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Category Archives: Archives Service
Santa Stockings & Miniature Books
When I was young and believed in Santa Claus I used to get small presents in my Santa stocking. Such presents could be fruit (a throwback to the Victorian age or post-World War II Ireland) or a magnet. If I … Continue reading
Posted in Archives Service, Special Collections
Tagged Christmas, miniature books, Nollaig, Printed books
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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
Spring is in the air: George Boole on St. Patrick’s Day
Through the George Boole Papers held in UCC Library, we get a great insight into life of an academic living in Cork in the nineteenth century. Boole was obviously a considerate family man and wrote frequently to his family in … 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
A Boolean Christmas in Cork,1850
George Boole did not always manage to spend Christmas with family during his time in Cork. Often the College holidays did not allow enough time for the long journey back to Lincoln. Sometimes money was also an issue. In December 1850 … Continue reading
Posted in Archives Service, George Boole 200, Special Collections, Uncategorized
Tagged Boole, Boole papers, Boolean, Christmas, Cork, George Boole, Tradition, UCC, University College Cork
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George Boole’s untimely death
George Boole died in Cork on the 8th December 1864 following a short illness. On the 24th November 1864 Boole was caught in heavy rain on his way from his house in Ballintemple to lectures at Queens College, a distance … Continue reading
Posted in Archives Service, George Boole 200, Special Collections
Tagged Babbage, Ballintemple, Blackrock, Boole 200, Boole papers, George Boole, Thinking Machine, UCC, UCC Library
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George Boole writes a letter to his students 6 November 1849
To mark the launch of George Boole 200 at UCC we have selected from UCC Library Archives one of the first letters written by Boole from Cork on 6th November 1849 just over a week after his arrival in the city. The … Continue reading
George Boole’s first letter from Cork
On the 25th of October 1849, 165 years ago, George Boole F.R.S (1815 -1864) wrote his first letter home to Lincoln, England from his new place of employment, the City of Cork. Boole had just been appointed the first Professor … Continue reading
Grand Designs from a Grand Tour
To complement the current exhibition in UCC Library – A Grand Tour, paintings by Geraldine O’Riordan – UCC Library Archives Service has organised a display of photographs of Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork. The photographs selected from the Bantry Estate Collection can be … Continue reading