Advent - Unique and Distinctive

Advent 2018: 12 December

Advert for J Matterson’s award-winning Hams, Limerick, 1930

An image of the Madonna and Child, embossed on a leather binding, 1568

1950s patterns for children’s nativity costumes for the school play

Image of Captain Pat Armstrong’s grave in Arras, France

An illustrated Sinn Féin Christmas card collected by Limerick politican Jim Kemmy

Diary entries for December 1867 from our Glin collection

A nativity scene from a book of hours from our Bolton collection, 1534

A beautiful children’s Christmas story by Frank McCourt about his mother Angela

Colourful calling birds from a scrapbook in our Allot collection

Christmas postcard sent to author Kate O’Brien from Siena, Italy

Mounted engraving of young girls being taught how to make Limerick lace

Christmas card to Daly family from P Plunkett O’Leary

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