Welcome
Welcome to the National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin, home to one of the largest collections of oral and ethnological material in the world. Visitors are invited to explore the large selection of books, manuscripts, audio recordings, videos and photographs, drawings and paintings dealing with Irish life, folk history and culture.
The specialist library contains books, periodicals and off-prints on Irish and comparative folklore, ethnology and related fields. A range of finding aids will assist researchers in locating information about a particular subject, or material contributed by any of the many thousands of storytellers, collectors and correspondents over the years.
New material continues to be added to the Collection, including photographs, audio and video material, books and documents.
Courses in Irish Folklore
Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Irish folklore are offered by the School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics.
For details of these programmes, go to http://www.ucd.ie/icsifl.
Notice
The National Folklore Collection is closed during the month of August, re-opening on Thursday, 1 September 2011.
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Title NFC Christmas holidays |
| Short Description: The National Folklore Collection will be closed from 22 December 2011 to 10 January 2012. | |
| Date: 22.12.2011 |
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Title Death of Prof. Dáithí Ó hÓgáin |
| Short Description: The National Folklore Collection will close on 14 December 2011 as a mark of respect for our late friend and colleague. | |
| Date: 11.11.2011 |
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Title Francis Barrett documentary |
| Short Description: Francis Barrett documentary | |
| Date: 03.03.2011 |
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Title Raidió na Gaeltachta Ardtráthnóna broadcast |
| Short Description: Raidió na Gaeltachta Ardtráthnóna broadcast | |
| Date: 23.02.0011 |
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Title Event for contributors to the National Folklore Collection |
| Short Description: There was a large attendance at a recent social event that brought together current donors to the National Folklore Collection. | |
| Date: 27.09.2010 |
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Title Launch of Siansaí an Cheoil exhibition |
| Short Description: A new exhibition, Siansaí an Cheoil, Music and Song in the National Folklore Collection, was officially launched on 3 August 2010 | |
| Date: 03.08.2010 |
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Title The Folklore of Ireland Society Commemorative Lecture |
| Short Description: The Folklore of Ireland Society Commemorative Lecture | |
| Date: 17.05.2010 |
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Title Forthcoming events, 2010 |
| Short Description: Forthcoming events, 2010 | |
| Date: 21.07.2010 |
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Title Through a Swedish lens – images of early twentieth-century Irish life |
| Short Description: This photographic exhibition celebrates the contribution of four Swedish scholars and writers to Irish culture in the first half of the twentieth century. | |
| Date: 22.09.2009 |
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Title MEITHEAL, A two-day seminar highlighting current research based on material in the National Folklore Collection |
| Short Description: A two-day seminar highlighting current research based on material in the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin. | |
| Date: 13.11.2009 |
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Title Going to the Well for Water: The Séamus Ennis Field Diary 1942-1946 |
| Short Description: The work of the celebrated folk music collector, Séamus Ennis, who spent five years with the Irish Folklore Commission from 1942-1947 is presented in detail by Ríonach uí Ógáin. | |
| Date: 01.11.2009 |
