Out now! Open access in current issue of Renaissance Quarterly thanks to @ucdlibrary.bsky.social my thanks to everyone who helped me with this - but a special mention of the late Bríd McGrath for her wisdom, generosity and dedication to all the things that matter.

Happy New Year!🥳 All UCD libraries except for the Vet Medicine Library will reopen tomorrow morning, Friday, 2 January. The Vet Library will reopen on Monday. See UCD Library opening hours for our January schedule. buff.ly/Y7VMXTt @ucdglobal.bsky.social

UCD Library wishes all our followers and the entire UCD community a very Happy 2026! #HappyNewYear 🎆 🎊

The work of part-time folklore collectors was an important contribution to the #IrishFolklore Commission in the 1930s-40s. In this #UCDCulturalHeritage blog post from 9 October Ailbe van der Heide introduces us to 2 collectors from Co Mayo- Máire Ní Chróinín & Pádhraig Bairéad. buff.ly/aK0Au7J

In this UCD #CulturalHeritage blog post from 21 October @kate-manning.bsky.social delves into the @ucdarchives.bsky.social papers of Eoin MacNeill & Liam S. Gógan and illustrates how a researcher can trace an issue across more than one collection. Read at buff.ly/DzhrJyT

All UCD libraries are closed for the Christmas holidays, and will reopen on Friday morning, 2 January, 2026 (Vet Medicine Library reopens on 5 January). See our opening hours for the Library's January schedule. buff.ly/Y7VMXTt

As it looks forward to celebrating its millennium in 2028, read this #UCDCulturalHeritage Collections blog post from 30 October by Patricia Bedlow on researching Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in resources held in UCD Special Collections. buff.ly/KWoz6cZ

In this UCD #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post from 20 November, Éamonn Ó hAdhmaill @bealoideasucd.bsky.social writes about the Irish language festival Oireachtas na Samhna & the work the National Folklore Collection does promoting their invaluable resources to the community. buff.ly/HtbVVMv

Sa bhlag is déanaí de chuid #CulturalHeritage, scríobhann Éamonn Ó hAdhmaill @bealoideasucd.bsky.social faoi fhéile chultúrtha na Gaeilge, Oireachtas na Samhna, agus an obair ríthábhachtach atá ar bun ag Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann a n-acmhainní luachmhara a chur chun cinn. buff.ly/HtbVVMv

A very Happy Christmas to all of our followers, and to everyone in the UCD community! We hope to see many of you in our libraries in the New Year. Enjoy a restful and peaceful break.🎄

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.

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. buff.ly/MGGpyaE

All UCD libraries are now closed through 1st January, 2026. All libraries (except for the UCD Veterinary Medicine Library) will reopen on Friday morning, 2 January. The Vet Library will reopen on Monday, 5 January. See our opening hours for the January 2026 schedule: www.ucd.ie/library/use/...

🎅🎄 Enjoy the break, everyone. Wishing you a restful and happy Christmas. We'll see you in January 🙏

All UCD libraries close today, 23rd December, at 2pm (JJL) and 12.30pm (all others) and reopen on Friday, 2 January, 2026. The UCD Vet Medicine library will reopen on Mon, 5 January. buff.ly/Y7VMXTt Enjoy your holiday break!🎄 @ucdglobal.bsky.social

Part of a beautiful series of Christmas card posts by @ucdarchives.bsky.social 🎺🎄

'Erudite, witty and illuminating read from one of Ireland’s great thinkers' A superb review of our latest Poet's Chair book entitled Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon. Copies available in bookshops nationwide and at ucdpress.ie

All UCD libraries close on Tuesday afternoon (23 December) and reopen on Friday, 2 January, 2026. The UCD Vet Medicine library will reopen on Mon, 5 January. Enjoy your holiday break!🎄

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.

Nollaig shona daoibh and Happy Christmas from UCD Library! We hope you enjoy your holiday break.☃️ All UCD libraries will close tomorrow afternoon (23 Dec) & will reopen Fri, 2 Jan 2026. The Vet Medicine Library will reopen on Mon, 5 Jan. See our opening hours schedule at www.ucd.ie/library/use/....

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.

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].

Here is the UCD Library opening hours schedule for Week 2 of #UCDExams. The JJL will close early on Saturday the 20th & will be closed on Sunday, 21 December. Our other libraries will close at 1pm on Saturday. UCD Library will be closed 24 Dec-1 Jan, 2026 inclusive. www.ucd.ie/library/use/...

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

UCD Library has added over 60 resources to existing collections, incl. these important sources of literary reviews and information. Now available to UCD students & faculty, these will support teaching, learning & research in the arts and humanities & social sciences. Now available via OneSearch.

UCD Library has added over 60 resources to existing collections, incl. these important sources of literary reviews and information. Now available to UCD students & faculty, these will support teaching, learning & research in the arts and humanities & social sciences. Now available via OneSearch.

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...

🏛️🇮🇪 A dedicated women’s museum may be developed in Ireland as recommended by an advisory committee chaired by Dr Sandra Collins, UCD’s University Librarian. @ucdlibrary.bsky.social @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

TILDA Wave 6, 2020-2023 is now available to request from ISSDA here: doi.org/10.7929/ISSDA/RWNE1A Updates to Waves 1-5 also available. See the TILDA Dataverse on ISSDA for all datasets: issda.ucd.ie/dataverse/ti... #IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive @researchireland.ie @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

One of the new UCD Strategy banners features a 1st ed (no 309) of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece 'Ulysses', dedicated to friend Con Curran. UCD is fortunate to have 2 copies, the 2nd is no 759 & is signed by Lennox Robinson. See our blog ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2022/02/01/1...

One of the new UCD Strategy banners features a 1st ed (no 309) of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece 'Ulysses', dedicated to friend Con Curran. UCD is fortunate to have 2 copies, the 2nd is no 759 & is signed by Lennox Robinson. See our blog ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2022/02/01/1...

From the Beranger Watercolours Collection, held in UCD Special Collections. www.ucd.ie/specialcolle...

Here is the UCD Library opening hours schedule for Week 2 of #UCDExams. The JJL will close early on Saturday the 20th & will be closed on Sunday, 21 December. Our other libraries will close at 1pm on Saturday. UCD Library will be closed 24 Dec-1 Jan, 2026 inclusive. www.ucd.ie/library/use/...

1/2 We are delighted with the publication of @deptcultureirl.bsky.social Advisory Committee's Report on Women's Stories, with recommendations to enhance & enrich the representation of women & women’s stories in National Cultural Institutions & collections. Press release: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Our ILL service for books is now suspended until Monday, 5 January, 2026. Journal articles can still be requested until next Thursday, 18 Dec. If you have been notified of the arrival of your ILL material, it can be retrieved up until 1.00pm on Tues, 23 December. Have a great holiday season!🔔

1/2 UCD Library has added over 60 new resources to existing Library collections, incl. 4 'Nature' journals. These new resources are now available to UCD students & faculty and will support teaching, learning, & research. Over the next few months we will be highlighting some of these new resources.

The Q3 2025 Labour Force Survey (LFS) is now available through the ISSDA request process. For more details please see our Dataverse pages here: doi.org/10.7929/ISSDA/2PSXJN and here: doi.org/10.7929/ISSDA/N7CBTV #IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive @researchireland.ie @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

1/2 UCD Library has added over 60 new resources to existing Library collections, incl. 4 'Nature' journals. These new resources are now available to UCD students & faculty and will support teaching, learning, & research. Over the next few months we will be highlighting some of these new resources.

Please Note: The Library's Interlibrary Loans service for book requests will be suspended from Thurs, 11 December & will resume on Mon, 5 January, 2026. Journal article requests will continue to be processed until 18 December. See libguides.ucd.ie/collection_services/interlibrary_loans for details.

1/2 UCD Library is pleased to announce the launch of the next @ucdresearch.bsky.social showcase on James Joyce Library Level 3, focusing on The Future of Food. UCD is leading the way in agrifood innovation and research & we're delighted to introduce this important work to students and other users.

ISSDA offices will be closed over the festive period. Please ensure that you apply for data by Friday 19th December. Applications received after this date will not be processed until Monday 5th January 2026. #IrishData #SocialScience #DataArchive @researchireland.ie @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

1/2 UCD Library is pleased to announce the launch of the next @ucdresearch.bsky.social showcase on James Joyce Library Level 3, focusing on The Future of Food. UCD is leading the way in agrifood innovation and research & we're delighted to introduce this important work to students and other users.

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

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...

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

Five Irish authors among nominees for 2026 Dublin Literary Award www.rte.ie/culture/2025... via @rte

Thursday - Join UCD Library's Research Data Librarian for an hour-long online training session, with a live demo of using DMPonline to create a #DataManagementPlan. This training session is suitable for those looking for help navigating DMPonline. Register for this online session at bit.ly/dmp4dec