To mark the 150th anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland (through the Irish Church Act 1869), the Church of Ireland Theological Institute will host a colloquium on Saturday, 30th November, featuring three historians who will speak on Disestablishment and its context within Irish history. The event will start at 9.30am and finish for lunch at 1.00pm.
The speakers will address the following themes:
Professor Alan Ford – ‘“Flagrant breeches”: the making, breaking and re–making of the Church of Ireland canons, 1870–1974’; Dr Miriam Moffitt – ‘“Truly thankful do I feel”: a constitutional crisis averted by the Queen’;…
