Thursday 28 February 2013

"HIDDEN CLARE" TALKS IN THE CLARE MUSEUM for March 2013



 
Sat. 02 March 2.30 pm in the Clare Museum, "Brian borumha's biography, the camel from Scotland and Irish foreign affairs in around 1100."   This talk looks at the career of Muirchertach Ua Briain, the great-grandson of Brian, and  his international contacts.
 
Sat 09 March, 2-30 pm in the Clare Museum, "The Moravians at Crossard:  a view from the records".  This talk considers the written accounts behind the short-lived Moravian Church at Crossard outside Corofin, the reasons for its building, the members,  and the relationships with the local gentry families, the Burtons, Bloods and Bindons.
 
These talks are part of the Hidden Clare series in the museum on Saturday afternoons.


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