February 2012

Do not try this at home

February 23, 2012 · 0 comments

in Collections,Exhibitions,Printed books,Rare books

by Aoife O Connor, co-curator of Particles of the Past exhibition In deciding what to put into our Discover: Particles of the Past exhibition for Dublin City of Science 2012, Robert Boyle was top of the list. We have an excellent collection of his published works and he’s a well known and important figure in […]

Tagged as: Alcohol, Aoife O Connor, Discover, Dropsy, Dublin City of Science 2012, Exhibition, Fever, Fruit, Hypochondriac, Insects, Labour, Medicine, Millipedes, Myrrh, Particles of the Past, Receipts, Recipes, Robert Boyle, Science, Scientist, Spices, Sugar, Tobacco, Ulcers, Wine, Woodlice

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Yours fondly, Patrick

February 14, 2012 · 2 comments

in Collections,Manuscripts

by Nora-Jane Thornton, National Photographic Archive (and Unashamed Romantic) Closure, not the most romantic of sentiments, seems to be the message of this letter. It was written by the poet, Patrick Kavanagh in May 1945 to Hilda Moriarty, a young medical student whom he had met the previous year. In it he seems to acknowledge […]

Tagged as: Bluebells in Love, Dark-haired Miriam, Donogh O'Malley, Dunsany Castle, Fianna Fáil, Hilda Moriarty, Lord Dunsany, Love Letter, Love Poetry, Luke Kelly, May 1945, Nora-Jane Thornton, On Raglan Road, Patrick Kavanagh, Poetry, Unrequited Love, Valentine's Day

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The Course of True Love

February 14, 2012 · 3 comments

in Collections,Ephemera,Music,Prints & Drawings

Bean an Phoist says:  Honora has so many great collections to choose from that it would have been cruel and heartless to restrict her to just one item that she loves, so here are just some of her favourite LOVEly things for Valentine’s Day 2012…   by Honora Faul, Curator of Prints & Drawings, Ephemera, […]

Tagged as: 18th century, 19th century, Al Goodhart, Benjamin Rhames, Cartoons, Charles Stewart Parnell, Elizabeth Rivers, Ephemera, Frances Ashmore, Guardian Angels, Hamlet, Honora Faul, John D. Reigh, John Fergus O'Hea, John Morley, Johnny Doughboy found a Rose in Ireland, Kay Twomey, Lance Thackery, Leap Year, Matrimonial Map, Mrs Sparks, Music, Niall Murphy Collection, Postcards, Prints and Drawings, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Song Sheet, United Ireland, Valentine Card, Valentine's Day, Weekly Freeman, William Gladstone, William Shakespeare

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