- Library
- LibGuides
- Explore Collections
- UCD Library Collection Spotlight
- Dublin Festival of History 2019
UCD Library Collection Spotlight: Dublin Festival of History 2019
More Books
A story of Dublin : the people and events that shaped the city by John McCormack
Call Number: 941.83 MCCISBN: 1842100726Publication Date: 2000Bold, brilliant & bad : Irish women from history by Marian Broderick
Call Number: 305.409415 BROISBN: 9781788490184Publication Date: 2018Dublin's Great Wars by Richard S. Grayson
Call Number: 941.835 GRAISBN: 9781107029255Publication Date: 2018-08-23Working class heroines : the extraordinary women of Dublin's tenements by Kevin Kearns
Call Number: 305.409415 KEAISBN: 0717183513Publication Date: 2018
Celebrate History this October
The Dublin Festival of History is a free annual festival organised by Dublin City Libraries and Dublin City Council. Comprised of events, tours and talks by high-profile, well-respected historians, the Festival has gain a reputation for excellence as one of the most popular events on the city's calendar.
This year's Festival takes place from 1-20 October. See the full programme of always free events!
Our Spotlight on History
For the month of September we will be getting ready for the Festival by highlighting some of the books in our own vast history collection. These books can be borrowed from our Spotlight display shelves on Level 1 of the James Joyce Library. Just look for the Festival poster! We will be replacing and rotating titles throughout the month, so there will always be something new to browse.
Below are just some of the books we'll be featuring.
The Vikings in Ireland and Beyond by Howard B. Clarke (Editor); Ruth Johnson (Editor)
Call Number: 941.501 CLAISBN: 9781846824951Publication Date: 2015-09-25The Maamtrasna murders : language, life and death in nineteenth-century Ireland by Margaret Kelleher
Call Number: 364.1523 KELISBN: 9781910820421Publication Date: 2018The border : the legacy of a century of Anglo-Irish politics by Diarmaid Ferriter
Call Number: 941.5082 FERISBN: 9781788161787Publication Date: 2019Darkest Dublin : the story of the Church Street disaster and a pictorial account of the slums of Dublin in 1913 by Christiaan Corlett
Call Number: 941.83 CORISBN: 9781905569212Publication Date: 2008Music in Irish Cultural History by Gerry Smyth
Call Number: 780.9415 SMYISBN: 9780716529859Publication Date: 2012-09-01Irish Parliamentary Party Westminster by Conor Mulvagh
Call Number: 941.5082 MUL - also available as an ebookISBN: 9780719099267Publication Date: 2016-08-01
- Managing Exam Stress: Wellbeing and Resilience
- Archive of Previous Themes
- Dublin Literary Award 2023
- Seachtain na Gaeilge
- LGBT+ History Month
- Veganuary
- Exams Resilience
- Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- Cló-Iar Chonnacht
- Halloween!
- Dublin Festival of History 2022
- Leabhair Ghaeilge!
- Plastic Free July!
- Pride 2022
- Dublin Literary Award 2022
- Nora: One Dublin One Book 2022
- Saint Patrick - An Icon of Irishness
- International Women's Day - #BreaktheBias
- Laureate for Irish Fiction
- New Year, New Books
- Have a very Green Christmas!
- Dublin Book Festival 2021
- Parent and Carer Collection
- Dublin Book Festival 2019
- Horror!
- Dublin Festival of History 2019
- Library Staff Picks 2019
- Time for Travel!
- International DUBLIN Literary Award 2019
- Mindfulness, Exams and You
- Dublin One City One Book 2019
- International Women's Day 2019 - #BalanceforBetter
- Recent Irish themed books
- Year of Indigenous Languages
- Nollaig Shona 2018
- Armistice 100
- A selection of our new books 2018
- UCD Exams - Books to Keep You Afloat!
- International DUBLIN Literary Award 2018
- Dublin: One City One Book 2018
- Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2018
- A selection of our new books 2018
- Bliain na Gaeilge
- New Year, New You 2018
- Jonathan Swift Festival
- Kavanagh Reconsidered
- Halloween
- Dublin Festival of History 2017
- Study Skills for New Students
- Heritage Week 2017: Patrick Kavanagh Reconsidered
- Time for Travel 2017
- International Dublin Literary Award 2017
- UCD Library Staff Picks
- Dig our Gardening Collection!
- Sporting Biographies
- Recent Publications from UCD Authors
- The Stu Daultrey Donation
- Some Irish Women Painters
- New Year, New You!
- Christmas 2016
- The American Election
- Female Playwrights
- Halloween!
- Bí ag léamh i nGaeilge
- Dublin Festival of History 2016
- 1916 - 2016
- Reading 1916
- UCD Press Titles
- Taisteal as Gaeilge
- It's Revision Time!
- One City One Book
- The Irish at the Oscars
- Irish Folklore in UCD Library
- First Fortnight
- Nollaig Shona - Chrismas 2015
- The Ireland Chair of Poetry
- Library Ireland Week 2015
- DVD Collection Focus
- The Man Booker Prize 2015
- Russia on the Eve of War and Revolution
- Dublin Festival of History 2015
- Yeats 150
- The 2015 IMPAC Award Shortlist & Winner
- James Joyce and Bloomsday 2015
- Irish Drama featuring Christopher Murray
- National Dawn Chorus Day: the UCD Library Ornithology Collection
- The Irish Short Story
- Earth Day 2015
- Dublin: One City, One Book - The Barrytown Trilogy
- The Health and Wellbeing Collection
- The New Laureate for Irish Fiction
- Irish Authors on Film
- Chinese New Year - Year of the Goat
- The Laureate for Irish Fiction Nominees
- Writers With Pride
- Nollaig Shona - An Irish Christmas
- Man Booker Prize 2014
- Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2014
Links
- Festival of History 2019 programme (PDF)Download a PDF of the entire 2019 programme.
- History HubHosts podcasts, papers and documents highlighting new historical research. Based in the UCD School of History and Archives
- UCD Library Cultural HeritageDiscover the rich and diverse collections within UCD Library
- UCD Library Cultural Heritage Collections blogDiscover and explore the historical treasures found within the UCD Cultural Heritage units, which include UCD Archives, UCD Digital Library, Special Collections, and the National Folklore Collection
More Books
Creating History by Brendan Rooney (Editor)
Call Number: 759.9415 ROOISBN: 9781911024286Publication Date: 2016-11-11Constance Markievicz : Irish revolutionary by Anne Haverty
Call Number: 941.5082 MAR/HISBN: 9781843516729Publication Date: 2016
- Last Updated: May 2, 2023 9:47 AM
- URL: https://libguides.ucd.ie/spotlight
- Print Page