Tag Archives: irish literature

Ciaran O’Neill, Fall 2018 Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

Professor Ciaran O’Neill, Ussher Lecturer in History at Trinity College Dublin, has become a familiar face in Burns Library since his arrival in September. Ciaran is in residence this semester as Boston College’s Fall 2018 Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish … Continue reading →

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The many business endeavors of Pamela Colman Smith

Posted on March 26, 2018 by

You’ve probably encountered the artwork of Pamela Colman Smith before, even if you didn’t realize.  Colman Smith drew the images for the most well-known tarot deck, and these popular images are still commonly reprinted and used on tarot decks today. … Continue reading →

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One Story Draws Another: Irish American History in Boston

Posted on March 16, 2015 by

  These selections from the Irish American manuscript collections at the Burns Library are loosely bound together by common threads of shared affiliation with the University and with the City of Boston – its business and its politics. To each of us working on … Continue reading →

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One Story Draws Another: Researcher Stories

Posted on March 9, 2015 by

The fifth and final section of  the Burns Library exhibit One Story Draws Another, featuring publications that draw on one or more Burns Library Irish collections, is now on display in the Ford Tower.   This Researcher Stories section joins the four … Continue reading →

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Padraic Colum in the Burns Library’s Irish Collection

Posted on November 25, 2013 by

The Burns Library’s Irish Collection contains a wide variety of wonderful and fascinating books.  One day, having given in to the temptation to look at some beautiful book covers, I looked at some books by Irish writer Padraic Column. Intrigued … Continue reading →

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“A Terrible Beauty is Born”: The Easter Rising

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

The Easter Rising, the armed rebellion pitting the nationalist Irish Volunteers against the British military in the city streets of Dublin from 24 April – 30 April 1916, can rarely be discussed in public discourse without reference to W.B. Yeats’s … Continue reading →

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Exhibition Update: Writing from the Irish Language Tradition

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

If you missed the McMullen Museum’s “Literary Lives” exhibition, then visit the Burns Library’s Irish Room to enjoy another display of materials from the Burns Library’s Irish Collection. The McMullen Museum’s  “Literary Lives” exhibition, which ended on December 5th, featured … Continue reading →

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Exhibition Update: Writing from the Irish Language Tradition and Literary Lives

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

The John J. Burns Library at Boston College is proud to offer an exhibit of writings in Irish and in English by ancient and contemporary Irish authors who inspired by the natural and mystical, frame golden notes for others to … Continue reading →

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