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Starts: 19:30
Ends: 21:00
Online talk organised by Highland Council Historic Environment Team
Online talk by Dr Carolyn McNamara. Bookings via Eventbrite
The Monastery of Applecross was founded in 673 by a monk from Ireland in Pictish territory. This talk will look at the evidence for cultural mixing between Gaelic and Pictish cultures apparent in the monastery's history and its connections to both Bangor monastery in the north of Ireland and Rosemarkie, on the Black Isle. Those curious about archaeology, history, art, or place-names will find something to sink their teeth into.
Dr McNamara completed her PhD in Celtic at the University of Glasgow in 2021. Her doctoral studies focused on early medieval monasteries and monastic networks in the west of Scotland, including Applecross, Lismore, and Tiree and their connection to the monastery at Bangor in the north of Ireland. She is in her 6th year working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the department of Celtic and Gaelic at the University of Glasgow and is the founder and managing director of My Academic Family, a non-profit which provides support to first-generation university students in the UK.
