Image: a woodcut included in Rev. Edward Nangle’s Origins, Progress, and Difficulties of the Achill Mission (1839)
Monday, 23 January 2023

On 18 January 2023, the MCHRI (Material and Cultural Heritages of Religion in Ireland) research network presented a seminar on 'The Second Reformation in Ireland'. Dr. Ciarán McCabe and Alexandra Caccamo were the invited speakers for this seminar. This seminar reflected their work on their exhibition ‘The Second Reformation and Catholic-Protestant Relations in Pre-Famine Ireland: Bicentennial Perspectives’. This exhibition is currently on view at the Russell Library at St. Patrick’s College Maynooth, and can be viewed online: https://sway.office.com/1WIWE44USN1yHvYP?ref=Link The online seminar was organised by Dr Niamh NicGhabhann from the UL Department of History, and was well attended by the research network members, by students and doctoral researchers from UL, and by researchers and scholars from institutions across the world. The MCHRI network aims to bring people interested in the material and cultural heritages of religion in Ireland together, and to facilitate discussion and collaboration on shared research questions, as well as connecting Irish research with researchers internationally. All are very welcome to join, or to sign up to the mailing list for future seminars and events by contacting niamh.nicghabhann [at] ul.ie