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Words on the Wave

Ireland and St Gallen in Early Medieval Europe

Detail showing St Matthew applying a scribal knife or scraper to a page and dipping his pen in an inkwell (Cod. Sang. 1395, p. 418). © Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gallen

May 31, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Experience the magic of metal, stone and manuscript art from Ireland’s Golden Age in this unique exhibition of early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St. Explore extraordinary journeys of people, books and ideas between medieval Ireland and Europe. Immerse yourself in precious manuscripts from the Abbey of St Gall, Switzerland — some returning to Ireland for the first time in 1000 years — alongside spectacular objects from the Irish world from which they emerged.

National Museum of Ireland Website

A group from Friends of Columbanus Bangor will travel, via the Enterprise train from Belfast Central Station in the morning to Connolly Station Dublin, arriving at the museum for a guided tour of the exhibition. This will be followed by a late lunch in the museum cafe, returning to Belfast by early evening. 

For full details of this remarkable exhibition please follow the link below: