Current Events

Explore what's on at the National Library of Ireland below. Remember, we also offer free public tours of our award-winning exhibition Yeats: The Life and Work of William Butler Yeats every Wednesday at 1.00pm.

Sharing memories of the John F Kennedy visit to Ireland (5/30/2013): Step back in time to 1963 and share your memories of the John F Kennedy visit to Ireland.
Flat-share in Fleet Street: WB Yeats leaves home (6/6/2013): Join Michael Ashe for insights into Yeats’s life as a young man.
‘WB Yeats and Florence Farr: The Reluctant Muse’ (6/13/2013): Celebrate Yeats’s birthday with this lecture by Professor Anthony Roche.
Bloomsday at the National Library (6/16/2013): Visit your National Library on Bloomsday.
Starting to Write Summer Course (6/22/2013): Sign up for this “get going” Summer writing course led by author Yvonne Cullen
JOYCED! One-woman show (6/24/2013): Renowned Irish writer Donal O'Kelly celebrates Joyce with this unique, entertaining show.
"Everlasting Voices" W. B Yeats, Poetry, Music, Passion and Politics. (6/26/2013): Join us for this fascinating insight into W.B. Yeats and his work.
Photojournalism in the National Collection: A Snap in Time (6/28/2013): Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn more about the place of photojournalism in the national cultural collections.
The Fifth Province: County Societies in Irish America – Exhibition Launch (7/4/2013): Learn more about County societies in Irish America at the launch of this special exhibition
J F K, Ireland and the world (10/22/2013): Join us for this History Ireland Hedge School on JFK, Ireland and the world.