Heritage Society to hear about the Vikings
SAINTFIELD Heritage Society will start off the New Year with a lecture by Cormac Bourke on The Vikings in the North of Ireland on Thursday January 14 at 8.15pm.
Cormac Bourke has been Curator of Medieval Antiquities at the Ulster Museum since 1983. His research interests include the archaeology and history of the early Irish Church. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians and is Honorary Editor of the Ulster Journal of Archaeology. He is author of Patrick, the archaeology of a saint and editor of a volume of Studies in the cult of Saint Columba.
His lecture will explore some of the popular misconceptions about the Vikings and will consider the positive legacy of the many Viking incursions into the province in the 9th and 10th centuries.
The lecture will be on Thursday January 14 at 8.15pm in Saintfield Library. Visitors are always welcome.