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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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Cork Motor Derby 1938
As many archivists will tell you, there is nothing like the feeling of discovering a new item or collection in the archive that really excites you. My latest such example of this professional rush came when I was formally accepting … Continue reading
Posted in Archives Service, New Acquistions, New Collections
Tagged Archives, Archivist, Archivist Blogs, Bugatti, Cars, Cork, Cork Motor Racing, F1, Formula 1, History, Irish Car Racing, Irish History, Local History, Maserati, Mercedes Benz, Motor blogging, Munster, Munster Racing, UCC, UCC Library, UCC Library Archives Service, Vintage Cars
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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
Theses 1000
This week the UCC institutional repository, CORA has reached a milestone moment surpassing 1,000 doctoral thesis records. Since Autumn 2013, doctoral candidates have been required to submit their thesis record and abstract to CORA therefore the bulk of our collection … 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
Cervantes ‘Prince of Wits’: A Printed Legacy
This year we celebrate the 400th anniversaries of the deaths of two literary geniuses: Shakespeare (died 3 May 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon) and Cervantes (died 22 April 1616 in Madrid). To mark Cervantes’ anniversary UCC Library in conjunction with the Dept. … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Special Collections
Tagged Cervantes, Hiram Morgan, Printed books, Stephen Boyd, UCC Library, William Cooke
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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
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
