Anthony (Tony) Candon
The New Ross Historical Society is preparing for its upcoming lecture, Women in Early Ireland – What can we know? which will take place on Thursday, April 23.
This talk will focus on what we can know from the sources about women in early Irish society, mainly in the years 600 – 1200 AD. The talk will look at legal sources such as the Brehon Laws, the Annals, and a specialist tract called the Banshenchas.
For all that early Irish society, like other European societies at the time, was intensely patriarchal, and there’s evidence that many women were able to work around the restrictions of such a society and exercise considerable influence, if not power, in the political sphere. Although not well-known today, many were famous in their own time.
Highly regarded archaeologist and historian, Anthony (Tony) Candon, who is originally from New Ross will present the lecture on the night. Tony studied archaeology and medieval Irish history in University College Cork and in 2007, he took up the position of Manager Keeper of the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life – Ireland’s National Folk Museum in Castlebar, Mayo, and being in charge of the only branch of NMI outside Dublin.
The lecture will take place on Thursday, April 23 at 7.30pm in the Dunbrody Visitors Centre on the New Ross Quay.