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UCD News
No full textUCD News was an internal, informal publication for the staff and students of University College Dublin. It was published initially by the Information Officer and later by the Office of Public Affairs. The magazine's aim was to be an informal news magazine rather than an official publication - early issues state that the views expressed in were those of the editor and contributors and "did not necessarily reflect the views of the Governing Body, Academic Council, President or other officers of the College". Generally issues were published monthly with a summer, or graduate issue published over the summer months. A typical issue included: general news and notices from around the University; college club and society notices; sports news; correspondence; appointments and retirements. Profiles of individual Departments, Schools, or units were a regular feature as were official communications, such as reports from the Governing Body or addresses by the President at graduations. The summer issues in particular often contain an overview of developments, both physical and academic, within the University over the previous year as well as an interview with the President. Taken as a whole, this collection illustrates the physical growth of the Belfield campus, academic developments within the University, advancements in technology and work practices, and changes in the demographics of the student body, as well as documenting aspects of the wider higher education sector in Ireland.Scope and content: This collection covers the issues held by UCD Archives and UCD Library and not a complete collection of all issues published
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVLRA)
No full textTwo pamphlets relating to the proposed move of UCD to Belfield.Scope and Content: Two pamphlets relating to the proposed move of UCD to Belfield: the first document describes the official UCD position on the plans to move to Belfield; and the second one, published by the organization Tuairim, argues that the proposal is undesirable and unnecessary.Ownership / custodial history: Meenan, James FrancisProcessing Information: The original processing of this material was carried out by Kate Manning in 1998.Biographical History: Professor James Francis Meenan (1910–87) was born in Dublin, and was the eldest son of James Meenan, Professor of Medicine at UCD, 1909–50. He was educated at the Catholic University School, Clongowes Wood and University College Dublin where he graduated in political economy in 1931. He obtained a National University travelling studentship and spent the following two years in Rome and Padua engaged on study which led to the eventual publication of The Italian Corporative State (1944). Called to the Bar in 1935 he combined his legal practice with a part-time lecturing position in political economy at UCD. He was appointed to a lectureship in 1951 and succeeded George O'Brien as Professor of Political Economy and National Economics in 1961. Highlights of a distinguished academic and public career included membership of a number of government commissions, a directorship of the Central Bank and the presidency of the Royal Dublin Society of which he had been a member since the age of seventeen. The Irish Economy since 1922 was published in 1970 and George O'Brien: A biographical memoir in 1980
Dublin Metropolitan Police and Civic Guard (Garda Síochána) Personnel Registers
No full textThe Civic Guard (Garda Síochána) temporary register is the earliest register of recruitment of rank and file members into An Garda Síochána. The volume starts in February 1922 and was taken out of general usage in September 1924 after the recruitment of the first 6,042 members. Not all those entered into the register are successful applicants and unsuccessful applicants are not given a registered number. The volume also records separately the members who joined from Oriel House (the Criminal Intelligence Department) and the latest entry for this section is 16/5/1929. Each entry records the following details: registered number, date of joining, name, address, date of birth, religion, if in I.R.A. - rank, if ex. R.I.C. - rank, if ex. foreign army - rank, height, chest, and remarks. From April 1923 (p. 298) a column was added for knowledge of Irish. The remarks column records general information about the recruits such as dismissal or retirement details, and changes in rank. The remarks column also details the reason why an unsuccessful applicant was rejected. Reasons for rejection include medically unfit, dental problems, and failure to meet literacy, height, or chest measurement requirements.Numbering/sequence: The entries are in numerical order by registration number. The numbers in this volume range from 1 to 6,042
Postcards of the First World War
No full textAmerican soldiers arriving into camp in France, June 1917
Postcards of the First World War
No full textAmerican troops and flag at "Les Invalides" in Paris, June 1917
Éamon de Valera Papers: British documents relating to 1916
No full textTelegrams from HQ, Horse Guards to Hutchison, Irish Command with instructions, later cancelled, to remain in Dublin. Typescript paraphrase copy of cipher from War Office to Dublin stating Major-General Hutchison's authority in Ireland
Postcards of the First World War
No full textAmerican troops and flag at "Les Invalides" in Paris, June 1917