Exhibitions & Events

We share the stories of Ireland with diverse audiences everywhere through a busy programme of in person and online exhibitions and events. Use the filters below to find what you’re looking for, or simply scroll down to browse our resources.

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Dust jacket of Field Work by Seamus Heaney. The cover is brown with white text and features an orange illustrated map of a rural landscape. The back includes critical praise for Heaney’s earlier work North. The inner flap describes Field Work as a collection of elegies and love poems exploring personal and artistic responsibility. Published by Faber.

Online

Online Book Club | Field Work

Friday, 29 August 2025 | 1.00pm - 2.00pm

Online via Teams

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Black-and-white illustration of a historical harp festival in Belfast, showing harpists seated on a raised stage playing their instruments while an audience of men and women in 18th–19th century attire watches attentively

In Person

Hugh Higgins: A Mayo Harper and his Music with harper Laoise Kelly

Saturday, 13 September 2025 | 2.30pm - 3.30pm

Joly Lecture Theatre, National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St, Dublin 2, D02 P638, Ireland

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Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

In Person

Booked Out

Introducing the Fourth Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Tuesday, 16 September 2025 | 6.00pm - 8.00pm

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

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Image of podcaster in residence

In Person

Pop-Up Collection & Podcast

Friday, 19 September 2025 | 7.00pm - 8.00pm

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

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Culture Night graphic

In Person

Culture Night at the NLI

Friday, 19 September 2025 | 5.00pm - 9.00pm

National Library of Ireland, 7/8 Kildare Street , Dublin 2, D02 P638

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Visitor walking through the exhibition

In Person

Daily Tours | Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again

Monday to Saturday | 11:30am and 2pm

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