Irish Family History Society

Connecting People With Their Irish Roots

People, Power, and Parchment: The Life and Times of Medieval Dublin Castle

When:
27 Mar 2025 @ 13:00 – 14:00
2025-03-27T13:00:00+00:00
2025-03-27T14:00:00+00:00
Where:
Bedford Tower
Dame St
Dublin 2, Co. Dublin
Ireland
Cost:
Free

Dublin Castle stood at the heart of English rule in medieval Ireland. This talk explores the castle’s history as a center of governance, power and control, revealing the lives of those who shaped and were shaped by it—from lieutenants and chancellors to scribes and sheriffs. Through the documents they created, we uncover the castle’s role in medieval Dublin and its connections to the English crown, offering a glimpse into the workings of authority, bureaucracy, and daily life in medieval Ireland.

Speaker: Dr Lynn Kilgallon, Research Fellow, Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.