Special Collections Blog at Queen's University Belfast – Page 11 – "The ideal library (like every library) holds at least one line that has been written exclusively for you" (Alberto Manguel)

The Special Collections Blog brings you news of developments, exhibitions and events in Special Collections. Treasures from our collections are also highlighted.

Heaney Manuscripts MS 20

Posted on 1st July 201520th March 2024 by Kath Stevenson

First published in 1999, Seamus Heaney’s translation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf achieved both critical acclaim and commercial

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Comintern Collection MS 57

Posted on 2nd April 201514th August 2018 by Kath Stevenson

Between 1993 and 1995, two Irish academics – Dr Barry McLoughlin (University of Vienna, Austria) and Dr Emmet O’Connor (University

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