We have two exhibitions on display in Maynooth University Library for Heritage week:
The Country House and the Great War
The Country House and the Great War Exhibition, curated by Prof Terence Dooley, Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates, and Nicola Kelly, Archivist, OPW-Maynooth University Archive & Research Centre. This exhibition, to mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice, presents a perspective of the Great War from inside the Irish Country House. This exhibition, on display in the Russell Library, Maynooth University, will utilise material from more than ten aristocratic families and display material from the estate archives of Ballindoolin House and Airfield. https://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event/the-country-house-and-the-great-war
On Active Service
The exhibition 'On Active Service’: Maynooth College, Chaplains & the Anti-Conscription Crisis explores the themes of army chaplaincy recruitment and resistance to conscription in Ireland during WWI. It features a number of documents and artefacts from the historical collections of St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, including an anti-conscription petition signed by staff and students. Curated by Professor Marian Lyons and Barbara McCormack with kind support from Maynooth University’s Commemoration Committee. This exhibtion is on display in the JPII Library, Maynooth University. https://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event/on-active-service
For booking and further information, please contact library.bookings@mu.ie or 01-7083884