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Excerpt from a letter by George Boole describing Christmas.

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...

Title page to 'The Orphan of the Rhine'.

Special Collections in UCC Library was approached by the British Library in late 2013 regarding the possibility of a loan for their then-upcoming exhibition: Terror...

A letter from George Boole to his daughter Maryellen.

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...

19th century view of UCC's quad and Aula Maxima from the perspective of the river in the lower grounds.

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...

George Boole's first letter from Cork to his sister Maryann.

On the 25th of October 1849, 165 years ago, George Boole (1815 -1864) wrote his first letter home to Lincoln from his new place of...

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...

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The River-side welcomes our UCC Library colleague Martin O’Connor for this guest post on his experience curating the exhibition “Sir Henrys@UCC Library”. UCC Library is...

We hope by now many people have been able to visit the Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork to enjoy all on offer from the...

Stylized black dragon on a green binding.

I’m interested in what can fill an exhibition case as a stand-alone display. I was recently watching Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and...

Advertisement for Donaldsons Camera House listing what they sell.

Special Collections has brought together material from UCC Library collections around the theme of photography to complement ‘Spectrum’, an exhibition of photographs by Stefania Sapio...

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