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The UCDA reading room service is now finished for the Christmas holiday period. It will resume on Monday 5 January 2026.
We wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the new year.
We wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the new year.
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As @historyandpolicy.bsky.social note, the document referred to in the article is published in @difp-ria.bsky.social Vol. 4. It has been available to consult in the MacEntee Papers in @ucdarchives.bsky.social since 1989.
The Daily Telegraph this morning. One of those ‘newly revealed documents’ (the one beginning ‘Just as the British…’) was actually published in the series Documents on Irish Foreign Policy in 2004. The editors must sometimes wonder why they bother.
December 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
As @historyandpolicy.bsky.social note, the document referred to in the article is published in @difp-ria.bsky.social Vol. 4. It has been available to consult in the MacEntee Papers in @ucdarchives.bsky.social since 1989.
24 December 1915. Christmas card from Mabel FitzGerald to her husband Desmond in Mountjoy prison.
Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.
Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.
December 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
24 December 1915. Christmas card from Mabel FitzGerald to her husband Desmond in Mountjoy prison.
Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.
Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.
Christmas card from Eimhir Ni Uadall (Emily Weddall) to Eamon de Valera, December 1916. The card is beautifully drawn and painted, presumably by Ni Uadall. A member of Cumann na mBan, she is buried beside the republican plot at Glasnevin.
December 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Christmas card from Eimhir Ni Uadall (Emily Weddall) to Eamon de Valera, December 1916. The card is beautifully drawn and painted, presumably by Ni Uadall. A member of Cumann na mBan, she is buried beside the republican plot at Glasnevin.
Sample Christmas card from the first venture of publisher An Clóchomhar Tta, from the Papers of Seosamh Ó Duibhginn.
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sample Christmas card from the first venture of publisher An Clóchomhar Tta, from the Papers of Seosamh Ó Duibhginn.
The UCDA reading room service is now finished for the Christmas holiday period. It will resume on Monday 5 January 2026.
We wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the new year.
We wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the new year.
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The UCDA reading room service is now finished for the Christmas holiday period. It will resume on Monday 5 January 2026.
We wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the new year.
We wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the new year.
Sample Christmas card from the first venture of Irish language publisher An Clóchomhar Tta, from the Papers of Seosamh Ó Duibhginn.
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Sample Christmas card from the first venture of Irish language publisher An Clóchomhar Tta, from the Papers of Seosamh Ó Duibhginn.
Christmas card from the first venture of Irish language publishing house An Clóchomhar Tta.
December 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Christmas card from the first venture of Irish language publishing house An Clóchomhar Tta.
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I love this Christmas Card 💚 The tower with the tricolour flying from it is actually the Record Tower.
However, because it housed the state papers previously held in the Bermingham Tower for 300-odd years (until about 1813, when they moved), its name was regularly confused. #History #Heritage
However, because it housed the state papers previously held in the Bermingham Tower for 300-odd years (until about 1813, when they moved), its name was regularly confused. #History #Heritage
Christmas card sent by Chief Justice Hugh and Mrs Clare Kennedy. Drawing by George Monks, depicting a scribe at work, with Dublin Castle, the Bermingham Tower (with tricolour) and the Chapel Royal in the background, [1924].
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Christmas card sent by Chief Justice Hugh and Mrs Clare Kennedy. Drawing by George Monks, depicting a scribe at work, with Dublin Castle, the Bermingham Tower (with tricolour) and the Chapel Royal in the background, [1924].
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Christmas card sent by Chief Justice Hugh and Mrs Clare Kennedy. Drawing by George Monks, depicting a scribe at work, with Dublin Castle, the Bermingham Tower (with tricolour) and the Chapel Royal in the background, [1924].
This document is an example of making the best of a challenging Christmas! Menu for Christmas Day 1918 from the ‘Royal Hotel Lincoln’ (Lincoln Jail) written on blue prison paper. Signed by Eamon de Valera and sixteen other prisoners. 1/2
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This document is an example of making the best of a challenging Christmas! Menu for Christmas Day 1918 from the ‘Royal Hotel Lincoln’ (Lincoln Jail) written on blue prison paper. Signed by Eamon de Valera and sixteen other prisoners. 1/2
Our Document of the Month is a letter to Timothy Smiddy regarding a parcel of four pheasants sent as a Christmas present from King George V, 18 December 1930. The letter is signed by W. Hynes, Secretary to the High Commissioner.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Our Document of the Month is a letter to Timothy Smiddy regarding a parcel of four pheasants sent as a Christmas present from King George V, 18 December 1930. The letter is signed by W. Hynes, Secretary to the High Commissioner.
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Nodlaig shona duit...☃️In the latest UCD #CulturalHeritage blog post Archivist Kate Manning, @ucdarchives.bsky.social, takes us through a gallery of Christmas cards received by Éamon de Valera during his imprisonment in 1916 in Lewes, England.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Nodlaig shona duit...☃️In the latest UCD #CulturalHeritage blog post Archivist Kate Manning, @ucdarchives.bsky.social, takes us through a gallery of Christmas cards received by Éamon de Valera during his imprisonment in 1916 in Lewes, England.
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1/3 Ar 21 Samhain, d’fhógair an tAire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus Gaeltachta @deptrcdg.bsky.social, Dara Calleary, go bhfuil deontas ceadaithe suas le €4m thar thréimhse 2026-2029 aige do Gaois @gaois.bsky.social - an grúpa taighde de chuid @fsg-dcu.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
1/3 Ar 21 Samhain, d’fhógair an tAire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus Gaeltachta @deptrcdg.bsky.social, Dara Calleary, go bhfuil deontas ceadaithe suas le €4m thar thréimhse 2026-2029 aige do Gaois @gaois.bsky.social - an grúpa taighde de chuid @fsg-dcu.bsky.social
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UCD Library is very pleased to see that @iua-official.bsky.social has signed this 'Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions'.
@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
!!! Three more organisations have joined the global #OurFutureMemory movement!
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
UCD Library is very pleased to see that @iua-official.bsky.social has signed this 'Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions'.
@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
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Robert Erskine Childers was executed #OTD 1922. Letter from Molly Childers to Eamon de Valera following her husband’s execution that morning beginning “Erskine was executed this morning at 7 o’clock.”
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Robert Erskine Childers was executed #OTD 1922. Letter from Molly Childers to Eamon de Valera following her husband’s execution that morning beginning “Erskine was executed this morning at 7 o’clock.”
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See also this article: Bloody Sunday Revisited And a longer form look the the day's events here www.theirishstory.com/2020/11/21/b...
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
See also this article: Bloody Sunday Revisited And a longer form look the the day's events here www.theirishstory.com/2020/11/21/b...
#BloodySunday took place #OTD 1920. Between 1948 and 1954, Ernie O'Malley interviewed c.400 of his revolutionary colleagues, some of them IRA men who were involved in the killings of the British intelligence officers that day. Here Matty MacDonald describes the killing of Captain G.T. Baggally. 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
#BloodySunday took place #OTD 1920. Between 1948 and 1954, Ernie O'Malley interviewed c.400 of his revolutionary colleagues, some of them IRA men who were involved in the killings of the British intelligence officers that day. Here Matty MacDonald describes the killing of Captain G.T. Baggally. 1/2
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I was very proud to introduce the role of records and archives as active agents for #TransitionalJustice at the 4th International #CulturalPropertyProtection course at the UN Training School Ireland. The paper's main case study was #Syria and the records exposing the brutality of the Assad regime.
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I was very proud to introduce the role of records and archives as active agents for #TransitionalJustice at the 4th International #CulturalPropertyProtection course at the UN Training School Ireland. The paper's main case study was #Syria and the records exposing the brutality of the Assad regime.
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18 Nov 1657: d. Luke Wadding of #Waterford - allegedly only #Irish man to get votes in Papal election, brilliant #Franciscan theologian, got St Patrick's Day made a universal feast, founder of two #Irish colleges in #Rome Many of his papers are in
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November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
18 Nov 1657: d. Luke Wadding of #Waterford - allegedly only #Irish man to get votes in Papal election, brilliant #Franciscan theologian, got St Patrick's Day made a universal feast, founder of two #Irish colleges in #Rome Many of his papers are in
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Audrey (Digital Library), Elizabeth (MAARM, UCD School of History), Evelyn (Director Cultural Heritage), Jonny (NFC), Kate (UCDA) & Lorraine (Special Collections) introduced our work to colleagues from Innlandet County Archives, Norway & showed off highlights from our collections. Great afternoon!
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Audrey (Digital Library), Elizabeth (MAARM, UCD School of History), Evelyn (Director Cultural Heritage), Jonny (NFC), Kate (UCDA) & Lorraine (Special Collections) introduced our work to colleagues from Innlandet County Archives, Norway & showed off highlights from our collections. Great afternoon!
Getting ready to speak about our collections with our colleagues from UCD Special Collections and the National Folklore Collection to visitors from Norway.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Getting ready to speak about our collections with our colleagues from UCD Special Collections and the National Folklore Collection to visitors from Norway.
Padraig Pearse, Irish revolutionary, and one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rebellion, was born #OTD 1879.
This studio portrait of Patrick Pearse aged 5 was given to Éamon de Valera in 1967 by Máire and [Madeline] Macken.
This studio portrait of Patrick Pearse aged 5 was given to Éamon de Valera in 1967 by Máire and [Madeline] Macken.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Padraig Pearse, Irish revolutionary, and one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rebellion, was born #OTD 1879.
This studio portrait of Patrick Pearse aged 5 was given to Éamon de Valera in 1967 by Máire and [Madeline] Macken.
This studio portrait of Patrick Pearse aged 5 was given to Éamon de Valera in 1967 by Máire and [Madeline] Macken.
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed Saint John Henry Newman, a Doctor of the Church.
Newman was the first Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, a predecessor body of University College Dublin.
The CU minute book of 12 November 1851 records Newman's appointment as Rector.
Newman was the first Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, a predecessor body of University College Dublin.
The CU minute book of 12 November 1851 records Newman's appointment as Rector.
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed Saint John Henry Newman, a Doctor of the Church.
Newman was the first Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, a predecessor body of University College Dublin.
The CU minute book of 12 November 1851 records Newman's appointment as Rector.
Newman was the first Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, a predecessor body of University College Dublin.
The CU minute book of 12 November 1851 records Newman's appointment as Rector.
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As it looks forward to celebrating its millennium in 2028, read a new blog post by Patricia Bedlow on researching Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in resources held in UCD Special Collections.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As it looks forward to celebrating its millennium in 2028, read a new blog post by Patricia Bedlow on researching Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in resources held in UCD Special Collections.
ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2025/10/30/t...
@ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
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Marie encounters her lover's ghost (Seán, killed by the Auxiliaries):
M: ..if ever I had a hero, it was you—you are still my only hero.
S: That's because I'm dead, a leanbh. It wouldn't have lasted otherwise—not in peace-time, not through a civil war.
#halloween #RTERadioScripts
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M: ..if ever I had a hero, it was you—you are still my only hero.
S: That's because I'm dead, a leanbh. It wouldn't have lasted otherwise—not in peace-time, not through a civil war.
#halloween #RTERadioScripts
🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Marie encounters her lover's ghost (Seán, killed by the Auxiliaries):
M: ..if ever I had a hero, it was you—you are still my only hero.
S: That's because I'm dead, a leanbh. It wouldn't have lasted otherwise—not in peace-time, not through a civil war.
#halloween #RTERadioScripts
🎃👻
M: ..if ever I had a hero, it was you—you are still my only hero.
S: That's because I'm dead, a leanbh. It wouldn't have lasted otherwise—not in peace-time, not through a civil war.
#halloween #RTERadioScripts
🎃👻