Special Collections

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History ­Geoffrey’s Feast The image of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell appears for the second time in the Psalter on folio 208r,...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Sir Geoffrey Luttrell in His Psalter Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (1276-1345), who gives the Psalter its name, is represented as...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History What is a Psalter? The Psalter is a collection of one-hundred-and-fifty Psalms, written in verse and traditionally attributed to...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Introduction: MA in Medieval History, HI6091 module and Special Collections at University College Cork Special Collections is delighted to...

The River-side welcomes this guest post on Viking Cork from Liam O’Driscoll, a student on MA in History specialising in Medieval History. Liam completed his...

The River-side welcomes Garret Cahill’s guest post on the early history of printing and philanthropy in Cork. 2018 marks European Year of Cultural Heritage and,...

In conjunction with UCC’s Dept. of Geography, the Irish Research Council and UCC Library an exhibition on Modern Irish Pilgrimage: Journeys of Belief and Belonging...

The River-side welcomes this guest post from Dr Richard Scriven, Dept. of Geography on his experience curating the exhibition ‘Journeys of Belief and Belonging: Modern Irish Pilgrimage’...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The Carpet Page In the Book of Kells, the carpet page on folio 33r is positioned opposite the miniature...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The Temptation of Christ The temptations of Christ are described in the Gospels of Mathew (4:1-11), Mark (1:12-13) and...