Kilmainham’s Fire and Water: A History Older Than Dublin?

Before Dublin was a city, a mysterious fire and holy well marked the elevated location of the church of St Maignenn (= Kilmainham). Colum Kenny takes us back through the ages, glimpsing on the way ghosts of Kilmainham — and recalling annual festivities at the ancient site that survived until suppressed by the Church in the 1800s.

Dr Colum Kenny, BL, is a professor emeritus of Dublin City University. A journalist and historian, his books include biographies of Arthur Griffith and Éamon de Valera and a study of silence in communications.

Meeting place is the Johnston Room, located in the west corner of the North Range, just off the central courtyard of the Royal Hospital. Doors open 5:50pm. Look out for OPW signage.

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