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Tag Archives: Ireland
Process of a Poem: Seamus Heaney’s Funeral Rites
A poem greets its reader as a finished project. It resides there on the page, surrounded by blankness, with its line breaks and title. It is as if the poem walked out of the poet’s mind and onto the page … Continue reading
Posted in Archives & Manuscripts, Irish Studies
Tagged heaney, Ireland, irishpoetry, poetry, seamusheaney
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A Heckler in Washington
Imagine walking into the House of Representatives on your first day as a newly-elected member of Congress and seeing only ten other women among a total of 435 Representatives. That was Margaret Heckler’s reality as she began her career in … Continue reading
Posted in Archives & Manuscripts, congressional archives
Tagged Coming Soon, congressional papers boston college, congressional papers burns library, health care history, Ireland, Margaret Heckler, processing project, US Congress, US House of Representatives, veterans, Women's rights
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Digitized Irish Music Now Includes Unpublished Fiddle Playing by Michael Coleman
Recently-digitized audio in the Lamont collection includes an unpublished recording of Michael Coleman playing a set of reels: “Ownie Davis” and “Collier’s.” Continue reading
1916 Easter Rising
This is the last in a series of seven blog posts highlighting and summarizing important events in Irish history, and Burns Library resources which aid in further study of the topic. Burns Library holds many Irish history resources and is … Continue reading
Posted in Archives & Manuscripts, Irish Studies
Tagged 1916 Rising, easter rising, History, Ireland, irish history, irish history series, photographs
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Ireland’s Great Famine, An Gorta Mór
This is the sixth in a series of seven blog posts highlighting and summarizing important events in Irish history and Burns Library resources which aid in further study of the topic. Burns Library holds many Irish history resources and is … Continue reading
The Act of Union, 1800
This is the fourth in a series of seven blog posts highlighting and summarizing important events in Irish history and Burns Library resources which aid in further study of the topic. Burns Library holds many Irish history resources and is … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Studies
Tagged Act of Union, english history, History, Ireland, irish history, irish history series, United Kingdom
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Sounds of Mid-20th Century Irish America: Irish Traditional Music in Boston and New York
Two collections of open-reel tapes of Irish traditional music in Boston and New York (1950s-1960s) have been digitized by Boston College Libraries. Continue reading
A Rare Vellum Printing
A book may be interesting on the basis of its physical features, its intellectual content, or its history of ownership. Here we have the trifecta: a book of unusual, even beautiful, material construction, containing a text of scholarly interest, and … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Irish Studies, Jesuitica, Rare books
Tagged Ireland, provenance, vellum
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Irish Women Rising: Kathleen Clarke (1878 – 1972)
Kathleen Daly was born in County Limerick in 1878 to a family of strong nationalists; her father and uncle were prominent Fenians (republicans). Kathleen was raised in a home where sacrifice for an independent Ireland was encouraged, and sacrifice to … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits & Events, Irish Studies
Tagged Clarke, feminist, Ireland, irish history, Irish Women Rising, revolution, women activists
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Irish Women Rising: Hanna (Johanna) Sheehy Skeffington (1877 – 1946)
Johanna “Hanna” Sheehy Skeffington, a champion of Irish feminism, an active advanced nationalist, and a socialist, was born in County Cork in 1877. She was the oldest child of Elizabeth (Bessie) Sheehy and David Sheehy, a mill owner, member of … Continue reading
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