The River-side welcomes this guest post from Kate O’Brien and Donncdha Carroll, students on the 2016/2017 MA in Medieval History in UCC, that includes the HI6091: Skills...
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...
- Elaine Harrington
- 7 years Ago
Recently I was asked to record a segment about UCC Library’s Special Collections for a music & library radio chat show: Shush! Sounds from UCC...
- Elaine Harrington
- 8 years Ago
The River-side welcomes this guest post from Dr Edel Semple, School of English on her experience using items from Special Collections’ early modern books collections...
- Elaine Harrington
- 8 years Ago
The River-side welcomes this guest post from Dr Stephen Boyd, Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies on his experience curating the exhibition Cervantes “Prince of...
- Elaine Harrington
- 8 years Ago
This year we celebrate the 400th anniversaries of the deaths of two literary geniuses: Shakespeare (died 3 May 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon) and Cervantes (died 22...
- Elaine Harrington
- 8 years Ago
In 1856 a British team calculated the height of Mt Everest as 29,002 feet (8,848 metres) above sea level. 2016 marks the 160th anniversary of this...
- Emer Twomey
- 8 years Ago
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...
Before Christmas I wrote about miniature books and I wondered would Santa bring me a miniature book? As with any Special Collections there is a...
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...
