One of the oldest manuscripts in the safe–keeping of the Representative Church Body Library – the Crede Mihi –being a late 13th Century register for the Diocese of Dublin has now been digitised and is available to view online for the first time.
In a new video as part of the Church of Ireland’s Inspiring Angles series, Librarian and Archivist Dr Susan Hood recalls how the vision and generosity of Rosamond Stephen led to the founding of the Representative Church Body Library in a turbulent time of Irish history.
A film produced by Radharc Films to mark the centenary of Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland, broadcast on RTÉ in 1970. This special screening for General Synod 2025, which begins this Friday (9th May), has been made possible with the permission of The Radharc Trust:
The historical contributions of Church of Ireland members, both before and after the Reformation, to the life of the city of Dublin and the Vale of Glendalough, were honoured with the launch of two new books from Four Courts Press last Thursday evening (21st November).
At a reception on Monday evening last week (17th June), the RCB Library marked the installation of the Bartlett Collection (being the library of the late Canon Professor John Bartlett) in the former College of Education Chapel which is now part of the Church of Ireland campus at Rathmines.
Bishop Michael Burrows has paid tribute to the late Dr David Lawrence who – in a project spanning almost a quarter of a century from 1991 to 2017 – photographed and researched some 3,000 windows throughout the Church of Ireland.