We have only just finished talking about the August talk when here we are again with a preview of what is coming up for September! Grab those diaries and mark out the 26th of September when we will be back with a bang in Wood and Bell café to hear all about local mass rocks with David Fleming.
The mass rock with huddled mass-goers and sentries looking out for the red coats has become synonymous with the penal laws and eighteenth-century Ireland. This lecture will delve into local sources to separate fact from fiction.
We are particularly delighted to host Dr David Fleming from the University of Limerick. An alumnus of both there and the University of Oxford, he has written many publications on Ireland and Limerick in the eighteenth century. He is also a trustee of the Hunt Museum, former Chairman of the Irish Georgian Foundation, and, excitingly for ourselves, Course Director for Local History in the University of Limerick. Bring all of your questions about studying local history at university level to this lecture while we have him there!
We will see you on the evening of Wednesday 26th September at 7.30pm in the back room of our venue at Wood and Bell café. Wood and Bell continue to provide our Society with this venue for free, and we thank them for this sponsorship. If you want to thank them for this, why not try out their new wine bar on Friday and Saturday evenings? We have tried it, and can recommend it!
Entry to our September lecture is FREE as usual, and everyone of all ages and levels of interest is welcome.
Help us promote this event by clicking ‘Going’ on the Facebook event here, or sharing this blogpost, or even by putting up a poster for us – you can print out one from this link. See you at the lecture!
Killaloe-Ballina
Question in advance for dr. Fleming. My impression is that the mass rocks were not the exclusive site for celebration of the mass right up to the repeal of the penal laws around 1830. Rather there was some significant relaxation of prohibition of Catholic Mass. When was it? And to what extent were churches and chapels tolerated and used for Catholic Services in the towns and villages prior to 1830? I’m hoping dr. Fleming will address this angle, and that as a non attendee at the program, I might get some word of his insight to the question afterwards. Thanks sincerely. I have a particular interest in the repeal of the penal laws because, one of the chief allies and agitators along with Daniel O’Connell was a distant Uncle of mine, Richard Lalor shiel.
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I will forward this onto David now John! 🙂
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