This is the second of three short films for the Festival of History 2020 looking at Irish history through the sources presented in IMC editions. History is about past people, their lives and their experiences. In this short feature historians Jane Ohlmeyer and David Fleming and genealogist Nicola Morris show how we can recover the […]
As part of IMC’s contribution to the Festival of History this is the first of three short films looking at Irish history through IMC editions. History isn’t just about politics and great men. Historians like to try capturing past lives of a cross section of society where sources are available. This short film features historians […]
In what has been a challenging year, the Commission is delighted to announce the first edition of 2020. ‘The Act Book of the Diocese of Armagh, 1518–1522’, edited by John McCafferty, is a rare survival for Ireland. Compiled twenty years before Henry VIII’s break with Rome, the Act Book of Archbishop Cromer is a key […]
To mark the publication in November 2020 of the final seven volumes in the 1641 Depositions series the Irish Manuscripts Commission will offer a special deal of €495 (including delivery) for September and October 2020 only for all orders of the 12-volume set. This offer is only available through the IMC office — contact us on […]
IMC will take part in the Dublin City Council Festival of History for the first time in 2020. The theme for three short films — which will be released on 11, 18 and 25 September — is ‘After the fire: The Irish Manuscripts Commission and the writing of Irish history’. In the 92 years since […]
For the foreseeable future the office of the Irish Manuscripts Commission is open to visitors by appointment only. Please phone or email to make an appointment. Restrictions will apply and you will be required to wear a face mask on entering the building. Remember that you can buy IMC books online through our website or […]
The new IMC website was launched today and while there were some teething problems as one might expect it is now up and running. As well as a more up to date look, the site is now responsive on mobile devices. The services we offer include buying IMC publications and downloading the latest copy of […]
The fiftieth issue of the IMC serial publication — Analecta Hibernica — edited by Professor James Kelly (DCU) was published in December 2019. To mark the occasion an embossed number ‘50’ was printed in the middle of the IMC logo on the front and back covers. This issue includes a report to the Minister for […]
On the 16th November the edition of the diary and accounts of Élie Bouhéreau edited by (left to right above) Jane McKee, Marie Léoutre, Amy Prendergast and Jean-Paul Pittion was launched by M. Lionel Paradisi-Coulouma, Deputy Head of Mission at the French Embassy to Ireland in the Lady Chapel of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. The Chair […]
Culture Night 2019 For Culture Night this year IMC has arranged for historians who have published editions with IMC to come and talk about the manuscripts they have transcribed and to explain to people how they use them to write histories of the period. Friday, 20 September 2019, is Culture Night and the historians talking […]
