Event marks 250 years since O'Connell's birth
The Bar of Ireland has announced details of a two-day symposium later this month to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell, champion of Catholic emancipation.
The O’Connell 250 Symposium, being held in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub, will bring together leading judicial and legal figures, historians, human-rights experts, and public figures to explore O’Connell’s life and global legacy.
The event will also discuss challenges to human rights today, threats to democracy, and the lessons to be learned from a study of the Liberator.
Glasnevin Cemetery
The symposium will take place on 29 and 30 July in the Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity Long Room Hub.
One event is taking place at Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery, where O’Connell’s body is buried at the base of the Round Tower, while his heart was, famously, sent to Rome.
As well as working to end the Penal Laws, O’Connell also campaigned for a non-denominational burial site in Dublin and was founder, in 1832, of Glasnevin Cemetery.
Barrister legacy
Taoiseach Micheál Martin will deliver a keynote address on the first day, which will also include a panel discussion entitled Liberation through Law: Daniel O’Connell and the Path to Justice, chaired by Chief Justice Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell.
Full details of the programme and how to buy tickets are available on the Bar of Ireland website.
“The Bar Council is delighted to have the opportunity to join in supporting that event and, by doing so, to highlight O’Connell’s legacy as a barrister and the example he provides of the importance of the independent referral Bar in securing the rule of law,” said Bar Council chair Seán Guerin SC.