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See The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 13: July 1828 to June 1832, 2024, pp. 512-523 (12 pages)
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P.S. Perhaps you could contrive to make atonement next Saturday. Return by earliest conveyance is requested: because to receive you I must put off an engagement which if I am not thus fortunate I shall not put off.

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Q.S.P.
9 March 1831

My dear O’Connell
Matchless—altogether matchless for sound judgment, seasoned
with brilliant wit, and productive of triumphant refutation, this
4-column speech of yours, quoth
Jeremy Bentham

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Daniel O’Connell, The Liberator, was born #OTD 1775.

Jeremy Bentham writes to O'Connell in this note, congratulating him on his speech in the House of Commons on 8 March 1831 in support of the
Reform Bill which occupied the equivalent of four-and-a-half columns in The Times on 9 March 1831:

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60th Anniversary of Irish Resolution: A Forerunner of the NPT Washington D.C., October 29, 2018 — Sixty years ago, in October 1958, Irish Minister of External Affairs Frank Aiken bought before the United Nations the first version of a resolution addressing the d...

Dr William Burr, The National Security Archive, on the 60th Anniversary of the Irish Resolution: A Forerunner of the NPT: bit.ly/burr-aiken .

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In 1958 Aiken said in a speech regretting the failure of the Irish resolution to prevent nuclear testing, that the ‘extension of the so-called nuclear club is...contrary to the general interests of the world’ (UCDA P104/6077).

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The first atomic bomb used as a weapon of war, "Little Boy", was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan #OTD 1945.

Frank Aiken was the first signatory to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in recognition of his work on the earlier Irish resolution on nuclear non-proliferation. 1/3

Two black and white photos and one sepia-toned photograph depicting agricultural scenes with hay stacks and wagons with people.

Happy 1st August!

Take a look at the August Document of the Month @ucdarchives.bsky.social - focusing on the formation & development of the Albert Agricultural College & its eventual evolvement into UCD's Faculty of Agriculture.

Read the history of the AAC Collection at www.ucd.ie/archives/col...

Francis Ledwidge d. #OTD 1917. He writes to editor Joseph Maunsell Hone shortly before his return to the front, asking about poems he had submitted for an anthology, desiring to know 'the destiny of my work as I may not ever return to see it in the better days to be' (1 September 1916).

Speaking on Fascism in Ireland during the 1920s & 1930s, Friday August 1st, Shankill Road Library, Belfast, 12pm.

You're welcome to consult them. Just make an appointment in our reading room. They are made available on microfilm at the moment but will be digitised at some point. The catalogue is available at the link above if you want to browse through it.

You're welcome! Kennedy's papers are open and available for consultation if you'd like to take on the job...

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“A considered policy”: the Governor General and Éamon de Valera ( Part 1) The largely ceremonial role of governor-general in the Irish Free State (1922–1963) was to act as the official representative of the Crown. The office was viewed negatively by many as a symbol of c…

Thanks Hugo. Part 1 is here (it is linked to in the piece but the hyperlink isn't highlighting for some reason):
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“A considered policy”: the Governor General and Éamon de Valera (Part 2) In part one of this post, we looked at a file in the papers of Josephine McNeill’s papers concerning her husband, James McNeill, governor-general of the Irish Free State. The office of governor-gen…

The latest post on the @ucdlibrary.bsky.social Cultural Heritage Blog is part two of Kate's post on the controversies concerning the role and function of the governor-general in the Irish Free State.

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Military Welfare International Conference in Graz, Austria July 2025 The fourth International Conference of the Military Welfare History Network took place in the lovely city of Graz, Austria on 9-11 July…

I wrote a brief report on @milwelfhist.bsky.social's fourth International Conference, held last week in Austria. It covers MWHN’s work, highlights key moments, and shares insights from my presentation for anyone interested in reusing elements or case studies. 👍🏽

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"The History of the French Revolution, 1789 to 1795; or a country without a God". Image taken from page 22 of 'The History of the French Revolution, 1789 to 1795; or a country without a God', The British Library

Happy #BastilleDay! 🇫🇷

Discover how the French Revolution echoed in Ireland through the parliamentary debates in our Irish House of Commons Gold Seam, curated by @joelherman.bsky.social.

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This month's document of the month is a photograph of President Hillery on the set of The Great Train Robbery in the Phoenix Park, July 1978.

L-R: [Unidentified], Sean Connery, Sheamus Smith (Managing Director, Ardmore Studios), President Patrick Hillery.

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A shelf of books with spine labels and a blue banner with the text Full access to books on Levels 2 and 4 of the James Joyce Library has now been restored. Thank you for your patience.

Great news!📢
Full access to the book collections on James Joyce Library Levels 2 & 4 has been restored.

Level 2 is now partially open to all library users. Watch for signage & floor plans for info.

Thank you again for your patience as we prepare the JJL for change. See www.ucd.ie/library/summ....

6 July 1631: Solemn opening of the #Irish Franciscan College #Prague #otd Seal image from @ucdarchives.bsky.social
where many of the records of this largest of the #Irish Franciscan exile houses are held.

Job announcement Cultural Heritage Library Assistants needed at UCD Library. Apply by 15th July at 12 noon. Moths and flowers print in the background.

Job opportunity!📢
Work in our #CulturalHeritage units as a Library Assistant. Provide assistance with preservation, maintenance & handling of cultural heritage materials and other duties as required.

See UCD jobs at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... for details & apply by 12 noon, 15 July. #LISjobsIE

Ernie O’Malley, garrisoned inside, later wrote in his memoir The Singing Flame: 'The yard was littered with chunks of masonry and smouldering records; pieces of white paper were gyrating in the upper air like seagulls.'

#OTD 1922, the Record Treasury within the Four Courts was destroyed at the start of the civil war. This photograph shows Herbert Wood, Deputy Keeper of the Public Records of Ireland, in the explosion's aftermath.

All of us across UCD Library will surely miss Eugene & especially those of us in UCD Special Collections & our other Cultural Heritage units.

Best of luck and a long and happy retirement to you Eugene!✨🎉

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Farewell to our colleague Eugene Roche, from Special Collections. Eugene has been an outstanding and unflappable colleague and friend. We will miss him, and wish him a long, happy, healthy retirement.

Cutting from the New York post of well wishers surrounding de Valera leaving Áras an Uachtarán for the last time on 24 June 1973.

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Letter from the Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation: "I would like to thank [you] for all your years of Public service; and the great dignity of your years as President. You will always be held in our hearts with love and respect. ..."

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Letter from the committee and members of the Four Courts Garrison: "We also wish to assure you of our appreciation for the friendship which you so generously extended to the Four Courts Garrison down through the years and of our continued loyalty to you in the years ahead."

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Telegram from Cardinal Josef Mindszenty, Hungary: "...remembering you as the only Head of State in world who sent greetings on my liberation in 1956 I send you my gratitude and best wishes and envoke upon you and the beloved people of Ireland the Lord’s benediction’.

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