Main Building, Kildare Street
| Location | Hours |
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Main Reading Room, Kildare Street
| Mon - Wed: 9.30am - 7.45pm
Thurs & Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 12.45pm |
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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 Service | Mon - Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm |
| Joly Café | Mon - Wed: 9.30am - 7pm
Thurs & Fri: 9.30am - 4.45pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 4.30pm |
2/3 Kildare Street
| Location | Hours |
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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.
Discover your National Library: Explore, Reflect, Connect | 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 | Hours |
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NPA Exhibition
Small Lives - Photographs of
Irish Childhood 1880 - 1970 | Mon - Sat: 10am - 4.45pm
Sunday: 12pm - 4.45pm
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NPA Reading Room
Access by prior appointment only;
please contact npaoffice@nli.ie
for appointment. | Tues-Thurs: 10am - 1pm
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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 5.00pm. Any changes to this arrangement will be posted here.