Bolton Library: Bolted on #1
A leaf of fragmented manuscript text survives inside a 17th century binding
Category: Rare books
Thaddeus Connellan (c1775–1854)
From the Ó Súilleabháin Collection: the English-Irish dictionary of Thaddeus Connellan, (c1775–1854) Gaelic scholar and teacher
Miniatures in the Bolton Library
Get the magnifying class! These miniature books from the Bolton range in size from 5 cm all the way down to 0.5 mm
The Gottschalk Collection
A look at one of the largest private book collections in Ireland donated by German scholar Jürgen Gottschalk
Bookbindings of the Bolton Library #1
A closer look at a 16thC roll binding from the Bolton Library
Advent 2020: 24 December
Detail of Limerick City (1612)
Advent 2020: 23 December
Detail of Lough Derg on the borders of counties Clare and Tipperary (1830)
Advent 2020: 21 December
Etching of the City of Waterford (1788)
Advent 2020: 6 December
Map of County Waterford (1650)
Archdeacon Henry Cotton (1789–1879)
‘Thirty year ago, I lost the advantage of daily access to the Bodleian Library…’
O’Brien’s Irish-English Dictionary (Paris, 1768)
Where is Ballybegoughteraughaglanthonthona? A closer look at John O’Brien’s 1768 Irish-English dictionary printed in Paris.
The Bible War in 19th Century Ireland: the Protestant mission in Achill
A rare 19th century document concerning the infamous Protestant mission which existed on Achill Island 1834–1883
