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Tag Archives: exhibition
Portal to the Past: You’ll Be Surprised By What You’ll Find! The Special Collections Edition!
This is the final blog post in the series about the new wall design outside Special Collections & Archives. Over the last few weeks Emer, Emma and I have tried to dispell notions of what people think of may be … Continue reading
Posted in Special Collections & Archives
Tagged bookplates, coded letters, collections, Cork, Cork harbour, County Cork, cryptography, digitised collections, display, endpapers, exhibition, graphic design, Irish language, manuscripts, maps, Music, Portal to the Past, Printed books, special collections, visual, wax cylinders
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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
A Printed Pilgrimage
In conjunction with UCC’s Dept. of Geography, the Irish Research Council and UCC Library an exhibition on Modern Irish Pilgrimage: Journeys of Belief and Belonging is on display on Q floor, UCC Library. This post is the second of two … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Special Collections
Tagged exhibition, heritage week, pilgrimage, Printed books, special collections
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Curating ‘Journeys of Belief and Belonging: Modern Irish Pilgrimage’
The River-side welcomes this guest post from Dr Richard Scriven, Dept. of Geography on his experience curating the exhibition ‘Journeys of Belief and Belonging: Modern Irish Pilgrimage’ as part of his Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship. To listen to … Continue reading
UCC’s Special Collections on Shush! Sounds from UCC Library
Recently I was asked to record a segment about UCC Library’s Special Collections for a music & library radio chat show: Shush! Sounds from UCC Library. The show is hosted by Martin O’Connor & Ronan Madden for UCC 98.3 FM Monday … Continue reading
Curating ‘Cervantes “Prince of Wits” (1616-2016): Life, Work Legacy’
The River-side welcomes this guest post from Dr Stephen Boyd, Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies on his experience curating the exhibition Cervantes “Prince of Wits” (1616-2016): Life, Work Legacy.’ I hope that this post which recounts and reflects on … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Special Collections
Tagged Cervantes, Copyright, Curation, exhibition, Images, Printed books, Stephen Boyd
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The Ó Longáin Family of Scribes & Their World of Manuscripts
To complement the Ó Longáin Conference recently held in UCC by the Department of Modern Irish / Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, material from manuscript and printed collections was selected for display cases in the Rare Books Reading Room in UCC Library’s Special … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Exhibitions, Special Collections
Tagged Cork, exhibition, Irish language, manuscript, O Longain
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