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COIHS Conference

The next meeting of the Church of Ireland Historical Society will be held on Saturday 7 November beginning at 11am.The first paper will be given by  Professor Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Emeritus Professor of History at NUI Galway, on ‘Saint Patrick, life and afterlife: an overview of 150 years of Patrician Studies’ and this will be followed at 12 noon by a research paper from Mr Noel Lindsay, a PhD student at Mary Immaculate University College, Limerick, on ‘The rejection of non–denominational education and the introduction of segregated education in Northern Ireland, 1921–30’.

After a lunch break, the conference will resume at 2pm when Dr Clodagh Tait, Lecturer in History at Mary Immaculate University College, Limerick, will talk about ‘The ghosts in granny’s attic: women and the material culture of the decline of the Church of Ireland’. The final contribution, at 3pm, will be from the social and cultural historian, Dr Aoife Bhreatnach on  ‘Burying the poor: the Church of Ireland and the friendless dead, 1830–1930’.

The conference will be on held via Zoom video conferencing. If you wish to attend, you can register online. Members can sign up for free. Non–members are most welcome. They are asked to subscribe €10 to assist with expenses.

If you wish to become a member the annual subscription is €40/£40. This includes admission to the bi–annual conferences (at Armagh Robinson Library and Christ Church cathedral, Dublin), book discounts, and exclusive access to the Society’s thirty–five podcasts. Queries may be addressed to the honorary secretaries, Professor Alan Ford or Dr Miriam Moffitt, by email (secretary.coihs@gmail.com). Alternatively, you can visit the society’s website for further details about the conference – http://churchofirelandhist.org

The Church of Ireland Historical Society meets twice a year. It exists to promote scholarly interest in the history of the Church, and to facilitate publication.

A publication of a different nature has come from the pen of the Revd Ted Woods, a former Rector of Rathfarnham, now living in retirement in North–East England. Bishop is a novel about a fictional bishop and church goings–on in the diocese of Danesford, just outside Dublin. Commended by Canon Cecil Hyland as containing ‘‘pathos, humour, disappointment and anger – all qualities we find in any community. I recommend it as a good read – a gripping story which displays Ted’s ability to involve the reader in the whole atmosphere of what is happening. One could have an idea about how it might end; but, like me, it is unlikely to be correct’” Ebook edition at £2.99 and a paperback edition at £7.99 are available from Beaten Track Publishing & Amazon.

On Tuesday, the Dublin & Glendalough Diocesan Synods will be held as a Zoom virtual meeting. The Synods will commence with a celebration of the Eucharist livestreamed from Christ Church, Taney, at 4.30pm.

In Kesh, Co. Fermanagh, on Friday, the Revd Francis Rutledge will be instituted to Magheraculmoney parish in St Mary’s church with an invited congregation and dependent on restrictions in place at the time. Mr Rutledge has been Bishop’s Curate in The Primacy, Bangor, since 2005.

Eco–Congregation Ireland’s latest newsletter is now available, at www.ecocongregationireland.com, and highlights examples of environmental projects undertaken by churches across the island of Ireland. This edition features the Diocese of Down and Dromore’s Harvest videos, alongside the Harvest newsletter from Bishops’ Appeal and the Revd Trevor Sargent’s ecological notes, focusing on forestry.

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