by Justin Furlong (Newspaper Librarian); Alexandra Nederlof (Student Conservation Intern from the University of Amsterdam) and Louise O’Connor (Conservator) In February 2012 we were contacted by Tim Lynch, Professor of Neurology at the Dublin Neurological Institute. Ten years ago, during renovations of the Institute’s building at No. 57 Eccles Street in Dublin, an issue of […]
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58 Eccles Street,
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Eccles Street,
Eraser Powder,
Heat-set Tissue,
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Innisfail,
Japanese Paper,
Justin Furlong,
Louise O'Connor,
Methyl-cellulose,
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Smoke Sponge,
Soft Brush,
Soft Eraser,
Starch,
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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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NEWSPLAN,
Sir John Newport,
The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet,
Waterford,
Waterford Mirror
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, […]
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Benjamin Rhames,
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Elizabeth Rivers,
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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,
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Sir Thomas Wyatt,
Song Sheet,
United Ireland,
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Weekly Freeman,
William Gladstone,
William Shakespeare