UCD Library - Francis J. O’Kelley

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UCD Library Special Collections holds the Francis J. O’Kelley collection of books and pamphlets.

The Collection

The O’Kelley Collection contains almost 1,000 items and includes much material on Irish history, local history, and especially Irish printing and printing relating to Ireland during the 17th-19th centuries.
It contains a large proportion of pamphlets. Many of these, such as the one pictured on this page, are quite rare.
The O’Kelley Collection is included in a chronological list of pamphlets in the card catalogue in the Special Collections Reading Room.
The collection was bequeathed to UCD Library in 1951.

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Biographical History

Francis J. O’Kelley was an American born local historian, collector and bibliographer.

Access and Use

The collections can be consulted by the students and staff of UCD, and by external users, in the Special Collections Reading Room.

More Information

Find books in the collection:

Go to the Library catalogue
Click on Advanced Search and select Author from the drop-down menu
Insert O'Kelley in the search box
Select Special Collections from the Collection drop-down menu.