Ballads

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

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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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