Elaine Harrington

Student Exhibition, MA in History, HI6091 The Founding of the Dominican Priory According to the seventeenth-century historian, James Ware (1594-1666), the Dominican friars established their house in...

Dominican friar in his habit.

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Since 2016 Special Collections has welcomed MA students from the School of History to engage with our collections through a...

Diamonds in rows.

The River-side welcomes this guest post from Elizabeth Noonan, Research Services, UCC Library. Open access: gold for publishers? Open access sounds as though it should...

A poster of trees over books on bookshelves with their covers facing outwards.

In a reverse of previous ...from the River-side posts which tie into the themed displays on Q floor of UCC Library and focus on items...

The outside of Meelick friary with gravestones in the foreground.

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Meelick friary is located on the bank of the river Shannon, near the village of Eyrecourt, County Galway, in...

Tomb with saints carved into the stone. It is found in the grounds of Kilcullen friary.

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Donatus Mooney (1577-1624), whose work is referenced in two other blog posts of this series on medieval Franciscan houses...

St Francis near birds.

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Creevelea Franciscan friary is located near the river Bonet on the north-western side of the village of Dromahair in...

The ruined Abbey of Dromohair in Co Leitrim.

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Special Collections is delighted to welcome the School of History students engaging with our collections through a series of...

Typical Irish letter in the style of the Book of Kells

As part of the programming for the recent International Women’s Day and Seachtain na Gaeilge event Guthanna na mBan: Comhdháil ar Mhná na hAthbheochana (Voices of...

Title page showing an elephant in a circle.

To tie into the themed display ‘Black History Month’ in this on-going series … from The River-side I’ve chosen first edition poetry books by Langston Hughes and Colleen...

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