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Poetry Aloud 2019...Entry form now available (20/9/2019): Poetry Aloud 2019 - poetry speaking competition for schools - now available!
Author JP Donleavy's archive donated to National Library (15/8/2019): Papers of "The Ginger Man" author a rich resource for 20th century Irish writing
New National Library Book Repository Launched (27/6/2019): Reading Rooms re-open on Mondays from 30 September onwards
A Modern Eye: Helen Hooker O'Malley's Ireland (20/6/2019): New exhibition at the National Library's National Photographic Archive open to the public from 21 June
WB Yeats/Olivia Shakespear letters on display (14/2/2019): 40 years of loving friendship captured in correspondence
60,000 visitors to Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again in 2018 (2/1/2019): Free exhibition running at the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street
Free events to mark centenary of the end of WWI (30/10/2018): Pop-up talks, tours, lectures and visits to the World War Ireland exhibition
George Morrison donates archive to the National Library of Ireland (27/9/2018): A pioneer in his field, George Morrison has made an indelible contribution to Irish film; not only its creation but its safeguarding also.
"From Ballots to Bullets" now open at the NPA (11/9/2018): Free exhibition on Ireland in 1918 and 1919
Poetry Aloud 2018 - Poetry speaking competition for post-primary schools: Entry form now available! (8/9/2018): Poetry Aloud 2018 - Poetry speaking competition for post-primary schools: Entry form now available!