This year we are celebrating the arrival of the Dominicans in Ireland , some 800 years ago. The Youghal Monastery came a little later but became very famous because of a special icon housed there. This was Our Lady of Graces, pictured here.

The conference takes place on Saturday 19th October,

at the Mall Arts Centre, Youghal

“YOUGHAL’S NORTH ABBEY AND THE DOMINICAN FRIARS IN MUNSTER

A conference to celebrate the 800^th anniversary of the arrival of the Dominican Friars in Ireland .

Conference Programme

SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER 2023

Start	Speaker
9.00-9.30	Registration, Meet ‘n Greet, Coffee
10.30	Introduction:Marian O’Halloran, ChairpersonDr Dagmar Ó Riain-RaedelOfficial Opening by Provincial of the Dominican Order, Fr. John Harris , Prior Colm Mannion OP St Mary’s Priory, Cork
11.00	SESSION ONE:  Dr Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB 1224: The Preachers entered Ireland. “The political, ecclesiastical, cultural and economic contexts of the arrival of the Dominicans in Ireland”
11-30	Prof Tadhg O’Keeffe (UCD) ” The place of the ‘North Abbey’ church in medieval Irish architectural history”
12.00	Paul Duffy, “The Exiled Earl and the Soon-to-be Saint – Hugh de Lacy and the making of Saint Dominic on the Albigensian Crusade”
12.30	. Discussion
13.00	Lunch Break
14.30	Session TWO Dr. Danielle O’Donovan: “The Dominicans in Ireland and English Architectural Style”
15.00	Dr. Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel:  “When miracles happened in Youghal: the wonder-working relics of the Dominican Order “
15.30	Questions, Answers, Comments followed by Close of conference
16.00	Book Launch
18.00	Special Concelebrated Mass in honour of Our Lady of Graces Celebrants: Most Reverend William Crean, Bishop of Cloyne, Canon Bill Bermingham, Fr. John Harris, Fr. Colm Manion and Dominican Priests and Friars. Music by the choir of St, Mary’s Parish Church, Youghal
	Costings : Conference fee : €40 per person, €70 for two people
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