Nora-Jane Thornton

5.2 million reasons to do a stock check

by Bean an Phoist on October 5, 2012 · 1 comment

in Collections,Exhibitions,NLI Staff,Photographs,Projects

by Nora-Jane Thornton, National Photographic Archive When asked if I would like to relocate from our Manuscript Department to the National Photographic Archive in Meeting House Square in Temple Bar, I was excited by the prospect, and when I heard that the work would involve a thorough stock check of our photographic collections, I was [...]

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Yours fondly, Patrick

by Bean an Phoist on February 14, 2012 · 1 comment

in Collections,Manuscripts

by Nora-Jane Thornton, National Photographic Archive (and Unashamed Romantic) Closure, not the most romantic of sentiments, seems to be the message of this letter. It was written by the poet, Patrick Kavanagh in May 1945 to Hilda Moriarty, a young medical student whom he had met the previous year. In it he seems to acknowledge [...]

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