Advent 2025: 21 December

Cabinet card photograph of men in uniform from The O’Carrol Papers

Collection snapshot: West Clare Brigade Papers

Watch this short video introduction to the collection, aired during Clare Library History Week 2023

The O’Mara Papers Exhibition

New exhibition on the O’Mara family of Limerick at the Glucksman Library

O’Mara Online Exhibition

Welcome to the O’Mara Online Exhibition The O’Mara Papers at UL relate to the business […]

O’Mara correspondence: a perspective on Michael Collins’ death, 1922

A letter from Stephen O’Mara of Strand House, to his son following the shocking and untimely death of Michael Collins in August 1922

Archival outreach through teaching and learning

We use classes, workshops and visits to highlight and promote our holdings to encourage the use of our material in academic endeavours and research.

A letter from Gallipoli, 1915

Pat Armstrong gives us a first-hand account of what life was like for one Irish soldier in the First World War through his letters home to his mother.

A ‘ladies diary’ from 1914

Jess Armstrong’s diary gives us a snapshot of her life in Tipperary during the First World War

Limerick Mayors in UL Archives

A closer look at our archive collections relating to former Mayors of Limerick

Research guide: Estate and family history

This guide provides an overview of the sources relating to the topic of estate and […]

Research guide: Military history

This guide provides an overview of the sources relating to the topic of military history […]

Advent 2018: 20 December

Christmas card from Countess Markievicz to Daly family, 1918