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ATHENS — On Feb. 28, Concord will celebrate 150 years of service to the southern region of West Virginia and southwest Virginia.

A luscious red and gilt bound almanac features in De Búrca Rare Books’ most recent catalogue

The world’s most famous vampire was the creation of Dubliner Bram Stoker, who was inspired by the city and Ireland’s tales of the undead.

25 years since release, here are 25 things you didnt know about the movie Michael Collins

MAIN IMAGE: PLACE YOUR BETS! 1952, The Curragh, Co Kildare: A bookie signals the odds while standing on a box at a race meeting at the Curragh. Source: NUI...

Updated / Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021 13:23 A British machine gun located in the Iveagh Buildings on Bull Alley sprayed the building with bullets, shattering windows and damaging books. Jason McElligott, Director of Marshs Library, writes about Changed Utterly?, a new online exhibition which traces the experience of minorities during the Irish Revolution. Founded in the Liberties of Dublin in 1707 by an Anglican clergyman, Marsh’s Library was widely associated in the popular mind with the Union be...

iStock.com/Jacob Ammentorp Lund There may be no greater repository of analog information than the library, a glorious assembly of printed pages that can take us on adventures, educate us, and fill our days and nights with details of worlds beyond our own—all free of charge. Today, there are roughly 116,867 public and academic libraries dotting the country. To celebrate National Library Week, weve rounded up 25 fascinating facts about these irreplaceable institutions. 1. Benjamin Franklin star...

Updated / Friday, 8 Jan 2021 17:30 With children of all ages studying from home once again, our friends at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum decided to pull together some of the free educational resources available from Irelands top museums. And because they are so keen to spread the word on all the great things to see and learn online they sent it on to RTÉ to celebrate the wonderful work still going on even in these tough times. Unsurprisingly, there’s lots of materials covering art and...