Beyond the Book of Kells: On the Conquest of Ireland

Recorded December 5, 2017. This lecture is part of a series
entitled "Beyond the Book of Kells: The stories of eight other
medieval manuscripts from the library of Trinity College Dublin."
In this third talk of the series, Dr Caoimhe Whelan from Trinity's
Department of History will discuss TCD MS. 592: A Hiberno-English
translation of Gerald of Wales' On the Conquest of Ireland. Gerald
of Wales was perhaps the principal propagandist of the
twelfth-century English invasion of Ireland and his work was to
have a lasting impact on both colonisers and colonised. TCD 592
presents a fifteenth-century English translation of Gerald's work,
apparently written for an Anglo-Irish audience, complete with
marginal notes highlighting the English claim to Ireland and
offering warnings against Irish treachery. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/