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31/10/2026

Oíche Shamhna, shona daoibh! ✨🫧🍄‍🟫🦋

Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren’t go a-hunting
For fear of little men…

This magical line drawing, designed for the Cuala Press by artist Eileen C. Booth (Peet) with words from William Allingham’s ‘The Fairies’ (1850), filled with detail—the chin hairs, the delicate butterflies & mushrooms, the whisps of air or, perhaps, a spell!—conjures up that mystical feeling, which is often associated with this time of the year across the island.

Swipe to take a peek at the original photoengraved line block, produced by the Irish Photo Engraving Company and enjoy the spooky magic in the air tonight ✨🎃

IE TCD MS 11535/5/1/34 (line drawing)

IE TCD MS 11748/370 (photoengraved printing block)

19/10/2026

On the RTÉ lyric fm documentary ‘Flashes from the Dark’ Emma Dabiri explores story of the Jamaican-American poet Ferdinand Levy.

Levy made Dublin his home in the 1930s and ‘40s while studying medicine at Trinity College Dublin, where he also established himself as a poet and connoisseur of the city’s vibrant literary scene.

Presenter Emma Dabiri visited the Research Collections Study Centre here in the Library to explore references to his studies held within the College Archives.

You can listen back to the RTÉ lyric fm feature through the link in our bio!

09/10/2026

The changing colours, drop in temperature, telltale signs of Autumn underfoot 🌰 🍄‍🟫🍁 … it’s officially time to get cosy (preferably with a cuppa)! 🫖 ☕️

This hand-coloured photoengraved print, original line drawing and original printing block (swipe to see!), features a pot of tea brewing upon sods of turf. Above, Cló Gaelach font reads: ‘Nach lia broth dín ‘san toigh nó fáilte rómhat’ which, roughly translated from Irish, means “You are as welcome as the number of straws on a thatched roof”.

Above this text, an enticing illustration of thatched cottages further echoes the sentiment within this message.

Designed by artist Dorothy Blackham (1896 - 1975) and printed by the Cuala Press ✨ Wishing everybody a happy October 🍂

IE TCD MS 11535/5/1/3/49 (hand coloured print) IE TCD MS 11748/371 (photoengraved printing block)
IE TCD MS 11535/5/1/3/39 (line drawing)

26/09/2026

Announcement! 📢 In partnership with the Trinity Centre for the Book, The Library of Trinity College Dublin is seeking the next Pollard Fellowship in Irish Bibliography. Marking 20 years since the Pollard Collection of Children’s Books arrived in the Library of Trinity College Dublin, this year’s will be €20,000.

See the link in our bio for application info 📚

11/09/2026

Library HITS (Helpful Information for Trinity Students) is back!

Join us in the Eavan Boland Library for a series of classes to refresh your library, study and research skills. No need to sign up - just drop in to the North Training Room (or online if indicated).

➡️ Swipe to see the class schedule

🔗 Link in bio for more info

See you there! ✨

03/09/2026

Press came in pours of rain ✨ 🌧️

🎉 In celebration of the National Print Museum’s 30th year, we’re sharing some insightful, handwritten notes and a tiny portrait — of a printer working the Albion Press (second image) — from the Dún Emer Press and Cuala Press Archives.

On Monday November 24, 1902, it’s recorded that the press arrived in typically Irish winter weather, as noted by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats. At the end of this same notebook, a page details the costs of setting up the Press, listing items such as:

120 lbs of Caslon type 14-point old face
2lb black ink
1lb red ink
Bath for washing type
15 ¾ reams of linen paper
.. and much, much more 🖤❤️ (see third image)

Happy 30th year National Print Museum 🎉 Check out the celebrations happening this weekend, as part of the BIG Type Festival & continue to support, explore and celebrate the art of letterpress printing and print in all its fascinating forms!

References: (TCD MS 11535/9/3/1)
(TCD MS 11535/7/2)

28/08/2026

Did you catch the lunar eclipse this morning? 🩸🌕

This is a folio featuring the “shape of the lunar eclipse” from al-Kharaqī’s Kitāb al-Tabṣirah fī al-Hayʾah wa al-Falak (The Book of Enlightenment in Cosmology and Orb), c.13th century. The diagram depicts the Earth situated in the centre, followed by the orbit of the moon, and the orbit of the sun in the outer circle. The Earth’s shadow casts a conical form at the top, which the moon passes through during the lunar eclipse (TCD MS 1523, fol. 42r).

28/08/2026

26/08/2026

We’re brightening up this slightly dull day and celebrating 🐾 ☁️ with this mesmerisingly colourful scene, illustrated by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (1868 - 1940). This detailed design features on the cover of a privately commissioned Christmas card which was hand-printed, on an Albion press, and hand-coloured 🎨 by the talented staff at the Cuala Press in the 1940’s (IE TCD MS 11535/5/2/3/3).

The photoengraved print features an alert looking dog who appears to be engaging with a resident, singing blackbird 🐦‍⬛ Swipe for details of the photoengraved printing block—manufactured by the Irish Photo Engraving Co.—from which these prints were pressed ✨

20/08/2026

Kinda chic — we think very chic 👀 — to visit an exhibition during Heritage Week ✨

‘The Yeats Sisters & Irish Design’ exhibition features a selection of unique material from the Cuala Press Archives and is open to visitors, 11 am – 4pm Monday - Friday 🗓️ You’ll find the exhibition inside the refurbished Printing House. Inspired by classical Greek architecture, this small Doric temple was designed by German architect Richard Castle (c. 1695 - 1751) in 1734 and is the third oldest building on campus ✨ Happy Heritage Week, everyone.

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