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		<title>The Right Honourable John Philpot Curran</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Eoin Lynch, Conservation Assistant While working on The Clean Sweep book cleaning project, an interesting book I found in the Joly Collection was The speeches of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, edited by Thomas Davis and published in London, 1847. John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) was an Irish MP and barrister who defended several [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/11/08/the-right-honourable-john-philpot-curran/' addthis:title='The Right Honourable John Philpot Curran ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Clean Sweep &#8211; It&#8217;s the Final Countdown!</title>
		<link>http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/the-clean-sweep-its-the-final-countdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bean an Phoist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Nikki Ralston, Conservation Back in July 2011, I posted a short blog introducing The Clean Sweep, a preservation project aiming to clean and box our rare book collections. We have now started the final phase of the project, which will run to the end of 2011, and I thought that readers might be interested [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/the-clean-sweep-its-the-final-countdown/' addthis:title='The Clean Sweep &#8211; It&#8217;s the Final Countdown! ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Scribbling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bean an Phoist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Giada Gelli, Preservation Assistant We have all done some scribbling on copies, books, magazines and whatnot at some stage in our lives. There is nothing more pleasant than evading the realms of reality, shutting your ears to the world, and letting your pen (or pencil!) chase the boredom away. But still, I wasn&#8217;t expecting [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/19/the-art-of-scribbling/' addthis:title='The Art of Scribbling ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t link yourself with vulgar folks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bean an Phoist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Fiona Noonan, Preservation Assistant We are all drawn to books for different reasons &#8211; Stories, Authors, Illustrations and Bindings. So, when those of us working on The Clean Sweep Project were asked to write posts for the NLI Blog on books that stood out for us, I immediately made a mental list of the [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/17/dont-link-yourself-with-vulgar-folks/' addthis:title='Don&#8217;t link yourself with vulgar folks ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell Thom, Hello Doyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bean an Phoist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Giada Gelli, Preservation Assistant As the cleaning of the Thom Collection drew to an end yesterday, we thought it fair to take a moment to talk about its beauty and richness. This stunning collection of some 3,900 volumes was the personal library of Alexander Thom (1801-79) &#8211; Thom’s Directories anyone? &#8211; and was donated [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/07/28/farewell-thom-hello-doyle/' addthis:title='Farewell Thom, Hello Doyle ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Clean Sweep</title>
		<link>http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/07/11/the-clean-sweep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bean an Phoist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Nikki Ralston, Conservation Regular visitors may have wondered about what&#8217;s been going on in our Trustees&#8217; Room in recent weeks &#8211; that&#8217;s the room to the left of our main hall. Comings, goings and that funny noise&#8230; Well, from 2 to 4.30 this afternoon, and every weekday afternoon, you can see for yourself. Our [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/07/11/the-clean-sweep/' addthis:title='The Clean Sweep ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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