Valentine’s Day

Romantic Ireland is NOT Dead and Gone

February 13, 2015 · 0 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Printed books,Projects

by Yvette Campbell, Cataloguer, Joseph Holloway Collection As I was working away cataloguing the NLI’s wonderful Joseph Holloway Collection with its focus on the theatre scene in Ireland and England during the 19th and early 20th century, I stumbled upon a little gem of social interest for all the romantics out there to get you feeling all fuzzy inside this Valentine’s […]

Tagged as: James M'Levy, Joseph Holloway Collection, Valentine's Day, Yvette Campbell

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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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