This list of special collections is accurate as of 1 January 2025 and is for reference only. Further information about each collection, including an overview description, digitisation and sample images (where available) can be found in our online catalogue or you can email us at nivalinfo@ncad.ie.
NIVAL special collections
A
Aideen Barry: Funding Proposals
Aloysius O’Kelly
Artists’ Books
Artworking
Áine Phillips
Art Teachers’ Association of Ireland
Artists’ Campaign (ACREA) Archive
Association of Artists in Ireland
Alexandra Wejchert
Artist-led Archive
Artsource
AXA Ireland Art Collection Records
B
Basic Space Archive
Brian Lalor Research Archive
Belfast International Festival of Performance Art
Broken Diorama
Brian Connolly
C
Charles Brady Correspondence
Clarke Studios
Conor Fallon & Nancy Wynne Jones
Cork Textiles Network
Ciarán Bennett
Cleo
Cooper’s Stencils
Cultural Relations Committee Records
City Arts Centre
College Student Registers
Cor Klaasen
D
Damn Fine Print
Derek Hill
Dolmen Press
The Drawing Box
Daniel Maclise
Desmond Carrick
Dorothy Walker Archive
Derek Hill
Distiller’s Press
Dolmen Press
E
Earley & Company
Egan Gallery
Ellen Pollen (Nell Murphy)
European Council of Artists
Ed Miliano
Elizabeth Clery
Embroidery Artists
Evelyn Montague, Cork Women’s Quilt Archive
Edward Delaney
Elizabeth Rivers
Ernest Hayes
Evie Hone Cartoons / Library
F
Fenderesky Gallery Image Collection
Frank X. Buckley
Fionán MacCollum
Friends of the National Collection
Four Gallery
FNCI Image Gallery
G
George Potter
Gerry Farrell
Graphic Studio Dublin
Gerald Davis Gallery
Gordon Lambert
Gerald O’Byrne
Grace Gifford / B.I. Tilly
H
Harry Hess Animation Cels
Helen Moloney
Harry Kernoff
HIBERNIA
Helen Lillias Mitchell Archive
I
Imogen Stuart
Irish Calendar Collection
Irish Patchwork Society
Irish Stamps Collection
Institute of Sculptors of Ireland
Irish Exhibition of Living Art
Irish Postcard Collection
Irish Theatre Programmes
Irish Association of Art Historians
Irish Hospitals Sweepstake Advertising
Irish Poster Collection
Irish Trade Board
J
James Waldron
John Coyle
Jan de Fouw
John Hogan
Janet Mullarney
John Turpin Research Material – A School of Art in Dublin since the 18th Century
K
Kathleen Martin Doyle
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
Ken Hardy
Kilkenny Design Consultancy
Kerr Shoes
Kilkenny Design Workshops
L
Leslie Eastwood
Lua Breen
M
Mainie Jellett
MExIndex
Monster Truck Gallery & Studios
Mary Duncan
Mia Cranwill
Murphy Devitt Studios
Mary Nagle
Michael Healy
Myra Maguire
N
Norah O’Kelly
O
Odlums
Oliver Sheppard
P
Paddy Jolley
Patrick Pye
Paul Peter Piech
Phyllis Burke
Patrick McElroy
Patrick Scott
Peter Grant
Pieter Sluis
Patrick Pollen
Paul Nietsche
PhotoIreland & The Library Project
Post Office (An Post) Stamp Design, Print and Poster Collection