University of Galway Library Heritage Collections
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Archives, Special Collections and Digital Collections at the University of Galway Library
2025 marked the anniversaries of the opening (1895) & closing (1935) of the Galway-Clifden railway. Arthur J. Balfour's album documents the railway's construction.
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
2025 marked the anniversaries of the opening (1895) & closing (1935) of the Galway-Clifden railway. Arthur J. Balfour's album documents the railway's construction.
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
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#BookLaunch - Young Offenders: Children and crime in Ireland, 1850–1908 by Geraldine Curtin
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
#19thcentury
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
#19thcentury
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#BookLaunch - Young Offenders: Children and crime in Ireland, 1850–1908 by Geraldine Curtin
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
#19thcentury
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
#19thcentury
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAInclusion
At the 2024 launch of the Mincéirs Archive of Irish Travellers, Dr Mary Warde Moriarty shows a photo of her father, Edward Warde, held in the collection
Credit: Aengus McMahon, August 2024
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At the 2024 launch of the Mincéirs Archive of Irish Travellers, Dr Mary Warde Moriarty shows a photo of her father, Edward Warde, held in the collection
Credit: Aengus McMahon, August 2024
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAInclusion
At the 2024 launch of the Mincéirs Archive of Irish Travellers, Dr Mary Warde Moriarty shows a photo of her father, Edward Warde, held in the collection
Credit: Aengus McMahon, August 2024
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
At the 2024 launch of the Mincéirs Archive of Irish Travellers, Dr Mary Warde Moriarty shows a photo of her father, Edward Warde, held in the collection
Credit: Aengus McMahon, August 2024
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
We’re proud to hold a range of #EYADigital collections: photos, documents, audio, video and born-digital material.
Today we’re highlighting the Imirce Project, which shares thousands of Irish emigrant letters and life stories.
Explore it here: imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms
#ExploreYourArchive
Today we’re highlighting the Imirce Project, which shares thousands of Irish emigrant letters and life stories.
Explore it here: imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms
#ExploreYourArchive
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We’re proud to hold a range of #EYADigital collections: photos, documents, audio, video and born-digital material.
Today we’re highlighting the Imirce Project, which shares thousands of Irish emigrant letters and life stories.
Explore it here: imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms
#ExploreYourArchive
Today we’re highlighting the Imirce Project, which shares thousands of Irish emigrant letters and life stories.
Explore it here: imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms
#ExploreYourArchive
The Boy Who Drew Cats from the Ringling North collection.
Lafcadio Hearn, in The Boy Who Drew Cats, retells a Japanese folk tale and explores themes of creativity and individuality.
#EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
Lafcadio Hearn, in The Boy Who Drew Cats, retells a Japanese folk tale and explores themes of creativity and individuality.
#EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Boy Who Drew Cats from the Ringling North collection.
Lafcadio Hearn, in The Boy Who Drew Cats, retells a Japanese folk tale and explores themes of creativity and individuality.
#EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
Lafcadio Hearn, in The Boy Who Drew Cats, retells a Japanese folk tale and explores themes of creativity and individuality.
#EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
Some more #EYAPets in our archives!
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
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Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Some more #EYAPets in our archives!
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAPets
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAPets
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Colonel Sauerzweig’s arrangement and translation of 'Silent Night' from the Conradh na Gaeilge archive🌟
Humming beneath the melody, the lower voices in the quartet set a quiet, peaceful tone that fits today’s #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYASilence
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Humming beneath the melody, the lower voices in the quartet set a quiet, peaceful tone that fits today’s #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYASilence
@araireland.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Colonel Sauerzweig’s arrangement and translation of 'Silent Night' from the Conradh na Gaeilge archive🌟
Humming beneath the melody, the lower voices in the quartet set a quiet, peaceful tone that fits today’s #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYASilence
@araireland.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social
Humming beneath the melody, the lower voices in the quartet set a quiet, peaceful tone that fits today’s #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYASilence
@araireland.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social
Library Ireland Week is here! #LIW25
Our restored An Tiomna Nuadh shows how libraries and conservation work light the way by ensuring rare and fragile books last for future readers.
Read more about the conservation process in our latest blog post 📚
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
Our restored An Tiomna Nuadh shows how libraries and conservation work light the way by ensuring rare and fragile books last for future readers.
Read more about the conservation process in our latest blog post 📚
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
Our 1602 An Tiomna Nuadh [The New Testament] Comes Home
A blog about the historic archival and special collections of the Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland Galway
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December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Library Ireland Week is here! #LIW25
Our restored An Tiomna Nuadh shows how libraries and conservation work light the way by ensuring rare and fragile books last for future readers.
Read more about the conservation process in our latest blog post 📚
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
Our restored An Tiomna Nuadh shows how libraries and conservation work light the way by ensuring rare and fragile books last for future readers.
Read more about the conservation process in our latest blog post 📚
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
Wishing all at @kennysbookshop.bsky.social warm wishes celebrating 85 years at the heart of Galway books, art, and more. This archives Kenny's brochure even included a map of the original shop on High Street!
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Wishing all at @kennysbookshop.bsky.social warm wishes celebrating 85 years at the heart of Galway books, art, and more. This archives Kenny's brochure even included a map of the original shop on High Street!
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAMedieval
Some of the oldest books in our collections are these volumes of Bible commentary by Nicholas of Lyra (c. 1270-1349), printed in 1497 by Anton Koberger, printer of the Nuremberg Chronicle.
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Some of the oldest books in our collections are these volumes of Bible commentary by Nicholas of Lyra (c. 1270-1349), printed in 1497 by Anton Koberger, printer of the Nuremberg Chronicle.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAMedieval
Some of the oldest books in our collections are these volumes of Bible commentary by Nicholas of Lyra (c. 1270-1349), printed in 1497 by Anton Koberger, printer of the Nuremberg Chronicle.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Some of the oldest books in our collections are these volumes of Bible commentary by Nicholas of Lyra (c. 1270-1349), printed in 1497 by Anton Koberger, printer of the Nuremberg Chronicle.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Siobhán McKenna's collection of 1950s Vogue magazines including a feature on Siobhán and her family, and plenty of ads for nylon tights.
A snapshot of beauty in the 1950s!
#EYABeauty #ExploreYourArchive
A snapshot of beauty in the 1950s!
#EYABeauty #ExploreYourArchive
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Siobhán McKenna's collection of 1950s Vogue magazines including a feature on Siobhán and her family, and plenty of ads for nylon tights.
A snapshot of beauty in the 1950s!
#EYABeauty #ExploreYourArchive
A snapshot of beauty in the 1950s!
#EYABeauty #ExploreYourArchive
Last week, we welcomed back An Tiomna Nuadh, the 1602 Irish translation of The New Testament. After undergoing major conservation work in the Muckross Bookbindery in Killarney, An Tiomna Nuadh has returned in much better condition. Look at the transformation!
#EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive
#EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Last week, we welcomed back An Tiomna Nuadh, the 1602 Irish translation of The New Testament. After undergoing major conservation work in the Muckross Bookbindery in Killarney, An Tiomna Nuadh has returned in much better condition. Look at the transformation!
#EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive
#EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive
A batch of Republican newspapers from the early 20th century currently under processing, dating from 1916 to late 1920s.
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A batch of Republican newspapers from the early 20th century currently under processing, dating from 1916 to late 1920s.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Margaretta D’Arcy—playwright,activist,artist & a fearless advocate for peace, justice & equality.
Her archive, donated with that of her late husband John Arden in 2017, is a vital record of their lifelong work,
Beannacht Dé leí.
tinyurl.com/5n8y88pm
Her archive, donated with that of her late husband John Arden in 2017, is a vital record of their lifelong work,
Beannacht Dé leí.
tinyurl.com/5n8y88pm
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Margaretta D’Arcy—playwright,activist,artist & a fearless advocate for peace, justice & equality.
Her archive, donated with that of her late husband John Arden in 2017, is a vital record of their lifelong work,
Beannacht Dé leí.
tinyurl.com/5n8y88pm
Her archive, donated with that of her late husband John Arden in 2017, is a vital record of their lifelong work,
Beannacht Dé leí.
tinyurl.com/5n8y88pm
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Last Friday, @universityofgalway.bsky.social marked @druidtheatre.bsky.social 50th anniversary with a special symposium, new book launch & a new exhibition of materials from the Druid archive. Exhibition is located in the Hardiman Foyer & open to ALL. @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
#druid50
#theatre
#druid50
#theatre
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Last Friday, @universityofgalway.bsky.social marked @druidtheatre.bsky.social 50th anniversary with a special symposium, new book launch & a new exhibition of materials from the Druid archive. Exhibition is located in the Hardiman Foyer & open to ALL. @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
#druid50
#theatre
#druid50
#theatre
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The first librarian of Queen's College Galway, James Hardiman, died on this day, November 13, 1855. Read the lovely article in the @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social today marking the anniversary of his death and legacy. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
#hardiman
#universitycollegegalway
#historian
#hardiman
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#historian
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The first librarian of Queen's College Galway, James Hardiman, died on this day, November 13, 1855. Read the lovely article in the @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social today marking the anniversary of his death and legacy. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
#hardiman
#universitycollegegalway
#historian
#hardiman
#universitycollegegalway
#historian
The lost art of letter writing. Stamps from around the world on archive letters under cataloguing - India and South Africa to Ireland.
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The lost art of letter writing. Stamps from around the world on archive letters under cataloguing - India and South Africa to Ireland.
With all pets in the Áras in recent years, the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, was also a great animal lover, with cats, dogs, horses, and more at his Ffrenchpark home in Roscommon, including these two presidential pooches. (From Hyde family photo album)
#Archives
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#Archives
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November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
With all pets in the Áras in recent years, the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, was also a great animal lover, with cats, dogs, horses, and more at his Ffrenchpark home in Roscommon, including these two presidential pooches. (From Hyde family photo album)
#Archives
@araukie.bsky.social
#Archives
@araukie.bsky.social
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Last week, @uniofgalway.bsky.social marked our 50th anniversary with a symposium, 'Druid at 50: People, Place, Performance', organised by the Dept of Drama and Theatre Studies, and the opening of a Druid archive exhibition at @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Last week, @uniofgalway.bsky.social marked our 50th anniversary with a symposium, 'Druid at 50: People, Place, Performance', organised by the Dept of Drama and Theatre Studies, and the opening of a Druid archive exhibition at @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social.
On Presidential Inauguration day today - looking back to before he was Ireland's first president, Douglas Hyde, academic, linguistic, toured the US giving talks. This scrapbook collects the US coverage of Hyde's visit to the US in 1906.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
On Presidential Inauguration day today - looking back to before he was Ireland's first president, Douglas Hyde, academic, linguistic, toured the US giving talks. This scrapbook collects the US coverage of Hyde's visit to the US in 1906.
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Taispéantas fíor-speisialta ag tarlú inniu sa Leabharlann! @druidtheatre
A very special exhibition is happening today in the Library!
@druidtheatre
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
#archives
#theatrearchives
#druidtheatre
#exhibitionspace
A very special exhibition is happening today in the Library!
@druidtheatre
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
#archives
#theatrearchives
#druidtheatre
#exhibitionspace
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Taispéantas fíor-speisialta ag tarlú inniu sa Leabharlann! @druidtheatre
A very special exhibition is happening today in the Library!
@druidtheatre
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
#archives
#theatrearchives
#druidtheatre
#exhibitionspace
A very special exhibition is happening today in the Library!
@druidtheatre
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
#archives
#theatrearchives
#druidtheatre
#exhibitionspace
For culture night, the start of a paper delivered by President's Michael D. Higgins to Trinity Historical Society on the worthiness of the arts in the 21st century.
September 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For culture night, the start of a paper delivered by President's Michael D. Higgins to Trinity Historical Society on the worthiness of the arts in the 21st century.
Our recent launch of digitised prison journals from Long Kesh in the 1970s - the Paddy McMenamin archive - was featured on the Sean Moncrieff Show on @newstalkfm.bsky.social . Listen back here with archivist Dr. Barry Houlihan in conversation with Sean:
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Long Kesh - what was life in a 1970s internment camp like? | Newstalk
The University of Galway has unveiled a new digital archive revealing what life was like in an in...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Our recent launch of digitised prison journals from Long Kesh in the 1970s - the Paddy McMenamin archive - was featured on the Sean Moncrieff Show on @newstalkfm.bsky.social . Listen back here with archivist Dr. Barry Houlihan in conversation with Sean:
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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One of the great things about Galway is how our colleagues @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social are constantly putting out amazing materials, almost without us noticing. This week it's a collection of prisoner journals from Long Kesh prison in the 1970s. digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
Digital Archive
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September 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
One of the great things about Galway is how our colleagues @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social are constantly putting out amazing materials, almost without us noticing. This week it's a collection of prisoner journals from Long Kesh prison in the 1970s. digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...