The Irish Manuscripts Commission is delighted to be taking part in the Festival of History 2024 with a public lecture entitled Surprising Survivals: The Fire of 1922. IMC was established in 1928 after the catastrophic fire at the Four Courts in 1922 which destroyed 700 years of Ireland’s documentary heritage. The 100th anniversary of this event […]
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Surprising Survivals: 1922 Salved Records
The Irish Manuscripts Commission is delighted to be taking part in the Festival of History 2024 with a public lecture entitled Surprising Survivals: The Fire of 1922. IMC was established in 1928 after the catastrophic fire at the Four Courts in 1922 which destroyed 700 years of Ireland’s documentary heritage. The 100th anniversary of this event […]
Surprising Survivals: Documentary disaster and digital recovery
The Irish Manuscripts Commission is delighted to be taking part in the Festival of History 2024 with a public lecture entitled Surprising Survivals: The Fire of 1922. IMC was established in 1928 after the catastrophic fire at the Four Courts in 1922 which destroyed 700 years of Ireland’s documentary heritage. The 100th anniversary of this […]
Last few copies available
Stock for a number of popular IMC editions had fallen below 10, and in some cases there are only a few books left. These titles will not be reprinted. This is your last chance to purchase copies of a diverse selection of primary sources, including: The full list of low stock titles can be viewed […]
IMC Student Prize 2024
Following on from the inaugural IMC Student Prize held in 2023, the Irish Manuscripts Commission will again award a prize of €1,000 in 2024 to a postgraduate student for editing a short historical document. Winning entries will also be considered for publication in Analecta Hibernica, IMC’s serial publication. The original text should be an unpublished primary […]
Spanish Knights of Irish Origin: New digital editions
All four volumes of Micheline Walsh’s Spanish Knights of Irish Origin (published 1960 to 1978) have been added to our digital editions and are freely available to download. These volumes include the genealogy of Irishmen admitted to the Spanish knighthood — the first being Daniel O’Sulivan Beare in 1607 — along with documents such as […]
1641 Depositions Vol. VII Wexford
The Irish Manuscripts Commission is delighted to announce the publication of the seventh volume in the twelve-volume 1641 Depositions series. Volume VII covers documents relating to the county of Wexford and it is available to purchase here. While there are c. 140 depositions in this volume, the vast majority of documents for Wexford are rare […]
Last posting dates for Christmas
As per An Post’s schedule for Christmas post, the last date for posting online orders for delivery to Ireland and the UK is 18 December. The last date for posting to Europe is 15 December and for further afield (including the US) is 6 December. Based on previous experience books posted later than this simply get […]
IMC Student Prize awarded
Dr Elva Johnston (left) and student prize winner Nina Cnockaert-Guillou (right) The Irish Manuscripts Commission Student Prize, established in 2023, offers a prize of €1,000 for editing an unpublished primary source (manuscript, typescript or transcript) of Irish interest, dating from any period. It is open to postgraduate or doctoral students within 2 years of the […]
Launch of special issue of Analecta Hibernica
Analecta Hibernica No. 53 editors with the IMC Chair and Professor Thomas O’Connor who launched the special Decade of Centenaries issue.L-R: Dr Peter Crooks, Professor Thomas O’Connor, Dr Elva Johnston, Professor John McCafferty and Dr Timothy Murtagh IMC is delighted to report the launch of Analecta Hibernica No. 53: Special Issue – The fire of […]