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The Centre Culturel Irlandais offers a range of resources which can be accessed through its new online catalogue and consulted at the Médiathèque.
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 Presentation
 The Old Library of the Centre Culturel Irlandais, built between 1772 and 1775, is located above the Chapelle Saint Patrick. It is one of the few surviving libraries of the many colleges, convents and monasteries which were situated in the Montagne Sainte-Genevieve area of Paris until the end of the 18th century.
The original library collection was entirely lost during the French Revolution. The current collection consists of almost 8000 volumes comprised of printed books and manuscripts, half of which were written or published between the 15th and 18th centuries. The main themes of the collection are theology, history, geography, philosophy and music.
The Library was completely restored between 2000 and 2002 as part of the overall renovation of the Collège des Irlandais. The collection was catalogued for the first time in the 1970s by Monsieur Maurice Caillet, former Inspector General of Libraries. Two distinct periods were identified: works from prior to 1812, mainly in Latin, and works dating from later than 1812, in English and French. This typed catalogue assisted in the development in 2006-2007 of a computerisation project. As a result, a catalogue referencing the complete library collection is now available on-line. A preservation project (dusting of books, dressing of bindings, etc.) has also been undertaken, as well as an environmental audit to improve conservation conditions in the library.
The staff of the Information Resources service welcomes groups for visits of the Library by appointment. For more information contact us at 01 58 52 10 83.
Access to the documents
The library collection is accessible for research purposes only, by appointment, further to a written request to Carole Jacquet, Head of Libraries and Archives. Access to the collections of the Old Library or the Archives is free of charge. Items are only available for on-site consultation.
Guidelines for readers Application form for access to the collection
Please fill in the application form and send it to:
Carole Jacquet
Centre Culturel Irlandais
5 rue des Irlandais
75005 Paris
or
cjacquet@centreculturelirlandais.com
Consult the catalogue
For more information on the online catalogue and on document research, click on the 'Online catalogue' link.
Events
18 - 19 September 2010, 14.00-18.00
Journées européennes du patrimoine
Open days at the Irish College
(guided tours every half hour until 17.30)
Admission free
Guided tours of the Old Library of the Irish College including presentation of its treasures – three illuminated manuscripts dating from c.1500.
Medieval art of illumination explained by Mireille and Renaud Marlier who have devoted 20 years of their lives to this theme. Learn how to do it, about tools, pigments and other strange ingredients during the workshop.
Saint Patrick’s chapel, the exhibitions and the Médiathèque are open to all.
Fellowship, Old Library
The Irish College, Paris, offers two fellowship bursaries to encourage research on its Old Library and Historical Archives collections. The purpose of the fellowships is to establish the intellectual and academic value of the holdings. More details about the collections’ content and access to the online catalogues: Catalogues
The areas of research are open, depending on the candidate's interests, and could be about a historical subject, an author, our manuscripts, the provenance of part of the collection, the bindings...
The bursary is for €2000 per month over a three-month period between May and October (+accommodation and travel) for scholars with specific research interests.
We are looking for an output which would add to our knowledge of the library and to the information which we can put into the public domain. Priority will be given to research subjects examining a corpus of books instead of one book in particular.
2008 and 2009 Fellows pursued the following research:
-“Visualising Irish History”: the role of visual materials in the representation of the past and of national identity / Mathew Staunton
-“Lire plume à la main”: study of the “marginalia” in the books of the Old Library / Emmanuelle Chapron
-“Kingship in Ireland and France”: the Old Library of the Irish College, Paris, and Hiberno-French politics in the 17th century / Ian Campbell
Deadline for receipt of applications: 26th March 2010.
Applications can be in French or in English.
CV + summary of your proposed research (approx. 500 words) + preferred dates + any additional relevant documentation to be sent to:
Carole Jacquet
Head of Libraries and Archives
Centre Culturel Irlandais – Irish College
5 rue des Irlandais
75005 Paris, France
Tel: 00 33 1 58 52 10 33 / 83
Fax : 00 33 1 58 52 10 99
cjacquet@centreculturelirlandais.com
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