July 2011

Music Posters

by Bean an Phoist on July 21, 2011 · 1 comment

in Collections,Manuscripts,Music,Prints & Drawings,Projects

by Honora Faul, Department of Prints & Drawings Café Joly here at the Library is currently showcasing a selection of images from our NLI music collections. Some depict early sheet music dating from the late 18th century, such as John Field’s rondo on the air Go to the Devil and shake yourself. Another sheet music [...]

Tagged as: Additional Music Collection, Ballads, Café Joly, Feis Ceoil, Honora Faul, Joly Collection, Music, Music PAL, National Archive of Irish Composers, Patrick Joseph McCall, Sheet music, Song books, Thomas Moore, William Vincent Wallace

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Scandal in High Society

by Bean an Phoist on July 18, 2011 · 3 comments

in Collections,Manuscripts,Prints & Drawings

by Eimear Walsh, NLI Manuscript Student Working on the ever-expanding Headfort Estate Collection, I came across the original Will and Kate love affair in Co. Meath of all places: an aristocrat who married a mere commoner! While today’s public may champion Kate Middleton, it took Edwardian society considerably longer to warm to her predecessor, Rosie [...]

Tagged as: 4th Marquess of Headfort, Chinese Room, Duchess of Westminster, Edward VII, Frank Leah, Headfort Estate Collection, Headfort House, Joseph Holloway Collection, Manuscripts, Marchioness of Headfort, National Library of Ireland, New York Times, Rosie Boote, Showgirl

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A lesson on the limits of the Internet

by Bean an Phoist on July 14, 2011 · 1 comment

in Collections,Prints & Drawings,Research

by Michael Seery, NLI reader / chemistry lecturer / local historian extraordinaire The problem with the Internet is that it’s really, just, very good. With a few keywords, I can easily compile several books from Google, a few useful blog posts and stack of journal articles that will keep the novice researcher in me busy. [...]

Tagged as: Alicia McCormick, Enniskerry, George Cash, Google, Guest bloggers, Honora Faul, Local history, Michael Seery, Prints & Drawings, Samuel Frederick Brocas, Wicklow