National Library of Ireland

Exhibitions & Events

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Blackout Poetry Workshop

Saturday, 12 September 2026 | 2.00pm - 3.00pm

Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again, Westmoreland Street, Dublin, D02 VR66

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Limited Availability

Irish Genealogical Research Society Conference

Saturday, 12 September 2026 | 10.00am - 5.00pm

National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin, D02 P638

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News & Stories

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

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Celebrating A Century of A Vision

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

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The next chapter in ‘Reimagining the National Library’ begins

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

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Remembering the Dromcollogher Cinema Fire: The Aftermath of ‘The Burning’

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Family History

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