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The Irish Austen: Maria Edgeworth at Burns Library

Before Jane Austen became synonymous with regency literature and culture, Maria Edgeworth was the literary icon of the growing number of novelists in the early nineteenth century.
Flann O’Brien and the Irish Typewriter

The turn of the 20th century brought with it the invention of the first “modern” typewriter, produced by the Underwood Typewriter Company in 1900. Prior to the release of the Underwood, typewriters were not as widely used nor easily accessible by people in the working world.
Then and Now: Irish Folklore Studies

Walking through the stacks that contain the Williams Ethnological Collection, it is quite easy for one to be distracted by the sheer amount of titles that deal with folklore of different nations and peoples.
Women’s Troubles: Locating Northern Irish Women in Special Collections and Archives

For far too long, researchers have faced difficulties in locating women in the historical record. While that was often the result of research decisions and collection development that deliberately and/or incidentally privileged men as historical actors.
New Blog for Irish Music Archives

For readers who have been enjoying our Irish music blog posts, we are happy to announce the launch of a new blog and website dedicated to Burns Library’s Irish Music Archives. The new blog at bcirishmusic.wordpress.com will feature content that reflects the vibrant tradition of Irish music and dance at BC.
Interview with “Historian of Memory” Guy Beiner, New BC Irish Studies Director

We are pleased that Boston College’s newly appointed director of Irish Studies, Professor Guy Beiner, has kindly talked with us about his work as a historian and his perspectives on libraries and archives, including Burns Library.
Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 112

To wrap up the spring series of Irish music blog posts, we’ve selected a few clips of Owen Frain, Jimmy Kelly, and Paddy Cronin that were privately recorded in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 2 Side 1

For all our readers and researchers eager to learn of new resources in Irish music, we continue a series of blog posts featuring audio from the Joe Lamont collection.