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Luca de Cilladi, Conservation Intern (2025-26), UCC Library When I first encountered Ledger 440, I thought what a plain repetitive book of names and numbers. But this seemingly plain volume had a significant problem. The ledger barely opened, limiting access for readers and placing...

Featured image: Jack Lynch at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork City, 1965. Photograph by Liam Kennedy. © University College Cork. Few figures in...

Written by Dr Aisling Shalvey, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow Short bio about the author Aisling Shalvey is a MSCA fellow in UCC, working on her project...

The River-side welcomes a guest post by Coraline Brun on her work placement in Special Collections & Archives during the past year. Coraline is a...

Why? Games aren’t just for play, they can be powerful tools for learning and engagement. To further investigate and showcase the potential of these approaches,...

Written by Dr. Andrew Flynn, School of Mathematical Sciences There is no doubt that ‘Boole’ is in the air when walking through UCC’s main campus....

We are excited to announce the establishment of a newly equipped preservation laboratory dedicated to caring for UCC Library’s Special Collections and Archives. This project...

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...

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...

Written by Hardy Schwamm, Head of Research Services, UCC Library This blog post will look at some basic scholarly communications facts and figures of of...