August 2011

Sister Caroline and Brother James

by Bean an Phoist on August 9, 2011 · 5 comments

in Collections,Manuscripts

by Maria O’Shea, Manuscripts Student We have a number of letters here at the National Library written by the nationalist sympathiser Caroline Margaret Douglas, Marchioness of Queensberry, including ten letters, c. 1900-1901, many, if not most of which were sent to James Connolly as editor of The Workers’ Republic. Caroline Douglas née Clayton (1821-1904) was [...]

Tagged as: Anarchists, Caroline Douglas, Correspondence, Erin's Hope, Irish Socialist Republican Party, James Connolly, Let there be Light, Letters, Manchester Martyrs, Manuscripts Studentship, Marchioness of Queensberry, Maria O'Shea, Nationalism, October 1901, Politics, Religion, The Workers' Republic

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A Watercolour Wash

by Bean an Phoist on August 5, 2011 · 2 comments

in Acquisitions,Collections,Conservation,Prints & Drawings,Projects

by Elodie Leveque – Conservation Intern, Heritage Council Have you ever wondered how we conserve ancient objects in the National Library of Ireland’s collections? How we tackle things like dirt and mould? Every year, acquisitions or donations help develop and enhance our wonderful collections and conservators here help make these items available to readers by [...]

Tagged as: 19th century, Acidic, Caricatures, Conservation Intern, Conservators, Elodie Leveque, Etching, Fragile, Heritage Council, Interns, J Sidebotham, Microscope, Mould, Paper-pulping, Pigments, Sackville Street, Suction table, Ultraviolet light, Watercolour

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Dancing Angels and Devilish Microfilm

by Bean an Phoist on August 3, 2011 · 1 comment

in Guest Bloggers,Microfilm,Newspapers

by Abigail Rieley, Writer & NLI Reader For me, former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey will always be inextricably linked to the rattling of microfilm readers. I was sitting at one in the Reading Room in 1992 when he made his resignation speech, listening to the reaction from Leinster House next door on the headphones of my [...]

Tagged as: Abigail Rieley, Charles Haughey, Irish Times, Journalism, Leinster House, Michael Stamp, Microfilm, National Museum, Newspapers, Putti, Reading Room

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