Earlier this year a handwritten letter by Commander Eoin MacNeill (Chief-of-Staff of the Irish Volunteers) was donated to UCC Library. This letter, dated 19th April...
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...
- 9 years Ago
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...
- 10 years Ago
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
- 10 years Ago
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...
