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... There has never been - and never will be - another woman who can be the same to me as you have been... NLI ref.: Ms. 46,868

Yours fondly, Patrick
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...

First page of a letter from Bective, later 3rd Marquess Headfort, to his brother Edward Tuite Dalton or "My dear Eddy". NLI ref. Ms. 49,015.

Hidden History
by Eimear Walsh, NLI Manuscript Student Still working away on the Headfort Estate Papers, we came across a family within a family. Incongruously in a collection about a family named Taylour, there...

Instructions for use of Pilewort flower, the best "remedy I ever knew for ye Kings Evill", Lady Frances Keightley, Inchiquin Papers, Ms 14786

Suet, Snails and Stinking Roger
by Janelle Winters, Manuscript Intern While sifting through an old card catalogue as part of a grand scheme to augment our online sources, I stumbled onto some 19th century maps of rabies and...

Original box file of Press Cuttings from 23 February to 21 March 1922

Strewth
Niamh McGarry, Conservation Asst., Dublin Castle Clippings Conservation Project One of the most surprising items that I have come across during my time working on the conservation of the Dublin...

Library lore has it that this is Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh at work in the NLI Reading Room. NLI call no. CLAR71

Much love to your sweet self
by Maria O'Shea, Manuscripts Student One of the wonderful things about working in our Department of Manuscripts is that, as well as working with political and official documents, you come across...

The three greatest men ever produced in Ireland were, and are forever - Allen Larkin & O'Brien...

Sister Caroline and Brother James
by Maria O'Shea, Manuscripts Student We have a number of letters here at the National Library written by the nationalist sympathiser Caroline Margaret Douglas, Marchioness of Queensberry, including...

The Matrimonial Galop, the vicissitudes of love and matrimony by A. Benedict. NLI call no. MU-vc-19 (36)

Music Posters
by Honora Faul, Department of Prints & Drawings Café Joly here at the Library is currently showcasing a selection of images from our NLI music collections. Some depict early sheet music dating...

Frank Leah sketch of Rosie Boote being greeted by Harlequin. NLI call no. PD 2159 TX (20) 52, part of our Joseph Holloway Collection

Scandal in High Society
by Eimear Walsh, NLI Manuscript Student Working on the ever-expanding Headfort Estate Collection, I came across the original Will and Kate love affair in Co. Meath of all places: an aristocrat who...