Cataloguing

The Seamus Heaney Literary Papers

by Bean an Phoist on April 18, 2013 · 1 comment

by Frances Clarke, Archivist of the Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010 In November 2011 the National Library of Ireland acquired one of its most important donations for many years – the literary papers of the Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney. The papers have since been catalogued (I was fortunate to work on this collection) and are [...]

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Joyce Manuscripts Online – Beta but Beautiful!

by Bean an Phoist on June 15, 2012 · 5 comments

in Bloomsday,Cataloguing,Digitisation,Manuscripts,Online Resources,Oscail,Projects

by Catherine Ryan, Digital Collections Student Bloomsday On the 16th of June, 1954 the first Bloomsday was celebrated in Ireland. Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh, Anthony Cronin, Tom Joyce and John Ryan met in Dublin to trace the Ulysses route, starting at the Martello Tower in Sandycove through Sandymount Strand and on towards the shadier parts [...]

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The Kildare Street Club and the Easter Rising

by Bean an Phoist on May 9, 2012 · 12 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Manuscripts

by Avice-Claire McGovern, Librarian Eyewitness accounts from Tuesday, 9th May 1916 On Easter Monday, 24th April 1916, Alfred West was attending the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse, when he heard about the outbreak of the Easter Rising in Dublin. He decided to leave early and, not thinking that things were as serious as reported, drove [...]

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