The baron and ‘the Dook’: the life and death of Arthur Reginald, 5^th Baron De Freyne, 1879-1915

Dr Frances Nolan (National Library of Ireland)

Thursday, 14 December 2017, 6.30pm

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Seminar Room,

2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast

Free Lecture: All welcome

The Irish and Scottish elections under the Cromwellian Protectorate: a British problem? Dr Patrick Little (The History of Parliament) Thursday, 16 November 2017, 6.30pm

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‘From antichrist to ARCIC: Protestant attitudes to Catholicism, 1517-2017’

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 6.30pm

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast

More info from the secretary, Prof. Peter Gray (p.h.gray@qub.ac.uk) or visit https://usihs36.com/

EVERYONE WELCOME!

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Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 25th April 2017 at the Institute of Irish Studies (QUB) Seminar Room, 8 Fitzwilliam St, at 6.30pm

[Please note revised date and venue]

Dr Coleman Dennehy (UCD/UCL)

will speak on:

‘Contending Appellate Jurisdictions: Westminster v Dublin in the 17^th and 18^th Centuries’

Abstract:

In Spring 1720, the British parliament, by means of statute law, accused the Irish lords having ‘of late, against law, assumed to themselves a power and jurisdiction to examine, correct, and amend the judgements and decrees of the courts of justice’ in that kingdom. There was great upset in Ireland at this instance, as it was obviously a constitutional attack on the status of the Irish parliament; however it was also bad history. Both the Irish and English / British parliaments had for many centuries given final judgments on Irish cases, and, for the most part, this shared appellate judicial authority had passed off without incident. Whilst there was political fallout in the aftermath of Ward v Meath, Annesley v Sherlock, and Ulster Society v Derry, these were the exception rather than the norm.

This paper will be an examination of the long process of how two separate courts could claim the same status as final court of appeal without, for the most part, any substantial difficulty. It will also ascertain how the cases were handled, if they were typical of other cases coming before the English / British parliament, and whether the passing of the 1720 Declaratory Act made any material difference to the manner of Irish cases being heard in the final instance, or indeed the rate at which they appeared.

ALL WELCOME

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 7th March 2017 at Queen’s University, Belfast

Dr Richard McMahon (TCD)

will speak on:

‘The Irish contribution to the history of interpersonal violence’

At 6.30 pm, 22 University Square, Room 01/005, QUB

All welcome – this is a public event

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 14th February 2017 at Queen’s University, Belfast

Dr Ciara Breathnach (History, University of Limerick)

will speak on:

‘Infant death, baby-farming and precarious motherhood: evidence from the Dublin Coroners’ Courts’

At 6.30 pm, QUB, Old Staff Common Room (Lanyon Building South)

All welcome – this is a public event

Our next meeting will be on Thursday 8 December 2016 and will take the form of a round table discussion of the historical writing and legacy of our colleague Prof. Keith Jeffery, who died earlier in 2016.

Short presentations will be made on Keith’s writings by Prof Eunan O’Halpin (TCD) on military history, Prof Fearghal McGarry (QUB) on the history of 1916, and by Prof Don MacRaild (UU) on the history of the British empire. All members and friends are welcome to attend and participate.

The meeting will be in QUB – Peter Froggatt Centre Room 02/018, at 6.30pm, and be followed by a wine reception in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics.

All welcome.

Download a Select Bibliography of Keith’s publications.

Download a summary of presentations by Prof Eunan O’Halpin, Prof Don MacRaild and Prof Fearghal McGarry.