Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 21 August 2010
Conference on religion and the diocese of Kilmore
A one-day conference on the history of the diocese of Kilmore will be held at Cavan County Museum, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan, on Saturday 28th August. This conference, which features a mix of local and academic historians, will deal with the experiences of the churches in the Cavan/Kilmore region.
Participants include the Bishop of Kilmore, the Rt Revd Kenneth Clarke, and the former Bishop of Clogher, Dr Joseph Duffy, while among those who will speak on the Church of Ireland will be Dr Toby Barnard (Hertford College, Oxford), Dr Jonathan Cherry (St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra), Dr Brendan Scott and Canon John Crawford. Sessions will be chaired by Professor Raymond Gillespie (NUI, Maynooth), Professor Colm Lennon, Dr Susan Hood (RCB Library) and Professor James Kelly (St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra).
Various issues such as the Farnhams and evangelism in Cavan, the Revd John Richardson and the Irish language, and the Church of Ireland in 17th-century Kilmore, will be addressed and discussed by the panel of experts. Cost for the day is 10 euro (price includes a light lunch, tea/coffee). Places can be booked at Cavan County Museum on 049 8544070 or email Savina Donohoe at [email protected].
Next week is Heritage Week. In Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, there will be heritage tours each day from Monday to Friday at 11am and specialist talks at lunchtime on architecture, stained glass, history, and archives. Similarly in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, there will be daily guided tours at 11.30am and lunchtime talks on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The Assistant Organist, David Leigh, will give a recital on Tuesday at 6.30pm and at the same time on Thursday there will be a recital by the Cathedral Organist, Stuart Nicholson. The medieval church of St Doulagh, Balgriffin, will be open to visitors this weekend and next Wednesday, while in the Church of St John the Evangelist, Sandymount, there will be an exhibition of vestments and frontals next Thursday and Friday from 10am to 4pm.
Today (Saturday) Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, will be sung by the University of Bristol Church Choir who will also sing the services tomorrow (Sunday).
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 11.15 am RTE 1 will broadcast a Service of the Word, with members the Mothers’ Union in Dublin & Glendalough, conducted by the Diocesan President, Joy Gordon. In St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, there will be an organ recital at 8pm by David Hill and Stephen Hamill in association with the Dunleath Organ Scholarship Trust.
The annual Charles Wood Summer School will begin in Armagh tomorrow (Sunday). Dr David Hill is returning as Director with Daniel Hyde as assistant . Nigel McClintock from St Peters Belfast will direct the Charles Wood Boy Choristers. There is the usual mix of recitals, choral services, concerts, master classes and tuition New this year is a short series of lunchtime concerts in First Armagh Presbyterian Church featuring Peter Harris (tenor), Maeve Falconer (soprano) and Brian Vallely with Armagh Pipers Club. Also a candle light concert in St Patrick's RC Cathedral on Wednesday and on Friday, during the Gala Concert there will, for the first time, be a signed performance of the Faure Requiem by Janet Beck an interpreter from RNID.
Full details may be had at www.charleswoodsummerschool.org
On Thursday in St Stephen’s Church, Mount Street Crescent, Dublin, there will be a lunchtime concert on Thursday by Ciaran O’Connell (flute) and Siobhan Kilkelly (organ) who will pay works by Geminiani, Carolan, Guilmant and Liebermann.