First
Annual Conference
The Living
Tradition of Stone Sculpture in Callan:
The O'Tunneys - The Men, The Work and The
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An extraordinary flowering of sculptural and
architectural stonecarving occurred in the
period 1500-1650 in Kilkenny City and
County. Callan as the most important town in
the county was the base of the O'Tunney
school of sculptors who, unusually, signed
their work. Magnificent carving on many
funeral monuments still speak to us today of
the skill of Rory, William, Patrick and
James O'Tunney and of the wealth and taste
of their patrons.
The papers include - among others - :
Rosemary Ryan All the
Dead Dears: the funerary monuments of St
Mary's Callan, Dr Amy Harris
(Church Monuments Society)
Medieval to Renaissance - the tombs of the
O'Tunney and Kerin Sculptors,
Dr Elizabeth Wincott Heckett
Horned Headdresses and Habergeons: archaic
Irish dress in the 16th century from Callan
and Kilkenny.
On Saturday there will be a tour of the
Augustinian Friary, St Mary's and pieces of
St Mary's in present parish churches led by
Con Manning & Joe Kennedy
(Callan Heritage Society) and on Sunday a
tour of Jerpoint O'Tunney tomb and St Canine
Cathedral, Killkenny led by John
Bradley (National University of
Ireland Maynooth)
Further details, booking forms and fees
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