Advent 2018: 24 December

Colourful Christmas tree, painted by ballet dancer Rosemarie Cockayne

Advent 2018: 23 December

Original script used on the set of ‘The Quiet Man’, 1951

Advent 2018: 22 December

Shopping at the Pan Am counter, Shannon Airport Duty Free, 1967

Advent 2018: 21 December

A bilingual sermon (Latin and Ethiopic) on the nativity, 1660

Advent 2018: 20 December

Christmas card from Countess Markievicz to Daly family, 1918

Advent 2018: 19 December

Beautiful blue and gold binding on our copy of ‘Poems’ by WB Yeats, 1908

Advent 2018: 18 December

Programme for 1960s production of ‘Cinderella’, from the National Dance Archive of Ireland

Advent 2018: 17 December

Some useful advice from Col Edmund Pery for keeping fruit fresh during the winter months, 1600s

Advent 2018: 16 December

Map of the Journeyings of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, 1712, from our Bolton Collection

Advent 2018: 15 December

Engraving of Quin Abbey, Co Clare, from ‘Rambles in the South of Ireland during the year 1838’

Advent 2018: 14 December

Children’s costumes for the Nutcracker, painted by ballet dancer Rosemarie Cockayne

Advent 2018: 13 December

Green and gold bound book of Irish scenery from our Norton collection, 1835