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Ambrogio Lorenzetti, A Group of Poor Clares (c.1336-1340) © The National Gallery
October 30, 2017  |  By Bronagh McShane  |  In Call for Papers, convents, Early Modern, Galway, Gender, History, Ireland, Monastic, monasticism, Nuns, Religion

CFP: History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland Annual Conference

The History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland network is a lively community of scholars that includes academics, archivists, students and others interested in the history of women religious from medieval to modern times. The network hosts an annual conference which in 2018 will return to Galway for a second time where it will be […]

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Sr Bridget Kirwan's inscription (in religion Sr Bridget of St Antoninus)
August 10, 2017  |  By Bronagh McShane  |  In Archives, Book history, Catholicism, convent libraries, convents, Early Modern, Galway, History, Ireland, Nuns, Signatures

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 […]

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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
May 4, 2017  |  By Bronagh McShane  |  In Book history, Book lists, Book ownership, Catholicism, convent libraries, convents, Early Modern, Galway, History, History of reading, Ireland, Libraries, material culture, Monastic, monasticism, Nuns, Women

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 […]

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