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The Library has recently purchased British Periodicals Collection III and IV .  British Periodicals Collection III focuses on the first half of the twentieth century. The titles are from the prestigious stable of illustrated periodicals known as the “Great Eight” in British publishing history. They are among the foremost popular periodicals of the period and were highly influential in their mix of news/politics, miscellany, art, photography, literature and comedy/satire, while launching the careers of many leading artists/illustrators of the age.  British Periodicals Collection IV continues the expansion into the twentieth century, with particular strengths in the areas of politics (notably socialism and the labour movement), international affairs and conflict, the arts, rural/sporting history, humour/illustration, travel and empire, and family/ teen publications. The collection offers complete runs of ten major publications from the period, serving many other areas of teaching and

The Imirce project has been featured in an episode of RTÉ's Documentary on One . The episode is available now in all podcast apps. Imirce is a digital archive of approximately 7,000 Irish-American emigrant letters and memoirs dating from the late 1600s through to the mid-20th century. The archive was collected over 5 decades by Kerby A. Miller, Emeritus Professor of History at University of Missouri and Honorary Professor of History at University of Galway, who donated the material to the University of Galway Library in 2021. RTÉ Producer Tim Desmond spoke to members of the project team and selected some of the many, many stories contained within the letters to profile for the show. The letter authors are represented in their own words, with the help of voice actors. Among them you will meet: Mary Adams , a young Presbyterian woman from Antrim who, in 1818, wrote to her sister about a decadent wedding banquet she attended in South Carolina, replete with "rich cakes ornamented