Dr Christina Morin discusses her study of Irish-authored novels published by the London-based Minerva Press in the period c. 1790-1830 ..read more

While cold & flu season is well underway, check out this C16th recipe 'Against the Plague' in TCD MS93 Psalter. We tested the recipe on Friday - follow our steps here ..read more

The latest Cuala Press project blog post, ‘Dublin (re)drawn’, is partly a response to the negative view of the city created by the recent riots. Using a Cuala Press lens it portrays a vibrant city ..read more

You may remember a time, not so very long ago, when everybody was suddenly obliged to work at home. Without access to books or readers or, for the first week or two, the cataloguing system, there was a limit to what work Research Collections staff could usefully do. One possibility was writing blog posts. On ..read more

As part of the Exploring Heritage Collections' module, our Intern Molly Robinson outlines how digital exhibitions are revolutionising the way libraries showcase their collections and engage with their audiences in her latest blog post ..read more

When Trinity College Dublin purchased Hendrik Fagel the Younger’s library in 1802, it was not a collection of new, clean books. Some of the items had passed through numerous hands and institutions before finally arriving in the Old Library, and still today bear the marks of their previous lives on their leaves. Jenny Coulton provides an overview of the kinds of provenance evidence found in the collection today ..read more

From 6 October 2023 our Manuscripts and Archives catalogue records will be accessible through our main online Library catalogue, Stella Search. With the addition of these records users will now be able to search across the entirety of our collections through one online platform ..read more

The Elsbeth and Bettina Bollmann Collection of fore-edge paintings and bindings was donated to the Library in 2022 by Bettina Bollmann, who had joined her mother Elsbeth over several decades in assembling the collection. This is the most important collection of bindings to be acquired by the Library in over 200 years ..read more

A Cuala Press blog about a happy family occasion. The marriage of Ruth Pollexfen ..read more

TCD MS 667 is a uniquely potent resource for reconstructing the social imaginary of medieval Limerick, illustrating with variety and colour the day-to-day multilingual activity of its preaching friars ..read more