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UCD Special Library Collections
Special Collections contains unique book, archival and manuscript collections. UCD students and staff, and external users, can consult the collections in the Special Collections reading room. Special Collections is located on Level 1 of the James Joyce Library. The collection contains books, pamphlets and journals on a variety of subjects spanning the 15th to the 21st century. The main printed collections consist of material from the Catholic University of Ireland and the Royal College of Science for Ireland . Some collections have been bequeathed or purchased. These collections are named according to their provenance. There is also rich variety of archival collections held in UCD Library Special Collections, spanning four centuries of Irish history and culture, and encompassing such diverse subjects as literature, Gaelic language and folklore, music, genealogy and political history. UCD Special Collections holds a collection of modern literary papers in the area of modern Anglo-Irish and English literature, including poetry, drama, short stories, and novels. The creative processes which all works of literature undergo during their composition find expression in the numerous drafts, notebooks, diaries, and correspondence contained within the archive. In addition there are a significant number of manuscript collections, which offer invaluable resources in the fields of Irish culture and language studies.
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Laois County Archive
Laois County Archive recognises the importance of heritage and the value of perserving the accumulated records of individuals and institutions due to their value as primary sources for researchers and for their adminstrative and legal function.
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Louth County Archive
Louth County Archives is the official repository for local government and private archives that document the social, economic, and historical development of County Louth. Local government collections include engineering, financial & administration records, minute books of meetings, planning application files, public health records, and rate books. Other collections include 19thC Grand Jury; Board of Guardians (workhouse); Dundalk Harbour Commissioners; Louth Agricultural Committee; and a small quantity of estate, family, and legal papers, committees, national schools, and businesses.
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