Opening Hours

Main Building, Kildare Street


LocationOpening Hours                                           
Main Reading Room, Kildare Street
Mon - Wed: 9.30am - 7.45pm 
Thurs & Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 12.45pm
Main Library Exhibitions
Including "Yeats: the life and
works of W.B. Yeats"
Mon - Wed: 9.30am - 7.45pm
Thurs & Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 4.30pm 
Sunday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Genealogy Advisory ServiceMon - Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm
Joly CaféMon - Wed: 9.30am - 7pm
Thurs & Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 4.30pm     


2/3 Kildare Street

LocationOpening Hours                                           
Manuscripts Reading Room 
Mon - Wed: 9.30am - 7.45pm
Thurs & Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 12.45pm  
Exhibition Area, 2/3 Kildare St.
Homecoming: JFK in Ireland will open to the public from 20 June (afternoon) to 13 August.
Mon - Wed: 9.30am - 7.45pm
Thurs & Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 4.30pm 
Sunday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm



National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar

Location                       Opening Hours
NPA Exhibition:  Last chance to see our exhibition
DIT Graduate Show  ends  Sunday the 16th of June
Mon - Sat: 10am - 4.45pm
Sunday: 12pm - 4.45pm
NPA Reading Room
Access by prior appointment only;
please contact 01-6030373 or npaoffice@nli.ie
for appointment.
Tues-Wed: 10am - 1pm Thurs: 10am -1pm and 2.30pm - 4.30 pm

Reading Rooms

Closed Sundays, Bank Holidays (March 17th, the first Monday in May, June and August and the last Monday in October), Christmas and New Year period, Good Friday to Easter Monday inclusive.

Exhibitions

Library exhibitions in both Kildare Street and NPA sites will generally be open on Bank Holiday Mondays from 12pm until 5pm. Any changes to this arrangement will be posted here.