Alex Pryce Papers

Milltown Collection

Houses of the Oireachtas Library

The collection is particularly notable for the Journals of the pre-Union House of Commons and House of Lords in Ireland. There is a considerable number of 18th century publications relating to the governance of England and Ireland - statutes, votes and parliamentary debates - as well as more general literary and historical material such as the works of Jonathan Swift, poetry, almanacs, histories o ...

Grimsby Convent Collection

Houses of the Oireachtas Library

The Grimsby Convent Collection contains 91 hard copy books, pamphlets and journals. The collection contains no unique materials, but books of an Irish interest, especially with regards to Ecclesiastical and General Historical studies. Many of the books and journals have been digitised.

FitzGerald Collection

Houses of the Oireachtas Library

The collection contains a large amount of literature, opera, poetry and plays. There is also a large body of work regarding the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and some general histories of Irish cities, European countries and important monarchs. There are several items relating to the ‘Surplus Revenues Dispute’ of the mid-18th century which are quite historically important. The general body ...

Bartley Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

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David Beers Quinn Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Click here for a full listing of the David Beers Quinn Collection. **Not on Library Catalogue** A collection of material written or edited by the renowned historian Professor David Beers Quinn (1909-2002). It includes monographs, journal articles, book chapters, lectures and conference papers concerning topics such as exploration, discovery, colonisation and Irish history. The materials were gener ...

Daly Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Cardinal Cahal Daly (1917-2009) bequeathed his entire personal library to Queen's in 2009. It is a collection of ten thousand books, journals and pamphlets, mostly of theological, philosophical, and Irish historical and cultural interest. The Cardinal Daly Seminar Room on the First Floor of the McClay Library also contains a bust of Cardinal Daly and four Charles McAuley oil paintings also kindly ...

Belfast Medical Library

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

The Belfast Medical Society (1806-1818 & 1822-1862) had established a lending library for its member by 1826. The complete collection of its 16th and 17th century works on medicine were presented to Queen's University in 1915 and 1916. They were originally housed in the Medical Library but were transferred to Special Collections in 2009. The present collection also contains medical books from the ...

Belfast and Northern Ireland directory

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

A useful family history resource, our collection of Belfast and Northern Ireland Directories begins in 1865 and ends in 1995. As detailed on the catalogue there are some missing issues. As well as containing names of individuals and businesses they contain numerous business advertisements. Most directories have details for Belfast and for the principal towns and villages in Ulster. Details of our ...

Russian Language Collection

Queen's University Belfast, The McClay Library

J.N. Hart Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

The bulk of material in the J.N. Hart Collection dates from after Forrest Reid’s death in 1947 and relates to the Forrest Reid Memorial exhibition in 1953 and Russell Burlingham’s Forrest Reid: a portrait and study (London: Faber and Faber, 1953).The collection contains correspondence, photographs, monographs and some news cuttings.

Green Manuscripts

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Professor E.R.R. Green was a Senior Lecturer in History at Manchester University from 1954-1970 and held the post of Director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast from 1970-1981. Pamphlets and re-printed articles published by Green form the bulk of this collection, alongside typescripts of other unpublished material. Of particular note are a series of papers delivered by ...

Gibson-Massie Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Andrew Gibson was a Scottish businessman and a highly regarded scholar and bibliophile. He had originally come to Belfast to act as agent for the ship owner G. & J. Burns Ltd. Gibson is chiefly remembered today as a bibliophile and an expert on poetry. He had an expansive library containing collections by Allan Ramsay, Robert Burns, Thomas Moore and others. The Gibson-Massie Collection at QUB Spec ...

Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970 edited by Dr Lucy Collins

Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon

Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970 edited by Dr Lucy Collins Copyright Date : 2012 Published by : Liverpool University Press JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq Abstract and list Via Academia.edu URL https://www.academia.edu/12835738/Poetry_by_Women_in_Ireland_A_Critical_Anthology_1870-1970

Dunn Family Collection

Ward Irish Music Archives

The Dunn Family Collection, c. 1904 - c. 1935 Donated to WIMA by David K. Dunn, this collection contains the manuscripts, books, sheet music, recordings, artifacts and ephemera collected by Michael J. Dunn. Musician and instrument maker/repairer Michael J. Dunn (1855 - 1935), also a captain of the Milwaukee Fire Department, was a contemporary and associate of the famed Irish music collector, Franc ...

Alex Pryce Papers

Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon

“Selective traditions: feminism and the poetry of Colette Bryce, Leontia Flynn and Sinead Morrissey”, University of Oxford, DPhil (2014). URL: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3cff3422-3046-48d1-b765-05a815963ecd

Freda Laughton (1907-1995)

Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon

Freda Laughton (1907-1995) was born in Bristol and moved to Co. Down after her marriage. She published one collection of poetry, A Transitory House (Jonathan Cape, 1945) but little else is known about her life and work. She may have lived in Dublin for some time, as her poem The Welcome details the textures of Dublin City and its suburbs, and suggests she knows the city by heart. A sample of Freda ...

Irish Office Collection

Houses of the Oireachtas Library

This collection (1500 items) includes parliamentary material from the Irish House of Lords and a collection of political pamphlets and essays commenting on political, social, economic and religious issues of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Dublin Castle Collection

Houses of the Oireachtas Library

The Dublin Castle collection (6,800 items) contains a variety of formats including historical monographs, maps, periodicals, cartoons, prints and pamphlets. The collection is particularly distinct in its holdings of visual and periodical material. Given the wide range of publication dates, major themes and topics of Irish history are represented. These include materials relating to: The 1641 rebel ...

Irish Women Poets [Pamphlets]

Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon

Geraldine Plunkett Dillon ' "Magnificat" Published The Candle Press, Dublin, 1917 The Internet Archive [PDF/ DAISY, EPUB, KINDLE] formats Open Access URL : https://archive.org/details/magnificat00pluniala/page/n6 Keywords Pamphlets, Irish Women Poets, Irish Writing, The Internet Archive, Geraldine Plunkett Dillon, The Candle Press, Dublin, 1917

CLÓ IAR-CHONNACHTA

National University of Ireland Galway

Micheál Ó Conghaile, a well-known and respected writer, founded the company Cló Iar-Chonnachta in 1985 when he was a university student. CIC publishes Irish-language books and Irish traditional music. Since its inception it has published over 300 books and 150 music albums. CIC sees itself primarily as guardian and patron of Irish language and Gaeltacht culture. In 2010 Michéal donated copies of m ...

De Buitléar

National University of Ireland Galway

This book collection was received as part of a substantial archival donation by the late Éamon de Buitléar. It comprises of c.600 volumes, many of which relate to his career researching, filming and broadcasting on wildlife in Ireland. The collections also contains some early 20th Irish language titles originally the property of Éamon’s father. The Éamon de Buitléar Archive is an exceptional and u ...

Robinson

National University of Ireland Galway

The library was fortunate to receive the archive and elements of the library of the writer and cartographer Tim Robinson. The book collection consists of over 300 volumes, principally relating to the history, heritage and topography of Connemara and the Burren. The archival collection includes literary manuscripts from the preparation of Tim's well known works as well as detailed research material ...

Morrissey

National University of Ireland Galway

The Morrissey Collection contains significant printed titles relating to the period of the Williamite Wars in Ireland (1689-91) with particular reference to the Battle of Aughrim. It was assembled by Colman Morrissey, the son of Joseph Morrissey, a graduate of UCG (the name by which NUI, Galway known 1908-1997). It includes some especially rare items including an annotated copy of a List of Claims ...

John Hume Collection

Ulster University, Magee

Themes covered by the collection include the wide range of material to be expected from a constituency MP and MEP. These include peace-talks, devolution, justice system, prisoners, housing, planning, social security, health, education, Irish language, European lesser-used languages, minority rights, justice, economy, business, industry, agriculture, transport, New Ireland Forum, European Union, co ...

Ballymoney Special Collection

Libraries NI, Ballymoney Library

Irish and Local Studies Library, Armagh

Libraries NI, Irish and Local Studies Library, Armagh

Noteworthy are some valuable and scarce titles dealing with "tours in Ireland". Local authors like James Stuart, well known for his work “Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh”, published in 1819 and Rev Henry Boyd, who achieved fame as the first translator of Dante into English – published first in Dublin, 1785 and later in London, 1802 are represented in this collection. The works of many of ...

Local Studies Collection

Libraries NI, Ballymena Central Library

The collection aspires to include comprehensive series of books and pamphlets, journals, CD-ROMs, maps, photographs, postcards, local newspapers etc concerning life within this area, past, present and future and about all aspects of the local environment. Local publications are well represented and the collection includes titles by many local authors. Microfilms of the 1901 Census for Counties Ant ...

F. J. Bigger Archive

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

Belfast Central Library also holds a collection of some 40,000 items comprising his personal papers and correspondence. Items of particular interest include the manuscripts for a prospective series of pamphlets on Northern United Irishmen, only one of which was ever published and a large collection of notes, articles and illustrations relating to Ulster towns and places. The collection of his pers ...

Ulster Writers Archive

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

The Archive includes material which is concerned with the following Ulster writers: William Allingham, Andrew Boyd, Frederick Gamble, Mary Gardiner, Frederick Harte, Dr. Richard Hayward, Benedict Kiely, Jack Loudan, Anna Redlich, Bishop Reeves and Charles Witherspoon.

Mary Gardiner Archive

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

Irish Manuscripts Commission Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

According to the Catalogue of Publications produced by the Irish Manuscripts Commission, the Commission was established in 1928, "to report on collections of manuscripts and papers of literary, historical and general interest relating to Ireland, whether in private or public ownership, and also to arrange for and supervise the execution of programmes of publications." The collection in Belfast Cen ...

Hibernica Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

The Hibernica Collection, or Henry Collection as it was previously known, is a substantial collection of monographs, periodicals and pamphlets of general Irish interest and/or origin, being strongest in history and literature, and also including works of Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton. Officially established in 1929 with a deposit of 1000 volumes from the personal library of R.M. Henry (Profess ...

AE/ George Russell Collection

Armagh County Museum

The material in this collection consists of illustrated poems, photographs and books of poetry by the artist, poet and theosophist George Russell (AE) 1867-1935. George Russell, also known as AE was one of the founders of the Irish Theatrical Company at the Abbey Theatre. He contributed regularly to the Irish Statesman and the Irish Homestead, supporting issues like Home Rule and the Lock-out of 1 ...

Samuel Beckett collection

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

The Samuel Beckett collection comprises six distinct series and one miscellaneous series of Beckett-related material including manuscripts and typescripts by Beckett, correspondence with Beckett, ephemera, photographs, and publications by and about Beckett: The Samuel Beckett-Calvin Israel collection (1929-1981) is primarily Beckett manuscripts and publications, but also includes theater programs, ...

Simms Medical Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Distinguished library of early medical works and medical history belonging to Dr Samuel Simms (d. 1967) of Belfast. Many of the titles included in the collection can be found listed in the Garrison and Morton Medical Bibliography (1983). *UPDATE September 2018* A digital exhibition of this collection is now available online, bringing together material from the Simms collection across different fie ...

Brett Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Small collection of miscellaneous papers and documents deposited by the Belfast solicitor, Sir Charles Brett (1839-1926). The collection consists of a variety of material, mainly of antiquarian interest, including books, extracts, manuscripts, and other documents relating principally to early English civil and ecclesiastical law, land and/or property in Yorkshire, c 1220-c 1600, and Wakefield, c 1 ...

St. Anthony's Rare Book Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

The St. Anthony's Rare Book Collection, numbering c. 280 items, formed part of the library of St. Anthony's Franciscan College which was acquired by UCG in 1992. The collection contains many rare and interesting works on topics ranging in scope from theology and apologetics to bardism and Norse mythology.

John F. Deane papers

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

The John F. Deane papers includes correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings related to Deane's life, literary output and career as a literary editor. The correspondents include Samuel Beckett, Daniel Berrigan, Alaine Bosquet, Padraig Daly, Paul Durcan, John Ennis, Monk Gibbon, Robert Graecen, Michael Hamburger, Seamus Heaney, Richard Kell, Thomas Kinsella, Philip Lar ...

Hart Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Running from 1854 when Hart first entered the Chinese administration, these diaries record many personal anecdotes and reminiscences about Hart’s official duties in China, particularly from the 1870s onwards. Numerous newspaper cuttings, telegrams, letters and Chinese scribblings can also be found throughout. The collection also contains a significant series of correspondence amounting to some 700 ...

Music Collection

Queen's University Belfast, The McClay Library

The printed editions are strongly focused towards the works of Baroque, Classical, Romantic and early modern composers, although most areas of music are covered. The editions appear in various formats: consisting of anthologies, various editions of works by certain composers, individual works and manuscript facsimiles. The collection also includes over 100 periodicals and over 500 reference works, ...

McAllister Collection: Church History Pamphlets

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

This is a collection of pamphlets accumulated by James McAllister, lecturer in Economic History at Queen’s University Belfast 1973-2007. He had a particular interest in local history and is noted for compiling ‘A Belfast chronicle 1789: a compilation from the Belfast Newsletter.’ He collected a range of books, articles and pamphlets relating to religion in Ireland. This collection contains pamphle ...

Kathleen Daly Clarke papers and collection of Thomas Clarke and Irish political materials

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

The papers contain correspondence, photographs, artwork, ephemera, and clippings documenting the life and career of Kathleen Daly Clarke, while Clarke's collection includes materials about her husband Thomas Clarke and Irish politics during the early- to mid-1900s. Of note are cards she received from political figures, including Eamon de Valera, Douglas Hyde, and Sean Ó Ceallaigh, some of which w ...

19th and 20th Century Books - Valuable, Limited, Fine or Rare

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

General collection of valuable, limited, fine or rare material from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection relates to a disparate range of subject areas with items selected for their evidential and/or bibliographic value. Included can be found modern reproductions of some of the world’s most treasured manuscripts alongside first and limited editions of works by Irish and other authors with ma ...

Government Publications

NI Assembly Library

Parliamentary and other government publications from the UK and Northern Ireland

Met Éireann Library

Met Éireann, Research Division

When the Irish Meteorological Service was founded in 1936 it inherited a small collection of technical books and weather records from the British Met Office. This, together with a collection of early meteorological books that had been bequeathed to Valentia Observatory by R.H. Scott in 1916, formed the origins of the Met Éireann Library. Today, the primary aim of the Met Éireann Library is to prov ...

Frederick M. Manning collection of John McCormack materials

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

These materials pertaining to John McCormack’s life and career were compiled by Frederick M. Manning. Notable manuscripts in the collection include McCormack’s memoirs, a book of song lyrics used as a prompt and prop by McCormack in performance, a handwritten index of McCormack’s sheet music and annotated typescripts of McCormack’s introductory remarks to radio performances. Other notable items in ...

Adam Smith Library

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Relatively small, general collection of monographs etc from the surviving personal library of the 18th century philosopher and economic theorist, Adam Smith (1723-90). The majority of titles relate principally to Greek and Latin classics and date mostly from the 18th century. The collection does, however, include a number of early works from the 16th and 17th centuries, of which can be found some ...

Northern Ireland Official Publications Collection

Queen's University Belfast, The McClay Library

Gamble Library Irish Collection

Union Theological College, The Gamble Library

The Gamble Library Irish Collection contains around two thousand items relating to Irish history, with special reference to religious and political history, especially the history of the Presbyterian Church, making it an essential resource for research into Irish Presbyterianism. It also contains the biographies of many key Irish figures and the congregational histories of most Presbyterian Church ...

Mary O'Hara papers

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

The Mary O'Hara papers document the performances, public career, and personal life of Irish soprano and harpist Mary O'Hara. The collection highlights her early rise to fame in the 1950s until her entrance to Stanbrook Abbey in 1962, as well her return to her music career in 1974 until her retirement in 1994. O'Hara was married to the American poet Richard Selig from 1956 until his death in 1957, ...

Early Economics Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Collection of works of early economic theory and philosophy dating from the 17th to the late 19th centuries. A relatively small assemblage of some 234 items, the collection includes a comprehensive range of material by many of the major economists of the period covered, in particular for the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Included can be found works by Adam Smith (1723-90), John Stuart Mill ( ...

Government Publications

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

Various Northern Ireland government publications, including Northern Ireland Parliamentary papers, Northern Ireland Assembly papers, Northern Ireland Departmental publications and Non-Departmental publications (1889-present)

Presbyterian Mission Archive

Union Theological College, The Gamble Library

The Presbyterian Mission Archive includes letters, scrapbooks, photographs, audio recordings, postcards, minutes and diaries relating to foreign missions conducted by Irish Presbyterians or the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, in places such as India, Manchuria and Africa, as well as missions delivered in the north and south of Ireland. Documents detailing the history of several related mission org ...

Lady Gregory Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

This substantial collection was purchased by the Library in 1976. It contains many different editions and printings of material published by and about Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852-1932). A native of County Galway, she was a major figure in the Irish Literary Revival and the founding of the Abbey Theatre. Many of the works are available in the different editions in which they have appeared. ...

Thomson Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Collection of scientific papers and notebooks, memoranda, lectures, correspondence etc of James Thomson (1822-1892), Professor of Engineering at Queen’s College, Belfast, 1857-1873. Various topics are highlighted in the collection reflecting Professor Thomson’s wide range of research interests. These include such areas as fluid motion, the formation of river bars, ventilation, atmospheric circulat ...

Government Publications

Ulster University, Jordanstown

Parliamentary legal and other government publications from the UK and Northern Ireland

Ringling North Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

A very fine collection of c. 1200 items on subjects such as travel literature and the history of art, this was the personal library of Henry Ringling North (1909-1993), former owner and manager of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Items are largely in pristine condition.

Killanin Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

This collection of about 3500 volumes was given to the Library in 2000 in memory of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914-1999), well-known writer, film director/producer and sports administrator. His family wished to highlight the close connections of the Morris family with Galway. It represents volumes he collected throughout his life, especially when engaged on his editorial work on the Shel ...

Ross-Rosenzweig Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Collection of monographs, periodicals and facsimilies, etc., on or relating to a variety of Hebrew and Jewish subjects and studies. Included are Hebrew texts relating to the interpretation, analysis and commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran community, alongside works of Hebrew literature, language, history and philosophy, etc.

Government Publications

Office of the First and Deputy First Minister

Laws and statutes from the UK and Northern Ireland and a range of official publications.

Kevin Boyle Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

The Kevin Boyle Collection (archive and library) is a wealth of material in the fields of human rights and law research and scholarship. Focus on the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, the Troubles, international freedom of expression and freedom of religious belief defence reflects Boyle's contributions to the discipline of human rights. The Collection was donated to NUIG by Joan Boyle an ...

W. B. Yeats Collection

University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library

This collection of the Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) includes first editions of all of Yeats' works (save the extremely scarce Mosada [1886] and The Hour-Glass [1903]), many later editions of Yeat's works and variant printings, and books edited by or containing contributions from Yeats. Also present are runs of periodicals with which Yeats was associated, such as Samha ...

Pim Manuscripts

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Papers of the Belfast born author and poet, Herbert Moore Pim (1883-?). A relatively small batch of materials, this collection consists mainly of literary manuscripts concerning a number of published and unpublished works by Pim, including typewritten drafts of the novel, ‘The Pessimist’, 1904-10 (published under the pseudonym, A. Newman in 1914), ‘Poems for Children’ (1940), the plays, ‘Julian th ...

Government Publications

Office of the First and Deputy First Minister

Laws and statutes from the UK and Northern Ireland and a range of official publications.

Bairéad Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

This collection contains a wealth of Irish language material and ephemeral material from the early days of the Gaelic revival movements, as collected by Stiophán (1867-1921) and Ciarán (1905-1976) Bairéad. Síghle Bairéad (1903-1985) donated this material to the Library in 1976 in memory of her father Stiophán, first treasurer of the Gaelic League, and of her brother Ciarán, a collector with the Ir ...

Kenneth Reddin Collection

University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Kenneth Reddin (1895-1967) was an Irish novelist, playwright, and district justice during the first half of the 20th century, sometimes writing under the pseudonym of Kenneth Sarr. Reddin was involved in Republican politics, and his writings reflect that interest. This collection contains versions of two of his works ( Sable and Silver and Another Shore) , personal correspondence with well-known f ...

Percy Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

The collection also reflects Percy's membership of Samuel Johnson’s 'Literary Club' by including association or presentation copies from Johnson himself, Oliver Goldsmith, Edmond Malone, George Steevens, et al. Percy annotated his books extensively, one of the most interesting of which is a copy of the 3rd edition (1775) of his own work, 'The Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.' A unique item in t ...

Youth Link: NI

Youth Link: NI

 Youth Link: NI is the inter-church youth service for Northern Ireland. It was established in 1991 by the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, the Methodist Church in Ireland, and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Youth Link established its library in 2011 with the aim of supporting teaching and learning in youth work and ministry. Youth Link’s library is aimed primarily at students pa ...

O’Neill Collection of Traditional Irish Music

University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Libraries

The O'Neill Collection reflects Francis O'Neill's work of studying, collecting and preserving Irish traditional music, particularly dance music. Books and articles on Irish music include occasional pencil annotations in margins, often checkmarks or notes on an alternative name for a tune. The Library was given by Captain O'Neill to the University of Notre Dame in 1931.

O'Rahilly Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Collection of Irish manuscripts and printed books annotated by the distinguished Celtic Scholar, T.F. O’Rahilly (1883-1953). A relatively small assemblage of material, the books are extensively annotated by O'Rahilly and include a range of titles on Irish dialect, grammar and Irish Literature, dating from c 1849-1937. Among the authors featured are Brian Merriman (1749-1805), Joseph Henry Lloyd, P ...

Reference Collection

Chester Beatty Library

The Reference Library holds books and periodicals relating to the Chester Beatty Library collections.

Mac Fhinn Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

Collection of 300+ items accumulated by Msgr. Eric Mac Fhinn (1895-1987) of Co. Galway, UCG lecturer in education (through Irish) 1931-1965.

Moore Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Special collection of books etc, by, or relating to, the Irish poet, satirist, composer, and musician, Thomas Moore (1779-1852). Born in Dublin to Roman Catholic parents in 1779, Thomas Moore went on to become one of Ireland's most popular writers, regarded at the time, as Ireland's national lyricist. Remembered principally for his Irish Melodies , which appeared in numerous editions from 1807-34, ...

Rare book collection

Chester Beatty Library

Formerly the private library of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968)

Larkin Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

The library of Professor Patrick Larkin (Education Department, UCG) and his wife Rita Larkin.

MacDouall Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Collection of general literature, Sanskrit and comparative philology from the personal library of Charles MacDouall (1818-1883), first Professor of Latin at Queen's College, Belfast (1849-50) and second Professor of Greek (1850-78). The collection includes material relating to Classical, Eastern and Middle Eastern languages, and comparative philology, principally from the first half of the 19th ce ...

Delargy Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

Séamus Ó Duilearga (1899-1980), born in Cushendall, Co. Antrim, was a student of Celtic Studies in UCD when a chance meeting in 1921 with Norwegian folklorist Reidar Thorolf Christiansen launched him on what was to become a lifetime of collecting and safeguarding Ireland’s folk heritage. He was a founding member of the Folklore of Ireland Society in 1926 and editor of its journal Béaloideas . Foll ...

Ní Éimhigh Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

The Ní Éimhigh Collection of c. 50 items was accumulated by Professor Margaret Heavey, Athenry native and Professor of Classics, UCG (1931-1977).

George Shiels Collection

Libraries NI, Ballymoney Library

The George Shiels Collection consists of the private library of local playwright George Shiels (1881-1949). Shiels was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim. He emigrated to Canada to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway, but was injured in 1913 and disabled for life in an accident. He returned to Northern Ireland and set up business with his brother as a shipping agent and started to write. His fir ...

Early Printed Books (Pre-1701)

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Collection of 16th and 17th century books and pamphlets, including facsimilies. An extensive collection of early works, it contains in excess of 3,700 items, including 20 incunabula (i.e. printed before 1500), 267 STC and 1,430 Wing items, relating to a wide range of subject areas reflecting the interests and pre-occupations of writers of this period. Included can be found general works and early ...

Cairnes Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

The library of John Elliott Cairnes (1823-1875), political economist and professor of jurisprudence and political economy at Queen's College, Galway (1859-1870).

Samuel Beckett - Calvin Israel collection

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

The Samuel Beckett - Calvin Israel collection is primarily Beckett manuscripts and publications, but also includes theater programs, audiovisual material, and ephemera spanning 1929 to 1981. Material is arranged in six subseries: A. Manuscripts; B. Publications; C. Theater programs; D. Audiovisual materials; E. Ephemera and miscellaneous; F. Photocopies.

Eighteenth Century Books and Pamphlets

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

These pamphlets convey a unique sense of the political life, arguments and events that shaped 18th century Ireland, in particular leading up to the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. The Collection is also strong in titles by the poet Allan Ramsey (1686-1758) formerly collected by Andrew Gibson (fl. 1904-27) of Belfast, a former Governor of the Belfast Library and Society for ...

Bunting Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

The collection consists mainly of musical manuscripts compiled and notated by Bunting during the festival and on his subsequent tour of Ireland, 1792-c 1810 and notebooks of lyrics in both Roman and Gaelic script compiled by the Irish Scholar, Patrick Lynch of Loughinisland, Co. Down, during his tour in 1802 which he undertook on Bunting’s behalf. Other miscellaneous items of note include a memoir ...

Shields Collection

National University of Ireland Galway

The library of Arthur Shields (1896-1970), Irish stage and film actor.

Samuel Beckett - Barney Rosset collection

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

The Samuel Beckett - Barney Rosset collection includes manuscripts representing three decades of Beckett's writing; annotated copies of plays, stories, and other works; letters and cards from Beckett to Rosset discussing the author's life and work; and Grove Press business and financial records relating to Beckett's career. The series is arranged in four subseries: A. Manuscripts; B. Correspondenc ...

Foster Pamphlets

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Collection of 18th century pamphlets, magazines and reports etc compiled by John Foster, Baron Oriel (1740-1828), last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. An important and unique assemblage of materials, the collection was compiled by Foster during his years of high political office in both the Irish and British Houses of Parliaments. The main focus of the collection concerns the major politica ...

Andrews Manuscripts

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

This collection consists of a selection of scientific papers and correspondence by and addressed to Chemist and Physicist, Thomas Andrews (1813-85), chiefly written in his own hand or copied by his daughters, Elizabeth Andrews and Mary K. Andrews, and forming part of the documents used in the preparation of 'The Scientific Papers of the Late Thomas Andrews. With a Memoir by P.G. Tait and A. Crum B ...

Henry Library

National University of Ireland Galway

The Henry collection contains c. 4500 items. The bulk of the collection represents the Library of the Reverend Joseph Henry, D.D (1821-1885). The Henry Library is held on deposit from the Church of Ireland diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry.

Samuel N. Freedman collection on George Bernard Shaw

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

The George Bernard Shaw collection consists of approximately 2 linear feet (7 boxes) of Shaw materials accumulated over a period of about forty years by Samuel Freedman. The collection included about 3,000 books by and about Shaw, which are catalogued for the Irish Collection in the Burns Library. Also received with the collection were several framed portraits and posters that are housed in the li ...

Special Collections, Main Collections

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

There are three main collections grouped by date. These include Early Printed Books (Pre-1701), 18th Century Books and Pamphlets (including the Foster Pamphlet Collection) and 19th and 20th Century book collection of first editions and other rarities. The subject-based collections consist of the Hibernica Collection of books relating to and/or published in Ireland, the MacDouall Collection of earl ...

Carnduff Collection

Queen's University Belfast, Special Collections

Personal, literary and collected papers of and/or relating to Thomas Carnduff (1886-1956), the Belfast essayist, playwright and poet. An important figure in cultural circles during the early 20th century, Thomas Carnduff, the so-called 'Shipyard Poet,' was a profilic writer and acute observer of Belfast life. The Thomas Carnduff Archive consists of draft and annotated manuscripts of Carnduff's pri ...

King's Inns

National University of Ireland Galway

The King's Inns collection of c55 items is comprised of works on various subjects including astrology, history, religion, science, travel. Notable contents include Augstine, Confessiones, c. 1470, Benyowsky's Memoirs and Travels, 1790.

Flann O'Brien collection

Boston College, John J. Burns Library

The Flann O'Brien Collection contains a wide variety of materials: papers, books, art works, and personal memorabilia. Materials in this collection are dated from 1884 to 1991, thus predating and postdating the life of Flann O'Brien (1911-1966). Most of the materials date between 1935 and 1975. The arrangement and description follows closely the vendor's list received with the collection. Organize ...

British Official Publications Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

This is one of the most comprehensive collections freely available to the general public in Northern Ireland. Comprising both parliamentary and non-parliamentary official publications, it contains parliamentary official records, working papers, statutory publications, agency and departmental publications. A selective subscription for HMSO publications was established in 1972. However, the British ...

Brown Street National School Archive

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

Brown Street Sunday School was one of two endowed schools in Belfast in the nineteenth century. It opened in 1814 and had its origins in the Sunday School movement in Ireland. According to Norman McNeilly in Exactly fifty years: the Belfast Education Authority and its work 1923-73. In 1821 Brown Street opened as a Daily School and even as late as 1917 had more than 60% of the pupils designated as ...

Horner Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

The Horner Collection at Belfast Central Library is representative of Horner's main interest namely textile manufacture. It comprises books and scrap books dealing with textile manufacture through out the world. John Horner (1858-1919) was born in Belfast. He was a member of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society and acted as its Treasurer and Secretary. He gained notariety as the a ...

LIRA Library Collection

Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum

The collection at the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum includes the research library of books and journals, and also memoranda and reports of the scientific and technical research projects undertaken by the Linen Industry Research Association (LIRA) throughout its existence. The Linen Industry Research Association, Lambeg, Lisburn was a government research centre founded in 1921 for the study ...

Forrest Reid Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

Forrest Reid, (1875-1947) was born in Belfast and educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Christ's College, Cambridge. He read medieval and modern languages before returning to Belfast where he lived for the rest of his life. He wrote many novels - as well as "Illustrators of the Sixties" in 1928. Reid was also responsible for many critical studies on W.B. Yeats and Walter de la Mare, ...

McSkimin Room Collection

Libraries NI, Carrickfergus Library

The McSkimin Room in Carrickfergus Library contains a local studies collection containing materials on or about the history and development of Carrickfergus and its environs. Named after Samuel McSkimin (1775-1843), author of the definitive history of the town, “The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus,” first published in 1811, the collection comprises approx. 750 vo ...

Fine Book Room Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

Belfast Central Library, since its foundation in 1888, has built up an outstanding collection of rare books, manuscripts and archives, which now constitute the Special Collections. The majority of these resources are housed in the Fine Book Room. The collections include landmark examples of printing in Europe over the last five centuries, including examples of fine typography, magnificently illust ...

Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Museum Library and Archive Collection

Royal Ulster Rifles Museum

The collection held at the Royal Ulster Rifles Museum consists of books, archives and some digitised histories. The collection deals with various aspects of the British Army including titles covering army lists, dating back to 1783. The lists refer to regular officers listed in the British army often with full personal details. Regimental histories are also prominent with many general books on med ...

Natural History Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

The Natural History Collection is a remarkable collection in terms of both quality and quantity. Since the first purchases made by George Hall Elliott, the first City Librarian, the Natural History Collection has been augmented by succeeding librarians through purchase of the most important books published in this field. Outstanding amongst this collection of fine copies of important works are fin ...

Mellon Centre for Migration Studies

Libraries NI, Mellon Centre for Migration Studies

The Centre supports the Ulster American Folk Park's main activites by providing reference resources for the study of the history of both the United States and Ireland from the 17th and 20th centuries and the link between the two. The Research Library at the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies comprises a specialist collection of printed material and an Emigration Database. The collection reflects ...

Travel Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

This collection comprises travel literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. It comprises some of the greatest guide books and accounts of exploratory journeys such as James Cook's "A Voyage Towards the South Pole", Sir Hans Sloane's History of Jamaica and Alexander Fisher's "Voyage to Artic Regions", published in 1821. Travel literature at this time was widely read and respected, further evidence ...

Rare Books Collection

Union Theological College, The Gamble Library

The Rare Books Collection contains around 8,000 books dating from the sixteenth century to approximately the mid nineteenth century. Covering a broad range of subjects, it is particularly strong in theology, history and literature. The collection is arranged in chronological order and can be searched on the British Library's English Short Title Catalogue.

Newspaper Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

Newspapers represent one of the major primary sources for local research. They often provide the most detailed account of local events, and the most effective reflection of local responses to those events. The library has one of the major collections in Ireland of Irish newspapers including over 100 titles and 3,500 bound volumes. Belfast Central Library has a further 200 titles on microfilm and a ...

Carrothers Collection

Ulster University, Coleraine

The Carrothers Collection is composed of a range of botany books, printed in the 19th and 20th centuries and a large collection of bookplates. It is was the personal library of Edward Norman Carrothers, a well known botanist and collector, as such it reflects his primary interests.

Pamphlets Collection

Union Theological College, The Gamble Library

The Pamphlets Collection includes items published from the seventeenth century onwards. Although the collection covers a wide range of topics, the bulk concerns Protestant theology and matters relating to Ireland. Those published prior to 1900 are mostly bound in approximately 800 volumes, while there are a significant number of unbound pamphlets from a similar period. The older pamphlets are stor ...

Local History Collection, Derry Central Library

Libraries NI, Derry Central Library

The Local History Collection at Derry Central Library consists of a large collection of books on both local and Irish history. The Library is particularly interested in preserving the local history of the city and all aspects of its social and economic development. It is the Library's policy to collect all material published by or about local authors, hence there are collections relating to Seamus ...

Methodist Historical Society of Ireland

Methodist Historical Society of Ireland

The Irish Branch of the Wesley Historical Society in Belfast administers and maintains a comprehensive and unrivalled collection of works on or relating to Methodism in Ireland. Containing in excess of 8,000 volumes, it was established in 1926 on the foundation of the Irish branch in support of its stated aims and activities to promote the study of the Methodist Church in Ireland. The collection i ...

Genealogy and Heraldry Collection, Enniskillen

Libraries NI, Enniskillen Library

The Genealogy and Heraldry Collection consists of works on mainly Irish, but also English and Scottish genealogy and heraldry. It comprises books on armorial bearings, heraldry, family crests, order of the garter, peerages and landed gentry. Titles such as "A biographical peerage of Ireland..", 1817; "The Irish compendium; or, rudiments of honour, containing the descent, marriage, issue, titles, p ...

Haliday Pamphlet Collection

Royal Irish Academy

Collection of pamphlets covering the history, literature and antiquities of Ireland. With imprints covering the period 1682 to 1859, and including c.18,000 items bound in 2209 volumes, the pamphlets are arranged in chronological order, and thematically within this framework. The collection includes many items which are greater than the standard pamphlet length. Themes include major historical even ...

Nawn Collection, Enniskillen

Libraries NI, Enniskillen Library

The Nawn Collection consists of books on Irish studies and Fermanagh local history. Titles in the collection include "The life of William Bedell …" by Gilbert Burnet, 1692; "A view of ancient and modern Dublin, with its improvements to the year 1796 …" by John Ferrar, 1796; Dr Robert Clayton's "A vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testamernt …", 1752; Patrick Delany's "Eighteen discou ...

Haliday Tract Collection (HT)

Royal Irish Academy

General collection of tracts forming part of the larger Haliday Pamphlet and Tract Collection of Charles Haliday. There are in excess of 11,000 items in the HT Collection dating from 1578-1854. The collection relates to wide variety of subject areas of Irish and British interests.

Omagh Library Local Studies Collection

Libraries NI, Omagh Library

The Local Studies collection held at Omagh Library is extensive and specialises in the history of Tyrone, its towns and villages from the earliest times. Material is available in a variety of formats - books, journals, microfilm, fiche and maps. The Library has a collection of over 1,000 photographs - old and contemporary. A copy of the Lawrence Collection is held on microfilm. Files of informatio ...

Railway History Collection, Enniskillen

Libraries NI, Enniskillen Library

The Railway History Collection consists of books, journals and maps on the history and development of railways in Ireland, dating from the mid 1800s to more recent times. Included in the collection is a copy of the Act enabling the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Company to make a branch railway to Fintona and extend their line at Londonderry, a copy of the Act amalgamating the Londonderry and ...

W.B. Yeats Collection, Enniskillen

Libraries NI, Enniskillen Library

The W. B. Yeats Special Collection consists of works by and about this author. The collection consists in the main of poetry, plays and criticisms written by the author himself, there is also a considerable number of critical works. A number of the works such as "Finn and his companions" by Standish O'Grady and "Irish Fairy Tales" edited by W.B. Yeats are illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.

F.J. Bigger Music Collection

Libraries NI, Belfast Central Library

The F.J Bigger Music Collection forms part of the F.J. Bigger Collection held at Belfast Central Library. The collection reflects the interests of F.J. Bigger who had a keen interest in Irish history and culture. He was editor of "The Ulster Journal of Archaeology". The Music Collection has material relating to the Belfast Harp Festival (1903) and a number of other music festivals. It consists of ...