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Keeping the Records Safe!
New Leaflets from the RCB Library
Church of Ireland Home
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Learning from the archives
In a new video as part of the Church of Ireland’s Inspiring Angles series, Librarian and Archivist Dr Susan Hood recalls how the vision and generosity of Rosamond Stephen led to the founding of the Representative Church Body Library in a turbulent time of Irish history.
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Representative Church Body Library’s special screening of A Hundred Years After Disestablishment
A film produced by Radharc Films to mark the centenary of Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland, broadcast on RTÉ in 1970. This special screening for General Synod 2025, which begins this Friday (9th May), has been made possible with the permission of The Radharc Trust:
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New books celebrate Church of Ireland history in Dublin
The historical contributions of Church of Ireland members, both before and after the Reformation, to the life of the city of Dublin and the Vale of Glendalough, were honoured with the launch of two new books from Four Courts Press last Thursday evening (21st November).
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The Bartlett Collection takes its place
At a reception on Monday evening last week (17th June), the RCB Library marked the installation of the Bartlett Collection (being the library of the late Canon Professor John Bartlett) in the former College of Education Chapel which is now part of the Church of Ireland campus at Rathmines.
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A Tribute to Dr David Lawrence
Bishop Michael Burrows has paid tribute to the late Dr David Lawrence who – in a project spanning almost a quarter of a century from 1991 to 2017 – photographed and researched some 3,000 windows throughout the Church of Ireland.
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Library and Property Teams of the RCB Celebrate Brigid 1500
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Change in opening hours at RCB Library
The RCB Library at Braemor Park, Dublin, now is open on weekdays, Monday to Friday, from 10.00am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.15pm.
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Unique record of turbulent Ireland from 1912 to 1923 now available to explore online
A further digitization project at the RCB Library – the Church of Ireland’s central library and repository for archives – sees a significant run of the ‘Record’ of the RCB Library’s founding benefactor, Rosamond Stephen (1868–1952) digitised and searchable online for the first time.
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A Letter from Kilmainham Jail: Charles Stewart Parnell and the Land War
The Representative Church Body Library, the Church of Ireland’s central library and repository for archives, is renowned for its extensive collection of parish registers, and holds a wide range of lesser–known documents covering many diverse aspects of Irish history.
