Irish Texts Society

• A Main Series of 64 volumes

• A Subsidiary Series of 22 publications

• Annuol Seminar in partnership with the Combined Departments of Irish UCC

• Publication of the Locus Project's Historifu/Oiftionury of Cue/if Pkuenames

• Discounts on ITS ond RIA publications for ITS members

• The Noel O'Connell and Breand6n o Buachalla Memorial Lectures (London and Dublin)

Volume 16 Issue 2

lunoso/August 2011

ITS LECTURES IN DUBLIN AND LONDONLEACHTAi FAOI CHOIMIRCE CHUMANN NA SCRiBHEANNnGAEDHILGE I mBAILE A.THA. CLIATH AGUS I LONDAIN

The Irish Texts Societyvalues its link with Londonthrough its foundation

>- there, and this is reflectedin its activities.t-

In 2006, the Noel O'Con-wnell Memorial Lecture was

U initiated to honour the0 memory of the London-V) based civil engineer NoelV)

L. O'Connell, the ITS's Hon-t- Q) orary Secretary from 1967>< to 1991. This lecture isw +- held in partnership with thet- +- Irish Literary Society, itself~ Q) founded in London in 1892V) - from a subcommittee of architectural practice. Hiswhich the ITS emerged inCl:: 1898. wide ranging presentation- Cl) This year's lecture was on aspects of architecturalw

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delivered in April by Pro- design drew many ques-C)fessor John Tuomey, of tions and contributions....•

Q) from the audience,~ including fromC

Z actors and peoplew« involved in theatre,C) and those who wereZ I

familiar with thebuilding in its pre-

ZZ vious form.

« L. Members of thew e- O'Connell family~ +- were present at theell e- UCD and O'Donnell and lecture and Noel's daugh-ICIII::: +- Tuomey Architects, on the ter, Emer, moved the voteU subject of 'The Lyric Thea- of thanks to the speaker.V) ...c: tre Belfast', a project re- Earlier, in March, the« U cently completed by his inaugural ITS Bre-Z andan 6 BuachallaZ 0 Memorial LectureZ ::) was delivered by« Dr John Carey of:e Z UCC in the Na-::::) tional Library ofU Ireland in Dublin.

AbovelThuas: Members of ITSCouncil attending the Meeting ofCouncil held at the London Officeof the Federation ofIrish Societieson 28-05-2011 - Baill de Chom-hairle Chumann na ScribheannnGaedhilge a bhi i lathair ag angcruinne in oifig Ch6naidhm nagCumann Eireannacha, Londain -28-05-2011: (6 chle) An tOllamhMaire Herbert - Uachtaran an Chu-mainn, Michael J Bums - CisteoirOinigh, Geoffrey Keating, An DrPadraigin Riggs, An Dr KevinMurray, David Sexton, An tOI-lamh Rurai 6 hUiginn, An DrMarc Caball, Sean Hutton - RunaiOinigh.

Left/Ar chle 1, 6 chle: O'ConnellLecture/Leacht Ui Chonaill - SewHutton, An tOllamh John Tuomey.

Left/Ar chle 2,6 chle: 6 BuachallaLecture/Leacht Ui Bhuachalla - AnDr Marc Caball, An Dr JohnCarey, An tOllamh Maire Herbert.

CONTENTS

ITS Lectures London/Dublin 1·2

Dates for your diary 2

Recent Publications

ITS Membership

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The lecture has been insti-tuted by the Society tocommemorate the contri-bution of the late Professor6 Buachalla to the ITSduring his membership ofCouncil between 1988 and2010. In recent years Bre-andan had been concernedwith the raising of the pro-file ofthe Society in theDublin region - a project inwhich Dr Marc Caball ofITS Council has also takena leading role. It is appro-priate that this lectureshould bear his name.Dr Carey's lecture - 'TheWanderings of the Battleof Moytirra' - ranged in amasterly way across the

history,contentsand con-texts ofHarleian5280, theolder oftwomanu-scriptson whichan ITSbestsel- Leacht Ui Bhuachalla: (6 chle) An tOllamh Padraig 6 Riain,ler, E A Aingeal Ui Bhuachalla, Cliona Ni Bhuachalla.

Gray's edition of Cath and mythic struggles andMaige TuiredJThe Second their meanings.Battle of Mag Tuired, is The lecture was attendedbased. Dr Carey's presenta- by members of the 6 Bua-tion referred to the manu- challa family and was fol-script tradition, Irish scribes lowed by an NU-hostedand English antiquarians, wine reception.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - DON DIALANN

An exhibition, 'The Irish Texts Society', curated by Or Marc Caball, UCD and ITS Council, forms part ofthe NU's Discovery programme and can be viewed throughout 2011 at 2-3 Kildare Street, Dubl;in 2.

ITS Exhibition LecturesLectures, open to the public (booking not required), will take place in the Seminar Room of the

National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 at 7.00 p.m. (Contact: bosullivan@nli.ie)Lecture 1: 'Tain B6 Cuailnge: Ireland's National Epic?' will be given by Professor Ruairi 6 hUiginn

on Tuesday 11 October 2011.Lecture 2: 'Geoffrey Keating: the man and the myths' will be given by Or Bernadette Cunning ham

on Tuesday 25 October 2011

ITS/UCC Annual Seminar (Cork)The 13th Annual Seminar will focus on ITS Main Series volumes 26, 27 Celthreim Thoirdhealbhaigh /

The Triumphs of Turlough. It will take place on Saturday 5 November 2011 at University College, Cork.Full details of the programme plus a downloadable application form will be posted on the ITS website,and that of the Locus Project at University College, Cork. The proceedings of previous seminars form

volumes 10-14, 16-21 of the Society's Subsidiary Series.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS / LEABHAIR NUA

Volume 64 Cath Cluana TarbhlThe Battle of Clontarf, edited by Meidhbhin Ni Urdail,2011 (ISBN I 870 166647). Price: £38 stg., €42, US $56.50 (Members: £25 stg., €28,US$38)

Subsidiary Series 21 Tadhg oai o hUiginn: His Historical and Literary Context, edited byPadraigin Riggs, 2010 (ISBN I 870166809). Price: £19 stg., €21, US $28.50 (Members£13 stg., €14, US $19)

Subsidiary Series 22 A Guide to Publications on Irish Placenames, prepared by DonnaThornton (assisted by Kevin Murray) (ISBN 1 870166698)( Price: £19 stg., €21, US $28.50(Members £13 stg., €14, US $19)

Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames /Focloir Stairiuil Aitalnmneachu na Gaeilge(ISBN 1 87016673 6), Fascicle 4 (Names in C: Ceall Ghabhann to Clairine) / Fascul-l(Ainmneacha i C: Ceall Ghabhann go Clairine), Editors / Eagarthoiri: Padraig 6 Riain, Diar-muid 6 Murchadha, Kevin Murray. Price: £22 stg., €24, US $31.50 (Members £14 stg.,€16, US $21)

ITS MEMBERSHIP: Individual Membership subscriptions are as follows: £15 stg.; €23; $25 US. The rates forsubscriptions which are paid by Banker's Order are: £9; € 12; $15 US in recognition of the reduced administrationinvolved. For details of Library Membership and details of benefits of both types of membership please see p. 3 ofthe ITS List of Publications. Annual subscriptions are due on I January each year.