Special Collections: Home

We are open Monday to Friday with core times of 10:00-16:45. The library website has semester and holiday opening hours.

Special Collections, Q-1,
Boole Library
University College Cork
Cork
+353 (21) 490-2282 

specialcollections@ucc.ie

Please use the Special Collections' dedicated email and phone number above:

• To request books, theses and more
• To reserve a machine for using microform
• Queries about the collections

To ensure the best service is given, please contact the Special Collections staff via the dedicated email or phone number above.

• Sheyeda Allen, Senior Library Assistant (Full-time)
• Mary Lombard, Library Assistant (Full-time)
• Pat Downing, Library Assistant (Part-time)

For information about:

• Digital Collections
• Directory of Documents
• Exhibitions
• Newspapers
• Outreach & Engagement
• Special Collections' Subject Support
• The River-side Social Media
• Theses

Forthcoming guides will include:

• Collections
• Historical Sources
• Manuscripts

Special Collections is home to UCC's unique collections of literary manuscripts, early printed books pre-1850, books from printing presses, collections donated from individuals, 18th - 20th century newspapers, theses, maps, pamphlets and microfilm.

Special Collections are “elements of distinction that serve to differentiate an academic or research library from its peers” (Dooley & Luce).

We, in Special Collections, have a dual role, not only to facilitate current research but also to care and conserve these unique and distinctive materials for future users. 

Special Collections staff members work with students and faculty to support learning and teaching at UCC offering access to unique primary sources through instruction sessions and exhibitions. Special Collections also serves the research needs of external scholars, hosting researchers from around the globe interested in using the collections. Special Collections has achieved international recognition in several specific areas of research, most notably: Irish studies; Celtic studies, and Frank O'Connor.

To order items from either of these newly caftalogued collections please email specialcollections@ucc.ie