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Suet, Snails and Stinking Roger
by Janelle Winters, Manuscript Intern While sifting through an old card catalogue as part of a grand scheme to augment our online sources, I stumbled onto some 19th century maps of rabies and...
What a journey - cataloguing the Sean O'Casey library collection
by Giada Gelli, former NLI Collections Student There is always a mixed bag of feelings waiting at the end of a project: something is over and a void opens up in front of us, but the sense of...
Science in the library: observing historic manuscripts, part 1
Post by Heraldic collection conservator Louise O’Connor All organic materials degrade. Historic manuscripts are handmade, unique artefacts combining parchment, paper, animal glues, pigments, inks,...
Then, Then and Now Photographic Projects
by Pádraig Laffan, Vice-Chairperson of The Federation of Local History Societies The Federation for Ulster Local Studies and The Federation of Local History Societies and The National Library...
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