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THE RED BOOK of Ossory is to go on public display for the first time in its 700-year history.
The manuscript was written in St Canice’s Cathedral in Kilkenny in the 14th Century, and it is being returned to that Cathedral to go on display.
The book’s homecoming is happening tomorrow and it will go on public display from Monday.
The Red Book has survived wars and plagues and will be part of a new year-long exhibition that offers a glimpse into the life of ordinary citizens through the lens of Bishop Richard de Ledrede.
He was Bishop of Ossory from 1317 until his death in 1360.
Among the things Bishop Ledrede is famed for includes banning clergy from playing football on the grounds of the cathedral and in 1324, he famously accused noblewoman Alice Kyteler of witchcraft and heresy.
The Representative Church Body Library, which provides a repository in which archives and manuscripts of the Church can be stored, will hand over custody of the book to St Canice’s Cathedral tomorrow.
Bishop Ledrede recorded everything he thought was important in medieval Ireland in The Red Book, including the first recorded recipe for Aqua Vitae, which was used for medicinal purposes as the Black Death ravaged Europe.
The ‘water of life’ is known as whiskey today.
It also includes early provisions of the Magna Carta and a letter from King Edward III expressing concern that noble Englishmen in Ireland had “gone native”.
The Very Reverend Stephen Farrell, Dean of Ossory, remarked that the 79-vellum page artefact will “spark imagination and connect local people with their history”.
The entrance fee to the exhibition is included in the entrance fee to the Cathedral.
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Sure they’ll just buy them out from under the nose of first time buyers with the 7 billion housing budget and push prices higher!
On of the people that work with me was lucky enough to get a socially affordable home two years ago in a new limerick estate after 12 years on a list. When I call to help out with odd jobs it’s like visiting a foreign country as 2/3 are recently arrived and housed within 18 months of a successful application for asylum.
The rent is also means tested so my mortgage is actually cheaper.
Next election people should ask every candidate that calls to their door one simple question.
Please name 5 things you or your party have actually done for this community. Then film the answers.
What are people on about a housing crisis we’ve 158 units built there and plenty of fields for tents for people to get they’re bearings when they arrive. There’s plenty of extra tax fund from this budget i hear so more modular homes. Irish can look for a loan for an extension to house they’re families at granny and grandads house, that’s anyone fortunate enough to have parents who are lucky to own one. The rest can save up 5000 and head for Australia or USA cos they don’t allow you in otherwise,have a job lined up and no criminal record,opposite here though oddly unfortunately.
@Paddy C: you’re a tad off on the US there Paddy
I suppose it’s fair to say nothing has changed and nothing will ever change when FFG in charge.
I assume that number excludes the homes built for Ukrainians et al
Yawn. News ceases to become news (as in what is new) when one can foresee the future.
I propose that William Slevin gets deported. His tent or house will then become available to help ease the accommodation crisis.
Any seconders?
A Govt that lost the people & the moral authority to govern a long time ago. Listening to Harris speaking every day shows that he has no interest or concerns for the ordinary working Irish taxpayer, spends his days pandering to those arriving in record numbers every week, people are sick of it.
Too many, we need rental houses for us capitalists :)
@John D Doe: No rental houses for capitalists means less houses for people who want to rent! Landlords are needed despite being vilified all the time……. I’d choose to have more small time landlords over REITs anyday because the REITs profits go abroad and pay as little tax as possible!
Cooking The Books
My daughter has 3 young children with autism & asthma her husband took his own life 5yrs ago. She’s been on the housing list for 11yrs now with she currently lives in a private rented house paying €1500 a month. The house is damp and has black mould everywhere it’s so bad that she has to share her room with all 3 kids because the kids bedrooms are so bad. her kitchen and bathroom are a total health hazard with mould, she can’t ask the landlord to fix it because the people that were in it before her were given notice to quit because he was selling up, a for sale went up for the house for 3mths then went down and house was rented out then to her she knows he will do the same if she complains, there are 19 houses empty in our town some have been empty 3yrs there is no sense to it
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