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Dr BrÌ_d McGrath – Managing the Windsor of Ireland: Galway’s Town Council From 1603-1653
November 9, 2015 @ 8:00 pm
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Dr BrÌ_d McGrath
Managing the Windsor of Ireland: Galway’s Town Council From 1603-1653
Monday, 9 November at 8pm
Harbour Hotel, Dock Road, Galway
Dr. McGrath’s talk explores one of Galway’s most outstanding treasures, the ‰Û÷Liber A’ manuscript, preserved in the James Hardiman Library at NUI Galway
The lecture, sponsored by the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, is based on Dr. McGrath’s research as a Moore Institute Visiting Fellow.
In this public talk, Dr. McGrath will describe the membership of Galway’s town council and the people who controlled and managed the city in the first half of the 17th century. She will also discuss recently discovered letters from the famous Galway lawyer, Patrick Darcy now held in the Huntington Library, California.
According to Dr. McGrath, “Galway’s ‰Û÷Liber A’ is a truly unique manuscript and one of the town’s most precious treasures. While working on it, I was able to discover how Galway was managed by its wealthy, cultivated merchant elite in this period and the key role played by Galway men in Irish political life, in parliament and the Confederation of Kilkenny.”
‰Û÷Liber A’ is available online and features beautiful pen and ink drawings at: http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/LiberA/html/LiberA.html