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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
7 days ago
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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
8 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
9 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
10 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
11 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
12 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
13 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
14 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
15 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
16 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
17 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
18 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
19 days ago
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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
20 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
21 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
22 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
23 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
25 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
26 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
27 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
28 days ago
#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
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
29 days ago
#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
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reposted by
Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
30 days ago
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
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Very excited to launch our 2025 virtual Advent experience tomorrow based on vintage Irish handmade Christmas cards in our Special Collections & Archives!🎄
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about 1 month ago
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
about 1 month ago
📯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🎄
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reposted by
Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
about 1 month ago
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
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More Maynooth beauties to admire from @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social fully digitised with thanks to ISOS 📜
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about 1 month ago
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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 🎅🏻 ✅
about 1 month ago
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Yvette Campbell
Charles West
about 2 months ago
Anyone got a spare £million? Asking for.... Well, asking for me
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Rare Gospel Written by Medieval Women Could Fetch More Than $1 Million at Auction
A recently discovered gospel likely written by women at the abbey of Essen in the 10th century could sell for more than $1 million.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-carolingen-gospel-auction-2708571
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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
📜
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about 2 months ago
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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).
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reposted by
Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
3 months ago
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
#Halloween
Oíche Shamhna!🧙♀️
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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
3 months ago
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Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
4 months ago
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
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reposted by
Yvette Campbell
Maynooth University Library
4 months ago
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
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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
4 months ago
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Very much looking forward to attending
#RBSCG25
for the next couple of days discussing discovery, systems, standards and cultural heritage collections 📚
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4 months ago
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Great to see more of our Gaelic manuscripts from St. Colman’s College Cork fully digitised and available for viewing online! Thanks Anne-Marie! ✨
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4 months ago
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Yvette Campbell
Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie)
4 months ago
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...
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MS CF 16 (Maynooth University)
https://isos.dias.ie/NUIM/NUIM_MS_CF_16.html#7
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Yvette Campbell
Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie)
4 months ago
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
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MS CF 11 (Maynooth University)
https://www.isos.dias.ie/NUIM/NUIM_MS_CF_11.html#9
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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...
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Tours of the Russell Library | National Heritage Week 16th – 24th August 2025
In celebration of Heritage Week 2025, we are delighted to welcome visitors to the Russell Library for tours and to view our latest exhibition, ‘Care and Repair:...
https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-the-russell-library
5 months ago
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Yvette Campbell
Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie)
6 months ago
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.
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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
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7 months ago
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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!
7 months ago
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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
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What is the Oldest Book of All?
By Yvette Campbell, Assistant Librarian, Special Collections & Archives One of the most common questions we receive from guests and visitors to the Russell Library is “what is the oldest book y…
https://t.ly/_RvdP
9 months ago
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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
10 months ago
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