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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...

When I was young and believed in Santa Claus I used to get small presents in my Santa stocking. Such presents could be fruit (a...

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...

Through the George Boole Papers held in UCC Library, we get a great insight into life of an academic living in Cork in the nineteenth...

“Ne m’oubliez pas – forget-me-not” Held within the George Boole Papers at UCC Library there is a letter (BP/1/267) from an unidentified former student from...

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...

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...

Just another letter? Not when its dated November 1846 and from Ireland. The period 1845-52 was to become known as “The Great Famine” and left its mark...

To complement the current exhibition in UCC Library – A Grand Tour, paintings by Geraldine O’Riordan – UCC Library Archives Service has organised a display of photographs...

UCC Library Archives Service is delighted to announce the generous donation from Caroline Lopes-Salzedo of two George Bernard Shaw letters. The letters date from the 1930s-40s,  sent by...

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