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While we LOVED all the responses we received, the winner of our #CaptionContest this time is...@AllkinsDavid with "Oh this? Memento from my service in the Bone Wars." DM us for your prize! #FridayFeeling Image: Hutchinson's Extinct Monsters, 1892 (RUS 101)
Followers - today we are bringing you a new #CaptionContest! Can you think of an appropriate description or pun for this odd image from our collections? If so - comment below. The winner will receive a retweet AND a nice little prize courtesy of @mulibrarymaker!#WyrdWednesday
One week to go until the annual #ExploreYourArchive campaign. We are very excited here selecting material to highlight over the week and we will be launching a new on-line exhibition…so stay tuned. Don’t forget to follow us over on Instagram @SCA_MULibrary @explorearchives
Today is the anniversary of the death of Nigerian writer & environmental activist Ken Saro- Wiwa. Saro-Wiwa's last letters to his friend & collaborator Sr. Majella McCarron are now available on our digital library tinyurl.com/4psnby7x @library_MU @MUDigitalLib
📣Tomorrow! A chance to hear expertise from our own Julia (conservator) and Fiona (archivist). ✨VENUE UPDATE: JPII Library Maynooth University @library_MU #workshop #conservation #archives
We are delighted to announce that tickets for our upcoming workshop on 'Country house archives and the public good' on 8 Nov. are now live. Tickets are free but limited. Get yours here: eventbrite.ie/e/country-hous….. @HeritageHubIRE @MaynoothHist @MaynoothUni
Get your funny thinking caps on for our mini competition below 👇🏻 Winner will be announced on 15 Nov! 🃏#captioncontest
Followers - today we are bringing you a new #CaptionContest! Can you think of an appropriate description or pun for this odd image from our collections? If so - comment below. The winner will receive a retweet AND a nice little prize courtesy of @mulibrarymaker!#WyrdWednesday
Happy Halloween!☠️🎃 Are you thinking of dressing up this year? This guy couldn't decide if they wanted to be a turtle or a bird but decided on a hybrid "birtle"..😂either way it's going to be cold today so they needed a nice little woolly hat. #halloween2024
Followers - today we are bringing you a new #CaptionContest! Can you think of an appropriate description or pun for this odd image from our collections? If so - comment below. The winner will receive a retweet AND a nice little prize courtesy of @mulibrarymaker!#WyrdWednesday
Last week I was honoured to speak at the opening of a wonderful exhibition at the fmr Irish College in Salamanca about the important Irish/Spanish links for 400+ yrs alongside Ambassador @IrlEmbMadrid & colleagues @usal @StPatsMaynooth Congrats all involved esp @SCA_MULibrary
It is almost Halloween....👻have you found all 13 scary images from our special collections? If not, check out our fun Halloween experience below and turn up the volume!👇
This Sunday 13th, immerse yourself in all things creepy with our 2024 Halloween Virtual Experience with @MULibraryMaker -featuring selected images from the collections of @StPatsMaynooth, @library_MU and @rcblibrary!🎃#Halloween2024 Enter if you dare...shorturl.at/AzHtt🧙♀️
Over 100 early student notebooks originating from Irish continental colleges from c.1645 to the early 20thc are now catalogued & available. The perfect way to end Research week @MaynoothUni View them here: shorturl.at/fPayK #MUResearch #FridayFeeling
We're delighted to share Issue 5 of the OMARC Review with you! Read about our latest news and events, and in this issue a guest post 'Ardtully Papers: a packet of letters and their survival' by Elizabeth Knowles. sway.cloud.microsoft/yK2qGgLlWN00wZ…
Very proud of @MaynoothUni summer research student Patrick's project 'Electrifying and Magnetic: A History of Science at Maynooth', using @SCA_MULibrary @StPatsMaynooth archives from 1783 to 1935. Joint @MU_MathsStats @MU_Physics project. #SPUR2024 @mu_futureready @MU_Research
Recently I began work on the lovely Gaelic manuscripts bequeathed by Laurence Renehan, bibliophile & former President of @MaynoothUni 🎓 There’s nothing like the feeling of starting to catalogue a new collection. Who knows what I’ll find! 🕵🏼♀️ #Fridayfeeling #Irishmanuscripts
Have a read of our latest post, if you want to get in the spirit! 🧟♀️👻 mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/the… #halloween #samhain #irishfolklore #Banshee
This Sunday 13th, immerse yourself in all things creepy with our 2024 Halloween Virtual Experience with @MULibraryMaker -featuring selected images from the collections of @StPatsMaynooth, @library_MU and @rcblibrary!🎃#Halloween2024 Enter if you dare...shorturl.at/AzHtt🧙♀️
The numbers have been crunched... 267 visitors came through the door of the Russell Library for #culturenight2024 ✨ And that's up from 20 people ten years ago! Thanks again everyone!
Wonderful news to hear here in Special Collections. Congratulations Yvette, well deserved recognition for your work and wealth of knowledge! 📚
I am very honoured and delighted to receive the news this morning that I have been elected as Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society for my work with historical research @SCA_MULibrary! Thank you @RoyalHistSoc 🥳 #History
Hanging Out With Books: The Secret Nightlife of the Russell Library October is here & so is our latest blogpost. Read about some special visitors to the library & the librarians who appreciate them 🦇🦇🦇 mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/han… #BatAppreciationMonth #batconservationireland
Love this little blog post from @accaccamo with lovely examples of emblem books from the collections @SCA_MULibrary Have a read below: shorturl.at/f2Gap #emblembooks Oh and it’s #CultureNight2024 so join us for tours from 5-7 tonight and explore the Russell Library 🤩
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