Sr Bridget Kirwan's inscription (in religion Sr Bridget of St Antoninus)
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Inscriptions in the Galway Dominican convent library collection

In an earlier blog I discussed three seventeenth-century books from the Galway Dominican convent library collection which has recently been acquired by the James Hardiman Library. A substantial acquisition, consisting of over 150 books and volumes in a variety of languages spanning the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the collection is currently being catalogued […]

2. Claudius Arnaud; Bartolommeo Gavantis, Thesauri sacrorum rituum Epitome, Selecta Quaeque notatu dignissima, ex intimis Rubricarum… Parisiis, Apud I. Iombert, 1685; 3. Antoninus Cloche O.P., [Master General], Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae Iuxta ritum Ord[inis] Praedicat[orum]… Romae: Typis Nicolai Angeli Tinassij; Impressoris Cameralis, & Vaticani, 1693
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Three seventeenth-century books from the Galway Dominican convent library collection

The library belonging to the Dominican convent at Taylor’s Hill in Galway was recently acquired by the James Hardiman Library at NUI Galway. A substantial acquisition, consisting of over 150 books and volumes dating from the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the collection offers a valuable insight into the spiritual and intellectual world […]