MEDIEVAL Limerick City and the county’s ringforts are just some of the topics to be explored in a new lecture series examining the built heritage of the Treaty city and county.
The series will also include an exploration of Medieval Limerick on February 12; the archaeology of mills and milling in County Limerick on February 26 and the building of the University of Limerick on March 12.
The final lecture on March 26 entitled ‘Limerick 2030: An economic Strategy and Spatial Plan for Limerick’ is described as a ‘once in a generation strategy’ to guide the economic, social and physical renaissance of the city and county.
It is the sixth season of biennial public lectures organised by the County Council and its Arts Officer Joan MacKernan said the idea behind the lectures is to demonstrate what our ancestors created and considered important.
“The lectures focus on individual aspects of the built heritage surrounding us in the landscape of Limerick City and County, from the historic landscape right up to the present or on this occasion the future. The built heritage is a reflection of our society, its values, its hierarchies, its fashions and its trends. The lectures spotlight a variety of architecture through the ages,” she said.
Doors open at 8pm. For further information contact: Limerick County Council, County Hall, Dooradoyle, Limerick; or Tel: 061 496498 / 496300.
