Waterford

Conserving our Newspapers

by Bean an Phoist on July 13, 2012 · 5 comments

in Acquisitions,Conservation,Microfilm,Newspapers

by Élodie Lévèque and Louise O’Connor, Conservation; and Justin Furlong, Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland recently acquired two volumes of The Waterford Mirror containing rare issues from 1805 and 1806. In 1801, The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet newspaper was first printed by John Bull, and from 1805 continued as The Waterford Mirror [...]

Tagged as: 19th century, Conservation, Elodie Leveque, Justin Furlong, Kozo paper, Louise O'Connor, Microfilm, Newspapers, NEWSPLAN, Sir John Newport, The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet, Waterford, Waterford Mirror

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William Vincent Wallace Bicentenary

by Bean an Phoist on March 9, 2012 · 25 comments

in Collections,Guest Bloggers,Music,Prints & Drawings

by Dr Una Hunt, pianist, broadcaster and Irish music specialist William Vincent Wallace Born Waterford, Ireland 1812; died Chateau de Bagen, France 1865 The bicentenary of a neglected and uniquely-individual Irish composer will be celebrated on March 11th 2012. And, on the day, Waterford city will honour the birth of one of its most famous [...]

Tagged as: America, Australia, Bicentenary, Broadway, CD, Composer, Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Drawing Room Music, Facsimile Album, Instrumentalist, Ladies of the United States, Lithographs, Maritana, Michael William Balfe, Musician, New York Philarmonic Orchestra, Piano, RTÉ Lyric fm, Sarony & Major, Spearing & Stutzman, Una Hunt, Violin, Virtuoso, Waterford, William Hall & Son, William Vincent Wallace

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