Fellowships in the Old Library and Historical Archives

The Centre Culturel Irlandais offers 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:

- The Old Library was once the library of the Irish College when the building was a seminary. It contains 8,000 volumes (from the 15th to the 19th century), ranging from theological, historical, philosophical works, amongst other subjects.

- The Historical Archives hold more than 19,000 items, covering a period extending from the 14th to the 20th century. The main themes are daily life at the Irish College and the buildings which were owned by the Irish Community, the grant foundations, the religious community etc.

The recipient of the 2026 fellowship bursary for the study of the heritage collections:

Marie Malone (université Bordeaux Montaigne) will study the Irish seminary in Bordeaux in the 17th and 18th centuries.