by Deirdre Carroll, donor and daughter of J.J. (Joe) Carroll My father, Joe Carroll, who worked in the Department of Industry and Commerce on Kildare Street, Dublin (just across the road from the National Library of Ireland) acquired over 270 glass lantern slides from a colleague. Unfortunately we cannot recall the colleague’s name. They originally […]
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1st Earl Roberts,
Clontarf,
Deirdre Carroll,
Donations,
Elizabeth Kirwan,
Frederick Sleigh Roberts,
General Roberts,
J.J. Carroll Collection,
Joe Carroll,
Lantern Slides,
Laterna Magica,
Magic Lantern
by Élodie Lévèque and Louise O’Connor, Conservation; and Justin Furlong, Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland recently acquired two volumes of The Waterford Mirror containing rare issues from 1805 and 1806. In 1801, The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet newspaper was first printed by John Bull, and from 1805 continued as The Waterford Mirror […]
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19th century,
Conservation,
Elodie Leveque,
Justin Furlong,
Kozo paper,
Louise O'Connor,
Microfilm,
Newspapers,
NEWSPLAN,
Sir John Newport,
The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet,
Waterford,
Waterford Mirror
by Justin Furlong, Periodicals/Newspapers Librarian Library users often only get to interact with staff in our various Reading Rooms and may be unaware of the many behind the scenes projects that are taking place. With this thought in mind I felt it would be useful to detail some of the developments currently happening in the […]
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Acquisitions,
British and Colonial Druggist,
Ceased Title Project,
Electoral Registers,
Inez J Fletcher,
Irish Chemist and Druggist,
Journals,
Justin Furlong,
Magazines,
Meatmatter,
Metalworks,
Minor Mag,
Online Check-in,
Periodicals,
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland,
Projects,
RTE Guide,
Spotter,
The Yoke
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