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Read all about our oldest Gaelic manuscript held in the Russell Library @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social as part of the LEIGHEAS project @maynoothuniversity.ie 📜

This tiny book printed in 1549 caught my eye for this little insignia of a dragon on the title-page and spine. While not the insignia of Dracula (as I secretly hoped), this cute stamp is from the stunning Archiginnasio Library in #Bologna and likely belonged to Giacomo #Boncompagni (1548-1612).

This 13th of Oct dare you enter the pumpkin patch on campus with our 2025 #Halloween Virtual Experience with MU Library Makerspace featuring images from the collections of St Patrick's Pontifical University Maynooth University Library🎃 Enter Here - https://ow.ly/GJMS50XavQR#HalloweenOíche Shamhna!🧙‍♀️

Printer's device of Swiss printer Andreas Cratander (1490-1540) designed by Hans Holbein the Younger featuring #Occasio, the Roman goddess of good fortune and opportunity. @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social - RB 54a, Basel, 1536 #printersmark #rarebooks

Culture Night is this Friday, 19 Sept! Drop in, no booking needed: 📚 Russell Library (16:30–18:30) ⛪ College Chapel, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth (16:30–18:30) 🔬 Science & Ecclesiology Museum (16:00–20:00) + bilingual storytelling! culturenight.ie/even... #CultureNight #OícheChultúir

Check out our newly advertised full-time, permanent position for a Book & Paper Conservator, based in the Russell Library here at Maynooth University📚🕰️ Applications close Wednesday 24th September ✨Apply now by searching for Library roles on 🔍maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

Something lovely for #FragmentFriday - an offset from a now detached medieval manuscript leaving a "ghost" negative image on the left board. It also features a comb lining made of cloth on which the offset is also present. RB 15c, Venice, 1492 #fragmentology #offsetting

Very much looking forward to attending #RBSCG25 for the next couple of days discussing discovery, systems, standards and cultural heritage collections 📚

Great to see more of our Gaelic manuscripts from St. Colman’s College Cork fully digitised and available for viewing online! Thanks Anne-Marie! ✨

3/3✒️ CF 16: An Leabhar Gabhála Copied in 1850 by Ioseph Ó Longáin. Begins with the invasions of Ireland after the Flood, drawing on Cín Droma Sneachta and Lebor na hUidre. Ends with the colophon: “Iarna sgriobhadh le Ioseph Ó Longáin, san mbliadhain 1850. Críoch.” 🔗 isos.dias.ie/NUIM/NUIM_MS...

2/3✒️ CF 11: Leabhar Gabhála : Gaois Written in 1844 by Éamonn Ó Mathghamhna. Includes references to Leabhar Droma Sneachta, the history of Ireland’s invasions & texts such as Trecheng Breth Féne & the tale of Michael the Archangel at Mount Gargan. 🔗 www.isos.dias.ie/NUIM/NUIM_MS... #DIASdiscovers

It’s always an exciting and busy week when #heritageweek week comes around! Join us in the Russell Library @maynoothuniversity.ie next week for tours, a brand new exhibition and even some fun on a mini printing press! 🥳 #HeritageWeek2025 @mulibrary.bsky.social www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

1/3 📜✨ Two new manuscripts from Russell Library, Maynooth, now on ISOS: CF 13 & CF 14, both by 19th-c scribe Seosamh Ó Longáin. Religious + mythological texts, with elegant script & decorated initials. Thanks to @mulibrary.bsky.social MU Special Collections & Lámhscríbhinní Choláiste Cholmáin.

Wonderful to see more unique material from this beautiful collection on long-term loan from St. Colman’s College Fermoy to @mulibrary.bsky.social fully digitised. Check them out below 😍👇🏻 #IrishManuscripts

Not at #CONUL2025 this year but very much enjoying hearing @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social @richove.bsky.social speaking about collecting and preservation challenges through the @conulconference.bsky.social livestream!

Have you ever wondered what the earliest printed book is in Special Collections at Maynooth? 🤔 It was a pleasure to uncover some important provenance information for this fascinating incunable and to collaborate with the Diocesan Library at Pelplin. t.ly/_RvdP @maynoothuniversity.ie #incunabula

Exciting afternoon ahead cataloguing a wonderful collection of photographs from #WorldWarOne taken by Rev. John F. Bowen @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social who served as an Army Chaplain in Mesopotamia 📸 #FridayFeeling