to the bi–annual conferences, book discounts, and exclusive access to the Society’s recordings of papers delivered at previous conferences. Subscriptions for 2024 may be paid on the membership section of the Society’s website: churchofirelandhist.org
Queries may be addressed to the honorary secretaries, Professor Alan Ford or Dr Miriam Moffitt,by email (secretary.coihs@gmail.com). Alternatively, you can visit the society’s website.
Tomorrow (Sunday) on the occasion of his silver jubilee the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross, Dr Paul, Colton, has invited all parishes, chaplaincies and organisations in the Diocese to join him in 7 p.m. in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral for ‘An Easter Celebration of Faith and our Life together in Cork, Cloyne and Ross.’
From tomorrow (Sunday) until Tuesday the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson, will lead a retreat for the Glendalough Clergy in Ballyvaloo Retreat Centre, Co. Wexford.
On Thursday the Friends of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, will have an outing to the National Gallery of Ireland, meeting at 10.45 in the Clare Street foyer. Intending participants should reply to the Assistant Secretary of the Friends by Monday 15 April.
The Bishop of Meath & Kildare, the Most Revd Pat storey, has appointed the Revd William Steacy, Rector of Athlone, as the new canon of the two cathedrals in Meath and Kildare. The first installation will take place on Wednesday 8 May, 2024 at 7.30pm in St Patrick’s cathedral, Trim. The Dean of Kildare, the Very Revd Isobel Jackson, will also be installed to St Patrick’s Cathedral Chapter on that evening. The second installation will take place on Wednesday 22 May, 2024 at 7.30pm in St Brigid’s cathedral, Kildare.
St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, is currently carrying out an oral history research project and is inviting potential interviewees, particularly those who have a substantial connection with the cathedral community, through volunteering, the Grammar or Choir School, music, the clergy, service provision or family connections of long standing, to take part.
The research, which will become part of the UNESCO recognised National Folklore Collection at UCD, will assist with a better understanding of the cathedral community in the past as well as its role in wider Irish society and in the local area.
More information may be had by contacting the St Patrick’s Education & Safeguarding Officer, Clark Bryson, at education@stpatrickscathedral.ie
Published in the Friday edition of The Irish Times