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This lecture series is continuing with a lecture taking place on September 29th titled ‘Soiscela mor Coluim cille’ – The Great Gospel of Colmcille. The Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin MS 58) contains the four Gospels in Latin based on the Vulgate text (St Jerome, 384AD), intermixed with readings from the earlier Old Latin translation. The date and place of origin of the Book of Kells have attracted a great deal of scholarly interest. This lecture will give an introduction to the Book of Kells - The Great Gospel of Colmcille – discuss its provenance, composition and iconography. In addition a detailed theological reading of one or more of the fully illustrated pages will be presented.

The summer edition of our newsletter is full of news including: reflections of ten years of Loyola Institute by Founding Director Dr Con Casey; Prof Garrigan reclaiming Mary Magdalen; forthcoming events you can join, and reports on what the staff and students of the Loyola Institute have been up to. Click here to read.

Trinity College Dublin and the Loyola Institute Trust and Company have signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding with respect to the Loyola Institute at Trinity College. The Institute has been part of Trinity since 2012 and the new MOU provides the formal framework within which the Institute will operate as part of Trinity’s recently restructured School of Religion.Read more here.

Check out two recent lectures on Columcille to celebrate the 15th centenary of his birth, and presentations by our MPhil students on their dissertations, and lots more on our YouTube channel. Please Follow / Subscribe to our channel to receive automatic notifications of new video’s.