Muckross Research Library

Muckross Newsletter

he Muckross Newsletter is usually published twice a year and is widely distributed free of charge. Issue 18 Spring/Summer 2008 is now available.

The newsletter contains a mixture of Muckross news and events, together with a number of brief articles covering recent areas of research.

All queries concerning the Newsletter should be addressed to the editor, at library@muckross-house.ie.

A limited number of past issues of the Newsletter are still available.

Latest Issue

Issue 18, Spring/Summer 2008.
Title: Collecting for the Future

Awards for Muckross

Caring for our Collections

Artist Alexander Williams

Warm, golden thatch

Circus Matters

Previous Issues

Issue 17, Spring/Summer 2007.
Title: Muckross House: A New Beginning

Textile Care

Arthur R. Vincent and the Irish Volunteers

Summertime Activities

Issue 16, Autumn/Winter 2005.
Title: Shakespeare at Sunset, Muckross 2005

New Management Agreement

St. Fin Barre's Cathedral

Ploughing Championships

Magical Woodland Play Area

Issue 15, Autumn/Winter 2004.
Title: The Trustees of Muckross House Celebrate Forty Years of Growth and Achievement 1964-2004

Glimpse of Christmas Long Ago

Killarney, August 1853

Issue 14, Autumn/Winter 2003.
Title: Keeping Traditions Alive at Muckross

An Ounce of Prevention

My Little Kerry Cow

Issue 13, Spring/Summer 2003.
Title: Muckross - A European Cultural Resource

Lime: The Farmer's Friend

Killarney and Its Visitors

Issue 12, Spring/Summer 2002.
Title: Muckross - A Link With Our Past

Muckross House: Custodian of our past.

Using the Grafán in County Kerry: Danny Cronin's Account, by Dr Jonathan Bell of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Hollywood, Co. Down. (A Grafán is sometimes known as a 'grubber' or an 'adze'.)

Issue 11, Autumn/Winter 2001.
Title: 2001 - A Year To Remember.

Féile Chultúir Chiarraí - Muckross Traditional Farms 2001.< br> (Festival of Kerry Culture 2001 - Muckross Traditional Farms).

Christmas Long Ago.

Muckross Abbey and Traditional Irish Burial Customs.

Issue 10, Autumn/Winter 2000.
Title: The Walled Garden Centre - Our Latest Success Story.

The Traditional Irish Black Pudding.

Killarney & The Royal Connection.

Issue 9, Spring/Summer 2000.
Title: The Muckross House Archives, Recording Times Past For Present & Future Generations.

The Herberts of Muckross and Dinish Island.

A News Update from Muckross Traditional Farms.

Issue 8, Autumn/Winter 1999.
Title: The Herbert Family Revisits Muckross, After One Hundred Years' Absence.

Mary Herbert - A 19th Century Water-Colourist.

The Sale of Muckross, November 1899.

Issue 7, Spring/Summer 1999.
Title: Innisfallen, A Gift to the Nation.

The Life and Times of the Herberts of Muckross House.

The Island of Innisfallen.

Issue 6, Autumn /Winter 1998.
Title: Muckross House Home to an Artist - Mary Herbert

Killarney, Over 200 Years a Centre of Tourism

The Life and Works of Mary Herbert

Issue 5, Spring/Summer 1998.
Title: Killarney National Park - A Real Garden of Friendship!

Páirc Náisiúnta Chill áirne/Killarney National Park

Killarney Inlaid Furniture, A Forgotten Industry

Issue 4, Autumn/Winter 1997.
Title: Introducing the Muckross Vintage Coach - the latest attraction at Muckross.

The Arboretum at Muckross.

The Great Famine...Lest We Forget.

Issue 3, Spring/Summer 1997.
Title: Anois teacht an Earraigh - now that Spring has come

The Tree of Light - Our Tree of Remembrance (Famine Memorial)

Focus on the World Famous Muckross Gardens

Folk Customs and Beliefs of Spring and Early Summer

Issue 2, Autumn/Winter 1996.
Title: Minister for Tourism and Trade praises Developments at Muckross House.

Meet the Craft-workers at Muckross House.

Traditional Halloween and Christmas Customs and Beliefs.

Issue 1, Spring/Summer 1996.
Title: Muckross - A Growing Visitor Attraction.

Saol Tíre Chiarraí - Old Days - Old Ways - Experience the Past
(on Muckross Traditional Farms).

The Flora and Fauna of Muckross Traditional Farms.