{"id":531090,"date":"2026-07-03T12:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/531090\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:39:18","slug":"heritage-centre-packed-for-lecture-on-st-moling-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/531090\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage centre packed for lecture on St Moling &#8211; Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"> A CROWD of over 70 people squeezed into St Mullins Heritage Centre on 17 June for an event marking the feast of St Moling, while raising vital funds for the centre.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3857490_4_articleinline_1.jpg\" alt=\"Brigid Fox looks over some of the ancient artefacts during the St Moling's Day celebrations in the St Mullins Heritage Centre\" title=\"Brigid Fox looks over some of the ancient artefacts during the St Moling's Day celebrations in the St Mullins Heritage Centre\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Brigid Fox looks over some of the ancient artefacts during the St Moling&#8217;s Day celebrations in the St Mullins Heritage Centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Attendees heard from medieval Ireland historian Dr Elizabeth Boyle of Maynooth University, who delivered a fascinating lecture on St Moling, after whom the village is named. There was also the special unveiling of a facsimile copy of the  Book of Mulling, one of Ireland\u2019s most important medieval manuscripts, created in St Mullins in the late eighth century.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3857491_4_articleinline_5.jpg\" alt=\"Josie Gladney and Sue Beatson at the St Moling's Day celebrations\" title=\"Josie Gladney and Sue Beatson at the St Moling's Day celebrations\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Josie Gladney and Sue Beatson at the St Moling&#8217;s Day celebrations<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Over \u20ac1,000 was raised, which will go towards the maintenance and upkeep of the heritage centre, as well as the preservation of its artefacts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3857492_4_articleinline_4.jpg\" alt=\"Helen and Thomas Brennan look over a cemetery genealogy book in the St Mullins Heritage Centre\" title=\"Helen and Thomas Brennan look over a cemetery genealogy book in the St Mullins Heritage Centre\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Helen and Thomas Brennan look over a cemetery genealogy book in the St Mullins Heritage Centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">St Moling founded a monastery in the village on the banks of the River Barrow in the early seventh century and, according to local tradition, established a mill in the area. He is reputed as being the first person to introduce rye to Ireland and is said to have helped locals by distributing corn and meal during bad harvest seasons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3857493_4_articleinline_3.jpg\" alt=\"At the St Moling's Day celebrations were Mary Crowe and Emer O'Brien\" title=\"At the St Moling's Day celebrations were Mary Crowe and Emer O'Brien\" class=\"card-img\"\/>At the St Moling&#8217;s Day celebrations were Mary Crowe and Emer O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Organisers of the event thanked the Mullich\u00e1in Caf\u00e9 for donating the complementary wine and canap\u00e9s, while the  Book of Mulling was sponsored by Caulfield\u2019s Financial, with the heritage centre\u2019s social media department providing the music. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3857494_4_articleinline_7.jpg\" alt=\"Geraldine Collier and Elizabeth Hayden pictured beside a copy of the 'Book of Mulling' (the original is in Trinity College)\" title=\"Geraldine Collier and Elizabeth Hayden pictured beside a copy of the 'Book of Mulling' (the original is in Trinity College)\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Geraldine Collier and Elizabeth Hayden pictured beside a copy of the &#8216;Book of Mulling&#8217; (the original is in Trinity College)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A CROWD of over 70 people squeezed into St Mullins Heritage Centre on 17 June for an event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-531090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}