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The River-side welcomes this guest post from Kian O’Mahony, a student on the 2021/2022 MA in History in UCC, that includes the HI6063: Work Placement and Portfolio module. Kian spent...

What is #ColourOurCollections? Colour Our Collections is an annual international colouring festival on social media where libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions share free colouring...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Beggars and Artisans: A Lost Medieval Friary Historical maps of Cork city give a clear indication about the location...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Beggars and Artisans: Franciscan Friars in Cork: From Their Arrival to the Dissolution The early thirteenth century saw dramatic...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Mapping Cork: Mass on the Marsh The Civitates map of Cork names six churches and two abbeys, which are...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Mapping Cork: A Safe Harbour for Ships The city’s motto, ‘A safe harbour for ships’ (Latin: ‘Statio bene fida...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Mapping Cork: From Rivers to Roads Like other Irish cities represented in the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Cork was established...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Mapping Cork: Fashion and Rags The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a carefully thought-out tool to inform the reader about...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Mapping Cork: Representing Ireland in Maps before the Civitates Orbis Terrarum: Ortelius and English Colonial Perspectives The pioneering cartographer...

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...