The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society 2025 – 2026 lecture series continues at 8 pm on Friday, February 27th when Fr Conor McDonough, will deliver a talk titled The Irish Dominican Friars: Eight Centuries in Eight Objects, in St Patrick’s Gateway Centre, Waterford (Eircode X91 YX61).
How to tell a story that lasts eight centuries? The Dominican friars have been in Ireland since 1224, in all sorts of situations and settings. This lecture will tell their story by means of eight objects, one associated with each century. There'll be a half-buried dragon, a manuscript full of legends, an intricate work of embroidery, a letter sent from Lisbon, and more, including, of course, a treasure associated with Waterford.
Fr Conor McDonough, a native of Galway, is a Dominican friar of the Irish Province. Ordained to the priesthood in 2016, he has taught theology in the Dominican Studium, Dublin, and is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Classics, University of Galway..
**************** FORTHCOMING LECTURES *****************
27/03/2026 Dr Rachel Finnegan Upstairs, Downstairs: A bird’s-eye view of the Chavasse servants at Whitfield Court, Kilmeaden, from 1898 to 1913
Change of Venue: Parnell Room, Granville Hotel, Meagher’s Quay, Waterford
24/04/2026 Dr Kate Colbert Early medieval carved stones in southeast Ireland: expressions of ecclesiastical power, identity and commemoration
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