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‘Me Guidhir Fhearmanach’ : text and context

When

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 13:00

Where

Academy House, 19 Dawson Street

Tickets

No booking required

Library Lunchtime Lecture. Dr Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, DCU, will give the second lecture in our series on The Books of Knockninny: the Maguires and their manuscripts in the early eighteenth century.

The Book of Knockninny / Leabhar Chnoc Ninne is an Irish language manuscript compiled in 1718 for Brian Mág Uidhir of Knockninny, Co. Fermanagh. It contains a selection of historical poems and prose texts. For more information on the manuscript see our Special Collections page. 

This lecture will be accompanied by an exhibition of manuscripts from the RIA collections : The Books of Knockninny: the Maguires and their manuscripts in the early eighteenth century.

Exhibition open in the Library Reading Room:  Monday 13 January to Friday 28 February 2020

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