Dublin in Deeds: Records of the Guild of St Anne, 1237-1778

Discover the stories of people and property in medieval Dublin.

The Guild of St Anne Collection in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy opens a fascinating window into life in medieval Dublin. Established in 1430, the Guild brought together merchants and bureaucrats, landlords and tenants, and families and neighbours based around St Audoen’s church, Cornmarket. Over the centuries, they produced hundreds of original parchment deeds. From donations and bequests, to wills and conveyances, these extensive property records reveal the ordinary – and sometimes extraordinary – stories of the women and men of St Anne’s Guild.

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The Royal Irish Academy, along with the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland and the Irish Manuscripts Commission, warmly invite you to celebrate the launch of this new digital resource, which makes one of Dublin’s most important historical records available to researchers and history enthusiasts. Selected highlights from the collection will be on exhibition during the evening.

• 18.00 Welcome and ‘Curating the Guild of St Anne Collection’ – Barbara McCormack, Academy Librarian
• 18.10 ‘The survival of the Guild of St Anne in the early modern period’ – Colm Lennon, MRIA
• 18.25 ‘Doorways into the Past: Two Cook Street Properties of the Guild of St Anne’ – Dr Theresa O’Byrne, Virtual Record Treasury Associate Researcher
• 18.40 ‘From Script to Screen: The Guild of St Anne Gold Seam’ –  Dr Lynn Kilgallon, Virtual Record Treasury Research Fellow in Medieval History
• 19.00 Official launch of RIA A060 Guild of St Anne, a VRTI Gold Seam

Followed by a reception and refreshments