Read the latest #CulturalHeritage Collections blog, detailing a small collection outlining an incomplete history of ‘A’ Company, 1st battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA, 1914–23, written by IRA Commander Peadar McNulty. Held in @ucdarchives.bsky.social ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/03/31/c...

28 Mar 1627: The first dateable manuscript penned #otd by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, #Franciscan friar, scribe, historian, lexicographer & one compiler of the Annals of the Four Masters (His signature from @ucdarchives.bsky.social )

From next Mon, 30 March the next phase of the redevelopment of the James Joyce Library will begin. See our Project page for full details & the JJL Level 1 floor plan showing the construction zone. The JJL remains open throughout the project. Thank you for your patience. www.ucd.ie/library/cont...

24 Mar ?654: d. St. Caimín, founder of Inis Celtra monastery on the #Shannon. Here is the wonderful later psalter named after him, UCD-OFM Ms A1 from @ucdarchives.bsky.social

Aois Criost, 932 Uallach, inghen Muimhnecháin, bainécces Ereann, d'écc. The Age of Christ, 932. Uallach, daughter of Muimhneachan, chief poetess of Ireland, died. #WorldPoetryDay online isos.dias.ie

We loved seeing everyone on Wednesday! Thanks to @kate-manning.bsky.social and all attendees for an insightful evening exploring the Fianna Fáil archives! @ucdarchives.bsky.social

A selection of the many Catholic church and cathedral buildings all over the world, big and small, named in honour of St Patrick! Limerick, Mayo, Montreal and London! #LáFhéilePhádraig

The Age of Christ, 431. The third year of Laeghaire. Saint Patrick was ordained bishop by the holy Pope, Celestine the First, who ordered him to go to Ireland, to preach and teach faith and piety to the Gaeidhil, and also to baptize them. UCD-OFM Ms A13 Annals of the Four Masters 1/3

Aois Criost, ceithre céd triocha a h-aon. An tres bhliadhain do Laoghaire. Ro h-oirdneadh naomh Pattraicc i n-espuccoide lasa naomh-papa an ced Celestinus, ro furail fair tocht dochum n-Ereann, do shenmóir & do proicept credmhi & crabhaidh do Gaoidhealaibh, & dia m-baitseadh idir. 1/2

Happy St. Patrick's Day!☘️ Read all about wearing green, shamrocks and other St. Patrick's Day traditions in this UCD Library #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post by @bealoideasucd.bsky.social from 2022. Read at buff.ly/jyxl0a3 @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

The feast day of St Patrick is tomorrow. He shares his day with St Failtigern, a holy woman, now obscure, whose name is recorded in Félire Óenguso/Martyrology of Óengus, UCD-OFM MS A7, f 13r, C15th. H/T @elvabjohnston.bsky.social

In the latest UCD Library #CulturalHeritage blog post Polly Morton looks at the eccentric life of 19th century landowner Adolphus Cooke, taken from the Urban Folklore Project held in @bealoideasucd.bsky.social Read at ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/03/12/a... @ucdarchives.bsky.social

#DIBLives Placed in St Vincent's Industrial School, Goldenbridge at the age of 4, nurse and advocate for survivors of childhood abuse Christine Buckley (d. #OTD 2014) was assigned the number ‘89’, which replaced her name for the 13 years she was a resident in St Vincent's. www.dib.ie/biography/bu...

Last Thursday, 5 March, UCD Library had the pleasure of welcoming Jeffrey Sachs, world-renowned economist and professor at Columbia University. Sachs was at UCD to speak about sustainability and has an interest in the role and work of libraries in championing UN sustainable development goals.

Kate will give a talk to @irisharchives1970.bsky.social on 18 March, 6.00pm in The Conference Room, Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 2: The Archives of the Fianna Fáil Party: A Case Study of Political Party Archives and Their Role in a Democratic State' 1/2

On 16 Sept 1642 Rosa O'Doherty signed this letter. Here it is for #InternationalWomensDay , 384 years later. This is possibly a unique surviving example of a 17thC signature of a #Gaelic Irishwoman. (The letter is now in @ucdarchives.bsky.social as part of the Franciscan collection)

St Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) was the first woman to write a Rule of Life for her own monastic religious order for women, the Order of Poor Ladies. Following her death, the order was renamed in her honour as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to as the Poor Clares. #InternationalWomensDay

Hannah Matthews of UCD Special Collections reflects on the art of letter writing, looking at the Curran/Laird Collection - manuscripts, books, & ephemera corresponding with significant theatrical & creative figures in Ireland in the 20th c. Read at ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/02/26/a...

We are very sad to learn of the death of Dr Deirdre McMahon. Deirdre was an historian nonpareil, as well as a staunch advocate for archives and archivists. She was a great friend of UCD Archives over all the decades of our existence. We will miss her. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

Happiness is being in @ucdarchives.bsky.social

Brian Faulkner was born #OTD 1921. This note in a file of documents concerning post-Sunningdale developments, includes Faulkner's proposal to the SDLP that the Sunningdale Agreement be ratified with the exception of those provisions relating to the Council of Ireland.

Sighle Humphreys married Donal O'Donoghue on 19 February 1935. This writer wishes Donal had 'waited until this unfortunate country was free' before marrying, as many married patriots 'eventually ignored the ills of the Motherland in the tranquillity of the domestic hearth.' #ValentinesDay

Kate Manning @ucdarchives.bsky.social reflects on early 20th c. Irish-Czech relations in a 1937 letter from Alice Hillstead Mušek to J. Grierson of Dublin, which includes a photo of playwright J.M. Synge taken in 1906 in Dargle Glen. 🟥🟦⬜🟩🟧 Read: ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/02/12/c...

9 Feb 1274: St. Louis of Toulouse was born #otd The prince who became a Franciscan who became a bishop. Here he is from the 14th century UCD-OFM MsB44 now in @ucdarchives.bsky.social . Framed, in the second image, by St. Francis and St. Clare.

Our February’s document of the month is a letter from Fr John Blowick to Dr Theo Dillon, dated 11 February 1938 (UCDA P126/192) concerning Irish missionaries. www.ucd.ie/archives/col...

9 Feb 1563: d. Manus O'Donnell #otd who comissioned this Life of St. Colmcille now held in @ucdarchives.bsky.social (UCD-OFM Ms 8) #Donegal. The leather cover is both a rarity and a joy.

St Brigid's Day is #OTD. Brigid's actual existence is debated. She is given different birth and death dates. UCD-OFM MS A13, provides one of her death dates: 525. The full Irish text and translation may be found online as part of the CELT project (celt.ucc.ie).

In the first UCD Library #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post of 2026 Ailbe Van Der Heide of @bealoideasucd.bsky.social describes the folklore and traditions surrounding sheep. Read: ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2026/01/29/t... @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social

Join the Gale Publishing team on Fri, 6 Feb for an online look at the historical archives of 'The Financial Times' and the 'Economist', resources brought to you by UCD Library. This is just 1 of 3 webinars exploring Gale databases with the experts. Register for the 1st (6 Feb) at bit.ly/gale6feb.

Every evening Mnsgr Hugh O'Flaherty stood on the steps of St Peter's Basilica in view of armed German soldiers, making himself available to Jews, dissidents, deserters & Allied soldiers. More than 4,000 escaped occupied Rome with his help. www.dib.ie/biography/of... #HolocaustMemorialDay #DIBLives

This UCD Cultural Heritage Blog post from last year discusses Julius Pokorny's plea to Eoin MacNeill, Conn R. Ó Cléirigh and Liam S. Gógan for assistance when he fell afoul of the racist Nuremberg Laws of 1935. #HolocaustRemembranceDay ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2025/10/21/o...

UCD Library has added over 60 resources to existing collections, incl 'The Listener' archive, a weekly literary & cultural magazine established by the BBC. We hope this archive will support teaching, learning & research in the arts and humanities & social sciences. It's now available via OneSearch.

9 Jan 1639: Francis Harold #Franciscan nephew & biographer of Luke Wadding of #Waterford starts his studies in St. Isidore's #Irish college #Rome #otd (1st image here is some of his manuscript #poetry from @ucdarchives.bsky.social )

There is a file in De Valera's papers concerning this forest. www.ucd.ie/archives/col...

As @historyandpolicy.bsky.social note, the document referred to in the article is published in @difp-ria.bsky.social Vol. 4. It has been available to consult in the MacEntee Papers in @ucdarchives.bsky.social since 1989.

24 December 1915. Christmas card from Mabel FitzGerald to her husband Desmond in Mountjoy prison. Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.

Christmas card from Eimhir Ni Uadall (Emily Weddall) to Eamon de Valera, December 1916. The card is beautifully drawn and painted, presumably by Ni Uadall. A member of Cumann na mBan, she is buried beside the republican plot at Glasnevin.

Sample Christmas card from the first venture of publisher An Clóchomhar Tta, from the Papers of Seosamh Ó Duibhginn.

The UCDA reading room service is now finished for the Christmas holiday period. It will resume on Monday 5 January 2026. We wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the new year.

Sample Christmas card from the first venture of Irish language publisher An Clóchomhar Tta, from the Papers of Seosamh Ó Duibhginn.

Christmas card from the first venture of Irish language publishing house An Clóchomhar Tta.

I love this Christmas Card 💚 The tower with the tricolour flying from it is actually the Record Tower. However, because it housed the state papers previously held in the Bermingham Tower for 300-odd years (until about 1813, when they moved), its name was regularly confused. #History #Heritage

Christmas card sent by Chief Justice Hugh and Mrs Clare Kennedy. Drawing by George Monks, depicting a scribe at work, with Dublin Castle, the Bermingham Tower (with tricolour) and the Chapel Royal in the background, [1924].

This document is an example of making the best of a challenging Christmas! Menu for Christmas Day 1918 from the ‘Royal Hotel Lincoln’ (Lincoln Jail) written on blue prison paper. Signed by Eamon de Valera and sixteen other prisoners. 1/2

Our Document of the Month is a letter to Timothy Smiddy regarding a parcel of four pheasants sent as a Christmas present from King George V, 18 December 1930. The letter is signed by W. Hynes, Secretary to the High Commissioner. www.ucd.ie/archives/col...

Nodlaig shona duit...☃️In the latest UCD #CulturalHeritage blog post Archivist Kate Manning, @ucdarchives.bsky.social, takes us through a gallery of Christmas cards received by Éamon de Valera during his imprisonment in 1916 in Lewes, England. ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2025/12/04/n...

1/3 Ar 21 Samhain, d’fhógair an tAire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus Gaeltachta @deptrcdg.bsky.social, Dara Calleary, go bhfuil deontas ceadaithe suas le €4m thar thréimhse 2026-2029 aige do Gaois @gaois.bsky.social - an grúpa taighde de chuid @fsg-dcu.bsky.social

UCD Library is very pleased to see that @iua-official.bsky.social has signed this 'Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions'. @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social

Robert Erskine Childers was executed #OTD 1922. Letter from Molly Childers to Eamon de Valera following her husband’s execution that morning beginning “Erskine was executed this morning at 7 o’clock.”

See also this article: Bloody Sunday Revisited And a longer form look the the day's events here www.theirishstory.com/2020/11/21/b...