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National Folklore Collection UCD Gains Prestigious UNESCO Status
06 Dec 2017; posted by editor - General, Arts
The National Folklore Collection UCD, one of Europe's largest archives of oral tradition and cultural history, has received recognition from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for its foundational collection-The Irish Folklore Commission Collection 1935-1970-which has been inscribed on the prestigious UNESCO Memory of the World International Register.