The launch of the latest IMC edition — Irish maritime trade in the Restoration era: the letterbook of William Hovel, 1683–1687 — took place last night in City Hall, Cork. The Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Deirdre Forde, welcomed guests to the beautiful Council Chambers and outlined her appreciation of the Hovell edition which added to the […]
This is the second year that the Irish Manuscripts Commission has participated in the Dublin City Library and Archive Festival of History. Running from 20 September to 10 October there are 100s of free events focussed on all aspects of history from the local to the national. Due to ongoing concerns and restrictions around running in-person […]
In this final short film contribution to the Festival of History 2020, we look at the work done behind the scenes to identify and preserve materials which allow for the writing of history based on contemporaneous sources. Shortly after the destruction of the Four Courts in 1922, the Irish Manuscripts Commission was formed to recover […]
This is the second of three short films for the Festival of History 2020 looking at Irish history through the sources presented in IMC editions. History is about past people, their lives and their experiences. In this short feature historians Jane Ohlmeyer and David Fleming and genealogist Nicola Morris show how we can recover the […]
As part of IMC’s contribution to the Festival of History this is the first of three short films looking at Irish history through IMC editions. History isn’t just about politics and great men. Historians like to try capturing past lives of a cross section of society where sources are available. This short film features historians […]
In what has been a challenging year, the Commission is delighted to announce the first edition of 2020. ‘The Act Book of the Diocese of Armagh, 1518–1522’, edited by John McCafferty, is a rare survival for Ireland. Compiled twenty years before Henry VIII’s break with Rome, the Act Book of Archbishop Cromer is a key […]
IMC will take part in the Dublin City Council Festival of History for the first time in 2020. The theme for three short films — which will be released on 11, 18 and 25 September — is ‘After the fire: The Irish Manuscripts Commission and the writing of Irish history’. In the 92 years since […]
The new IMC website was launched today and while there were some teething problems as one might expect it is now up and running. As well as a more up to date look, the site is now responsive on mobile devices. The services we offer include buying IMC publications and downloading the latest copy of […]
On the 16th November the edition of the diary and accounts of Élie BouhĂ©reau edited by (left to right above) Jane McKee, Marie LĂ©outre, Amy Prendergast and Jean-Paul Pittion was launched by M. Lionel Paradisi-Coulouma, Deputy Head of Mission at the French Embassy to Ireland in the Lady Chapel of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. The Chair […]
Culture Night 2019 For Culture Night this year IMC has arranged for historians who have published editions with IMC to come and talk about the manuscripts they have transcribed and to explain to people how they use them to write histories of the period. Friday, 20 September 2019, is Culture Night and the historians talking […]
