Heritage Visit of the Old Library and the exhibition Conquering the Unknown Discover the treasures of the CCI’s Old Library and the temporary exhibition Conquering the Unknown
Exhibition | Heritage Conquering the Unknown Travel accounts by explorers and missionaries were an important means of expanding geographical and scientific knowledge. This fascinating exhibition in our Old Library spans documents from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Heritage Visite de la Bibliothèque patrimoniale Visit our Old Library with its three illuminated manuscripts dating from the Middle Ages.
Literature Shadows from the Trenches Emmanuel Destenay This fascinating lecture sheds new light on the roles played by Irish veterans of the Great War… their trajectories as well as their hopes, expectations and uncertainties.
Talk The Year of the French The 2020 and 2021 winners of the Liam Swords Foundation bursary present their research, respectively, on war poetry and the Napoleonic expedition to Ireland in 1798.
Talk Decrypting the secrets of rare books Malcolm Walsby Malcolm Walsby explains this evening how he can interpret clues hidden in a volume to reconstitute how generations of woman and men used them.
Season of Centenaries | Exhibition Collection Leo. J.M. Koenders As great admirer of James Joyce, Leo. J.M. Koenders collected a fascinating array of artists' books and objects inspired by the writer's work.
Literature Emmanuelle Devos lit "James & Nora" Celebrated French actress Emmanuelle Devos reads (online) for the CCI from Edna O’Brien’s remarkable novel ‘James & Nora’
Exhibition (D)écrire l’Europe - Désormais notre exil Celebrating European connections, a reading in French of Colm Tóibín’s first ever novel ‘The South’ in which an Irish woman changes the course of her life in Barcelona.
Heritage Finding the source: Sacred musical treasures from Gaule to Solesmes This exhibition showcases music and books from CCI’s Old Library and Historical Archives collections that illustrate the story of a particular type of religious music called plainchant.
European Heritage Days European Heritage Days 2021 Guided tours of the Old Library, an opportunity to visit St Patrick’s chapel and our current exhibitions and the chance to listen to a short programme of early music.
Heritage Visite de la Bibliothèque patrimoniale Come and find out more about the precious collection in the Old Library and admire our three illuminated manuscripts up close.
