A NOW CLOSED Catholic seminary will open to the public this Friday as part of Culture Night.

Holy Cross College in Clonliffe will open to the public, ready answer a number of questions about the history of the college.

Questions such as “Why was Bing Crosbie writing to Archbishop John Charles McQuaid in 1961?” “What went on in the 600 illegal beer houses in Dublin in 1863?” and “What attempts were made to stop starving children being deported to the UK during the Lockout?” are all answered in the exhibition, which will see historical documents going on display.

Among the documents going on display is a parchment from 1558. Hugh Curwen, then Archbishop of Dublin, who expressed his approval of the marriage of Henry VIII to Ann Boleyn, issued the parchment. He would later declare himself a Protestant and would be accused by the Archbishop of Armagh of “serious moral delinquency”.

To mark the anniversary of the 1913 Lockout, Diocesan Archivist, Noelle Dowling, has made available a significant amount of documents chronicling the role of the Catholic Church in the dispute, which has been the subject of some controversy.

The college is at the corner of Clonliffe Road and Jones Road and doors open at 6pm.

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