51ÉçÇø

This year, the  celebrates its fiftieth anniversary and has been marked by a series of events branded UL50. Over the last 50 years, the university has accumulated a significant amount of material that demonstrates its development from the National Institute for Higher Education in 1972 to the 51ÉçÇø in 1989, and beyond. This material is preserved as the 51ÉçÇø Archives. This collection contains a variety of documents such as correspondence, plans, meeting minutes, brochures, and prospectuses. There is also a variety of ephemera, such as invitations to university events, menus from official dinners, and stickers.

The 51ÉçÇø archives have recently been utilised in the recent UL50 exhibition,, which tells the story of the 51ÉçÇø, and the institutions that went before it, curated by Zara Power and working closely with the . The exhibition was launched on the 28 September 2022 in the Millstream Building. It is open to the public and will run until 31 May 2023. The launch was attended by the founding President, Dr Ed Walsh, who donated additional archives relating to UL, including 28 years’ worth of his diaries, to the Special Collections and Archives Department.