Samhain at Triskel Christchurch Education - 31 Oct at Triskel Christchurch TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON MORNING OF 31ST OCTOBER Two talks on the festival of Samhain The festival of Samhain was regarded as a special and magical time in ancient Ireland, when the doorways to the otherworld opened and the spirts of the dead were able to enter into our world. As part of our Halloween celebrations in Triskel Christchurch we are pleased to welcome Dr. Jennifer Butler of the Department of Folklore and Ethnology, UCC and Dr. Barra O’Donnabhain of the Department of Archaeology UCC for a special afternoon of free lunchtime talks sponsored by the Archaeology Society, UCC. In addition to our two speakers Donna Alexander (Department of English UCC) will read two paragraphs of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. Following the talks, PHD students with UCC Archaeology Department will be demonstrating different excavation techniques at the experimental archaeological excavation pit (with plastic artefacts and trick or treat goodies to find buried in the soil). Halloween costumes are also welcomed. Dr. Jennifer Butler The History and Traditional Celebration of Samhain in Ireland Dr. Jennifer Butler holds a PhD in Folklore and Ethnology from University College Cork, in support of which she received a Government of Ireland Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences from the Irish Research Council. She is a specialist in the area of belief studies and popular religion and has published widely on the topic of contemporary Irish Paganism. She received a research bursary from the Ireland Newfoundland Partnership as well as a Dobbin Scholarship, supported by the Ireland-Canada University Foundation, for an ongoing comparative research project on the topic of Irish and Newfoundland fairy folklore. Dr. Barra O’Donnabhain Cruel and Unusual: Ritualised Violence in Medieval Ireland Dr. Barra O’Donnabhain, who holds a PhD degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, is a bioarchaeologist who has been conducting archaeological research in Ireland and other parts of the world for over 25 years. His publications cover a wide temporal span as well as a broad range of themes but are characterized by an integrative approach in their reconstructions of past lives. This is exemplified by recent papers dealing with the political use of the ritualized violence of executions (2011) and the use of bone chemistry to characterise diet and identity in Viking Age Dublin (2012). In 2012 he began excavations at the 19th century prison at Spike Island, in Cork Harbour. Sponsored by the Archaeology Society, UCC
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