24 APRIL 2009, UCD School of History & Archives, Room K114, 10.00.
Donatus Mooney OFM wrote a historical description of the Irish Franciscan Province
De Provincia Hiberniae S. Francisci in 1617-18. He was the first guardian of St Anthony’s College Louvain and was appointed Minister Provincial of the Irish Province n 1615. His account is the most important source for the history of the Irish Franciscans in late medieval and early modern Ireland. This day-long seminar, dedicated to his memory, will deal with all aspects of the Franciscan world and, in particular, with research on the Franciscans in Ireland being undertaken under at the UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute and other institutions in Ireland.
10.00Opening remarks by Dr Joseph MacMahon OFM, Provincial Secretary, Franciscan Province of Ireland
10.15 Dr Jens Roehrkasten, School of History & Cultures, University of BirminghamCohesion and diversity in the early Franciscan Order
11.00Coffee
11.30 Yvonne McDermott, Department of Archaeology, NUI GalwayThe Franciscan and Dominican friars in the Connacht Burke lordships: late medieval patronage and observance
12.00 Annejulie Lafaye, UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute and School of ArchaeologyThe mendicant orders in Munster: new approaches
12.30A visit to UCD Archives to view a display of some of the key A manuscripts from the UCD-OFM collection
including the Annals of the Four Masters, the earliest surviving copy of Geoffrey Keating’s Foras feasa and
Tadhg Ó Cianáin’s diary of the Earls’ journey to Rome 1607-9.
(A sandwich lunch will be provided)
14.00 Mr Raghnall Ó Floinn, Head of Collections, National Museum of IrelandFurnishings of pre-Reformation Irish Franciscan friary churches
14.45 Mr Keith Smith, UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh InstituteCatholic altar plate c.1500-1829: patronage and possession
15.15Coffee
15.45
Mr Michael Lynch, UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh InstituteCatholic altar plate in the dioceses of counties Clare, Galway and Limerick
16.15Summing up by Dr John McCafferty, Director, UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute
17.00: Reception in Common Room, Newman Building, UCD
For further details contact:
Dr John McCafferty, Director, UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute
john.mccafferty@ucd.ie; 01 7168285
or
Dr Edel Bhreathnach, Academic Project Manager, UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute
edel.bhreathnach@ucd.ie; 01 7164654
On Saturday 16th May in St Anthony's Hall at the Friary there will be an afternoon of short lectures. The programme is as follows:
The Friar's Fleadh is taking shape and we are delighted to announce our association with the Ennis Fleadh Nua Festival which takes place from 17th to 25th May. Participants already signed up include: Ceoltóirí na Mainistreach, the O'Brien-Vaughan School of Music from Newmarket-on-Fergus, the Burren Ceili Band directed by Gary Shannon and special guest legendary singer Jerry Lynch. 
Donatus Mooney OFM wrote a historical description of the Irish Franciscan Province De Provincia Hiberniae S. Francisci in 1617-18. He was the first guardian of St Anthony’s College Louvain and was appointed Minister Provincial of the Irish Province n 1615. His account is the most important source for the history of the Irish Franciscans in late medieval and early modern Ireland. This day-long seminar, dedicated to his memory, will deal with all aspects of the Franciscan world and, in particular, with research on the Franciscans in Ireland being undertaken under at the UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute and other institutions in Ireland.
In April 1209, Francesco Bernardone, a young man of 27 years, set out on the long journey to Rome. He was accompanied by a motley group of his townspeople. His purpose was to ask the greatest Pope of the age to approve a penitential way of life for them.
