Research

Postcards and public history

by Bean an Phoist on July 5, 2012 · 3 comments

in Collections,Ephemera,Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Research

by Chantal Sweeney, M.Phil. in Public History & Cultural Heritage at Trinity College Dublin Like many people, I spent the majority of last Christmas holidays lounging around in my pyjamas, watching old movies and eating too much food. I was giving my brain a much-needed break for the first time since embarking on my Masters [...]

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Researching the Irish Famine

by Bean an Phoist on January 20, 2012 · 3 comments

in Learning & Outreach,Projects,Research

by Sarah O’Connor, Learning & Outreach Over the summer of 2011, the Learning and Outreach department here at the National Library worked on a new project about the Irish Famine with St. John of God Carmona Services. This is our fifth year working with some of the education and training programmes offered by Carmona Services [...]

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Poor old Titanic, it is a heart-rending story

by Bean an Phoist on December 9, 2011 · 2 comments

in Newspapers,Online Resources,Prints & Drawings,Research

by Áine Finegan, Reference Team Student The centenary of the sinking of the Titanic is fast approaching with the one-hundredth anniversary of both her maiden voyage and demise in April 2012. The NLI has some fascinating online resources for gaining an Irish perspective on this disaster which continues to intrigue us today. The story of [...]

Tagged as: 1916 Rising, Áine Finegan, Ballads, Centenaries, Daniel Buckley, Easter Rising, HCPP, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, Irish Newspaper Archives, Jeremiah Burke, John Redmond, Le Petit Journal, Newspapers, Online Resources, Parliamentary Papers, Reference Team Student, Roger Casement, Senan Molony, Sunday Independent, The Irish Aboard Titanic, Titanic