A very successful symposium ‘Mapping Death: People, Boundaries and Territories in Ireland, 1st to 8th Centuries AD’,was held at UCD School of History & Archives, University College Dublin on 22 November. The attendance numbered 80 people.The inter-disciplinary papers presented were all well received, and resulted in very interesting questions and comments from the floor.

 

Speakers included: Dr Elizabeth O’Brien, Mr Anthony Corns, Dr Edel Bhreathnach, Mr Ian Doyle, Ms Elizabeth Dawson, Ms Maeve Sikora, Mr Fintan Walsh, Dr Elva Johnston, Dr Michael Potterton. Full details of the presentations can be found on the mapping death website (www.mappingdeath.ie)

This project is being directed under the aegis of the UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute and has been funded by the Heritage Council’s INSTAR Programme.