Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Saturday 10 March 2012
The March ‘Archive of the Month’ is a collaboration between the RCB Library and Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise with the text being presented in both Irish and English on the Church of Ireland website at www.ireland.anglican.org/libraray/archive
The presentation tells the story of Douglas Hyde’s ‘modern Irish’ translation of the hymn, St Patrick’s Breastplate’ which he produced in 1915 at the request of Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise, the Irish Guild of the Church. The Guild had been founded in 1914 to promote the use of the Irish language in worship and to collect and publish suitable Irish prayers and hymns. Hyde’s translation of St Patrick’s Breastplate was written on five postcards and posted to Ethne Culverwell, a young member of he Guild, who had been deputed to contact Hyde.
This story is illustrated with images from the RCB Library where the records of Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise and Hyde’s translation are held. These have been supplemented with material from the collections of Douglas Sealy, grandson of Hyde, and the Revd Martin Hilliard, Rector of Kells in Co. Kilkenny, who is a grandson of Ethne Culverwell.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning a service of Holy Communion will be broadcast live from the RTE studios, Donnybrook with parishioners of Kilternan parish church led by the rector, Canon David Moynan, and the Junior and Senior Choirs of the parish. The service will include a short discussion with some of the candidates confirmed last Sunday about their Christian faith. In the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, the speaker in the series of addresses on the Psalms at the Sung Eucharist will be the former Supreme Court Judge, Mrs Catherine McGuinness, while in Knocknagoney parish church the Bishop of Down & Dromore will institute Canon David Brown to the incumbency,
An 3.30pm in St Stephen’s church, Dublin, there will be a Tsunami Anniversary Concert with Mari Moriya (soprano), Takeshi Moriuchi (piano) and Daichi Fujike (counter–tenor) in support of Aid Japan for Children, and later, at 7.30pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral, the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami will be marked with a free recital of Handel’s Messiah by the all female Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin Choir.
The lunchtime recital in St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, on Wednesday will be given by Yonit Kosovske (piano) and Balint Varay (violin) who will play Bach’s Violin and Obbligato Sonatas. In the evening, at 8pm in St Ann’s church, Portmarnock, the Malahide area Lenten talk will be given by Greg Fromholz, from 3Rock Youth, who will speak about reaching out to young people.
A series of talks for St Patrick’s tide will begin in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on Wednesday evening at 8pm when Albert Fenton will speak about the Knights of St Patrick, and will continue on Thursday evening when Canon Charles Mullen will speak on ‘Religion and St Patrick’.
In Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Thursday evening at 7pm Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise will host an ‘Irish Language Taster’ in the Chapter Room over a glass of wine. This is intended for beginners or those who have forgotten their Irish. This event is free, all are welcome and those who are interested should telephone 087 6232841. The ‘Taster’ will be preceded by bi–lingual Evensong at 6pm.
On Friday evening the Bishop of Clogher will institute the Revd Alan Irwin as Rector of Lack parish while in Killeshandra parish church the Bishop of Kilmore will institute the Revd Alison Calvin to the incumbency of the Kileshandra group of parishes.