Reading the Landscape of County Meath
Meath County Council and the Irish Archaeology Field School present the public lecture series Reading the Landscape of County Meath
Reading the Landscape of County Meath
This lecture series will focus on the way in which successive phases of Irish history can be read in the Meath landscape. Each lecture will examine a specific period in Irish history and trace the inscriptions that have been left on our landscape from that period.
The purpose of the series is to provide audiences with a general overview of the main events and periods in Irish history and with a perspective on how that history can be read in the landscape today. In doing so, we would like audiences to explore the past through the landscape as it exists in the present. The Meath landscape is a fascinating museum in which our history and heritage can be experienced.
The lectures will be on Thursdays, from 7.30 - 9.00 pm.
24th May: Pre-historic and Early Christian Meath
Speaker: Dr Conor Brady, Dundalk Institute of Technology
Venue: Dowdstown House, Dalgan Park, Navan
31st May: The Medieval and Anglo-Norman Period
Speaker: Mr John Bradley, NUI Maynooth
Venue: Dowdstown House, Dalgan Park, Navan
7th June: 16th and 17th Century Meath
Speaker: Dr Mary Kelly, Meath County Council
Venue: Dowdstown House, Dalgan Park, Navan
14th June: 18th Century Trim: Jonathan Swift and the Geography of Laracor
Speaker: Mr Richard Haworth, Laracor, Trim
Venue: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Church of Ireland, St. Loman's Street, Trim
21st June: Nineteenth Century Change
Speaker: Dr Mary Kelly, Meath County Council
Venue: Dowdstown House, Dalgan Park, Navan
28th June: Reading the Meath Landscape
Speaker: Professor Patrick Duffy, NUI Maynooth
Venue: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Church of Ireland, St. Loman's Street, Trim
There is no charge for the lectures but we ask participants to reserve a place by contacting Mary Kelly, Meath County Council, Abbey Road, Navan, Co. Meath.