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.

Event

A black out poem of a Heaney manuscript where most of the words are blacked out except for 'The wind shakes her memory of love.'

In Person

Blackout Poetry Workshop

Saturday, 11 October 2025 | 2.00pm - 3.00pm

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

Event

Image of Grainne Yeats with a harp

In Person

Gráinne Yeats: a renaissance woman

Saturday, 18 October 2025 | 11.00am - 12.00pm

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

Event

An image showing a harvest bow, which is wheat stalks and lavender weaved into a bow tied together by a ribbon

In Person

Booked Out

Love-Knot of Straw | A Harvest Bow Workshop

Saturday, 18 October 2025 | 2.00pm - 3.00pm

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

Event

View of the stained glass windows in the NLI Main Hall.

In Person

Open House Dublin

Saturday, 18 October 2025 | 2.00pm - 4.00pm

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

Tour

NLI Reading Room Director's Tour

In Person

Director's Tour of the National Library of Ireland

Monday, 20 October 2025 | 6.00pm - 7.00pm

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

Tour

a child's drawing of a family in front a house sent to Heaney

In Person

From the Hearth to the Sky

28th and 30th October & 1st November

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