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Author Archives: Emer Twomey
George Boole: Academic, Author, Husband and Father
This highlights additional original George Boole material or Boole-related information that forms part of George Boole archives at UCC Library. Continue reading
Posted in Archives Service, Special Collections & Archives
Tagged archival collections, Archives, Cork, Father, George Boole, George Boole 200, Logic, Mary Everest Boole, Mathematics, Mother, Purcells Commercial Cork Almanac, Royal Irish Academy, Sir Geoffrey Taylor, The Laws of Thought, The Papers of George Boole, UCC Library, UCC Library Archives Service
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Portal to the Past – You’ll be surprised what you find in the Archives
Taking up from Emma Horgan’s post last week I’d like to introduce some of the thought-processes behind our choice of images. From past experience when I introduce the idea of what archival material is, some people can look blankly at … Continue reading
Posted in Archives Service, Display, Exhibitions, Photographs, Special Collections, Special Collections & Archives, Students, Teaching & Learning
Tagged archival collections, Archives, Archivist, Archivist Blogs, Coal Quay, Cork City, Font, George Boole, graphic design, Photographs, Portal to the Past, postcards, sketchbooks, UCC Library Archives Service, West Cork
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1972: Ireland Votes For Change
On the 11th October 2017, Emeritus Professor J.J. Lee launched UCC Library’s latest exhibition 1972:Ireland Votes For Change. The exhibition, curated by Emer Twomey and Emma Horgan (Archivists, UCC Library) marks the donation of the Neville Keery Collection to University … Continue reading
Eoin MacNeill: Easter Rising 1916
Earlier this year a handwritten letter by Commander Eoin MacNeill (Chief-of-Staff of the Irish Volunteers) was donated to UCC Library. This letter, dated 19th April 1916, signed by MacNeill and addressed to Mrs. McKean, was a cover letter to an enclosed … Continue reading
Frank O’Connor: “the incarnation of livingness”
On the 10th March 1966 the death occurred of the Cork-born writer Frank O’Connor at the age of 62 in Dublin. He was best known for his short stories and memoirs. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of his passing. His death came as … Continue reading
This Reading Life: A Project for National Library Week (16-22 Nov 2015)
Curated by Fergal Gaynor For each of the seven days of National Library Week 2015 the River-side blog will host responses from a group of seven contributors who were asked to nominate seven ‘formative’ books. The following text presents the … Continue reading
Dromana 800: a celebration of the FitzGerald/Villiers-Stuart family in Waterford
Not many of us can say we can trace our family back to the same home for the last 800 years but 2015 marks this very special anniversary for the Villiers-Stuart family living in Dromana, Villierstown, Co. Waterford. The family are celebrating … Continue reading
George Boole and Valentine’s Day
“Ne m’oubliez pas – forget-me-not” Held within the George Boole Papers at UCC Library there is a letter (BP/1/267) from an unidentified former student from Doncaster recounting a Valentine’s Day incident which resulted in Boole composing a short verse, “Ne … Continue reading
“I’m ready for my close-up”: preparing The Great Book of Ireland for exhibition
We hope by now many people have been able to visit the Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork to enjoy all on offer from the current exhibition Facing Pages: the Art of The Great Book of Ireland. The centrepiece of … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions
Tagged Art, Glucksman Gallery, Poetry, The Great Book of Ireland, UCC Library, University College Cork
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