Session Content

• Special Collections: Items from the personal collections of Irish writers Bryan MacMahon and Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh. 

• Photographic Collections:  We are thrilled to bring out a variety of photographic materials from the John Minihan and Alen MacWeeney archives. Discover portraits of iconic figures like Samuel Beckett, Francis Bacon, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring.

• Archival Collections: Among the items being showcased are a selection from the Seán Ó Riada Collection (Irish composer) and the Guy Debord Collection. Guy Debord was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, and founder of the Situationist International, known for his critique of modern society's spectacle-driven culture.

About the session

This session will take place in the Rare Books & Manuscripts Reading Room in Special Collections & Archives, Q-1, UCC Library. Registration is not required. This session is open to staff and students of all stages and disciplines.

This session is the sixth in a series of thematic drop-in promotion sessions in Special Collections & Archives.  This session will be repeated Friday 22 March 2024.

About the series

Join us in Special Collections & Archives, UCC Library for a series of drop-in promotion sessions where you can see how themes feature across our collections. You'll view selected items chosen by our team and you'll discover how newly catalogued and listed collections complement all our collections. Our collections are available for your research, learning & teaching, and outreach activities. 

Other thematic drop-in promotion sessions:

• Figures in Culture: Wednesday 6 March and Friday 22 March 2024
• Graphic--Format: Wednesday 3 April and Friday 26 April 2024
• Sea & Shore: Wednesday 1 May and Friday 31 May 2024

All sessions on Wednesdays are from 14:00-15:00 and all sessions on Fridays are from 13:00-14:00.