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Oldest printed books
The oldest printed books in the Library are incunabula from the second half of the 15th Century. Incunabula are books printed before 1501, with a system that used individual letters and words to make up […]
Month: December 2011
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Gulliver’s Travels
‘Gulliver’s Travels’ was written by Dean Jonathan Swift and has become a classic in English and world literature. When its publication was announced in 1726, the Evening Post heralded it an ‘immediate best-seller’. The publisher, […]
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Succesful Georgian Day for Library and No 5
Armagh’s famous Georgian Day took place in the city on Saturday 26 November and both the Library and No 5 took part in the splendid start of the Christmas season. Living History Characters assisted Library […]
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Beresford Collection
Like many 19th century gentlemen of wealth and status, Archbishop Marcus Gervais Beresford (1862-1885) collected prehistoric and historic artefacts and created a ‘cabinet of curios’. Collections were often supplemented by mementoes of the gentlemen’s travels, […]
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French Flag
The Library holds the Colour of the 70th Demi Brigade. It was captured from the French Army by the 8th (Armagh) Regiment of Militia at the Battle of Ballinamuck on 7 September 1798. It is […]
