It is Christmas Eve and the magic is in the air. Why not enjoy a bit of mulled wine and a mince pie while you enjoy our last window. #MULibraryAdvent Day 24🎄   The star is shining very brightly…🫣-https://ow.ly/HWNr50Xz0Fm#MULibraryAdvent Merry Christmas from all at Maynooth University Library

#MULibraryAdvent Day 23🎄   This Celtic bird is bringing you some golden gifts to keep you warm! Can you find him?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣- https://ow.ly/TmIW50Xz0Af

#MULibraryAdvent Day 22🎄   It’s almost time…some here’s another Christmas blessing. Can you find the serene nativity scene with an artistic bow flourish?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/OA5050Xz0xi

#MULibraryAdvent Day 21🎄   Happy Winter solstice! It may be the shortest day of the year today but memories last much longer. Can you find the memories of home?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/RxWi50Xz0vh

#MULibraryAdvent Day 20🎄   This might just be a favourite… Can you find the handmade card made of luxurious silk?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣- https://ow.ly/skh150Xz0tQ

#MULibraryAdvent Day 19🎄   Can you find the stunning Celtic art celebrating Big Christmas and Little Christmas with an Irish poem by Brian O’Higgins?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://app.cloudpano.com/tours/0TnYSzTAK

#MULibraryAdvent Day 18🎄   ‘Silent Night’ - Can you find the nativity scene with a beautiful Christmas message?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/Uo5A50Xz0rM#MULibraryAdvent

#MULibraryAdvent Day 17🎄   Can you find the Christmas card with a special wish for a free Ireland?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/nn2X50Xz0qC

#MULibraryAdvent Day 16🎄   Oooh how about a lovely stroll to do some last-minute gift shopping. Can you find this festive mother and daughter? - Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/Hxlj50XygN1

#MULibraryAdvent Day 15🎄   Can you find the very Green Celtic bird? We hope he’s not a Grinch!- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/X61k50Xyf95

#MULibraryAdvent Day 14🎄   ‘All Happiness be Yours this Christmas-tide’ – Can you find the simple but sweet homemade card?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/mqov50Xyf4k

#MULibraryAdvent Day 13🎄   Can you find the jolly postman ringing his bell for Christmas post? We hope you’ve done all your shopping! - Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/I7HR50XyeWu#MULibraryAdvent

We’re at the halfway point! Are you enjoying the Advent Experience? Don’t forget to click on the info spot to learn a little more about Brian O’Higgins (1882-1963). #MULibraryAdvent Day 12🎄 Can you find his colourful poem? Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/wwrh50XyeR2

#MULibraryAdvent Day 11🎄   Can you find the two little girls on their way home for Christmas?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/PKlM50XyeMq

#MULibraryAdvent Day 10🎄   Can you find the silhouettes of a carriage ride and a cheeky squirrel?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/swqO50XyeJr

#MULibraryAdvent Day 9🎄   Can you find the hanging lantern guarded by some Celtic birdies?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://app.cloudpano.com/tours/0TnYSzTAK

#MULibraryAdvent Day 8🎄   Can you find the Celtic-inspired design in this Christmas card of Brian O’Higgins?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/A2Su50XyeBc#MULibraryAdvent

#MULibraryAdvent Day 6🎄   Can you find the cold stroll in a 19th century scene?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/i8oH50XyekW

#MULibraryAdvent Day 5🎄   ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’ - Can you find the colourful nativity scene?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/Z3Nn50XyeeP

#MULibraryAdvent Day 4🎄   Can you find the red-faced Celtic bird with the little house?- Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/jQqp50Xye2X

#MULibraryAdvent Day 3🎄   Can you find the greetings sincere with the purple string? - Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣https://ow.ly/hNrJ50XycV1

#MULibraryAdvent Day 2🎄   Can you find the teach beag gleoite leis an díon buí? - Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣-https://ow.ly/2GEv50Xycr7

Today is the day where we launch the Virtual Advent Experience 2025! 🥳 Come back each day for a sneak peek 🔍 #MULibraryAdvent Day 1🎄 Can you find the very serious speckled duck? - Search for it here and no peeking ahead!🫣- https://ow.ly/C2ar50XyaH7

Very excited to launch our 2025 virtual Advent experience tomorrow based on vintage Irish handmade Christmas cards in our Special Collections & Archives!🎄

📯Tomorrow we will be launching 'Nollaig Shona' - The Art of Irish Christmas Cards’ our virtual Advent calendar experience for 2025!❄️  Follow alongside us here or Instagram Maynooth University Library MU Library Makerspace for clues from 1st-24th December!  #MULibraryAdvent🎄 

Let’s celebrate Explore Your Archive 2025! Read our latest blog post ‘Lifting the Lid on Archives’ by archivist Róisín Berry and find out more about how MU Library has been highlighting our fantastic archival collections this winter: https://mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/ #ExploreYourArchive

More Maynooth beauties to admire from @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social fully digitised with thanks to ISOS 📜

Christmas is in the air today in frosty #Maynooth. Arrived this morning to a surprise decorated office courtesy of Russell Library elves! Prep is well and truly underway for the MU Virtual #AdventCalendar 2025 w/ a sneaky peak 👇🏻 Frosty morning 🥶 ✅ Decorations🎄 ✅ Trusty Santa notebook 🎅🏻 ✅

Anyone got a spare £million? Asking for.... Well, asking for me news.artnet.com/art-world/me...

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