For help and guidance on searching our website and collections, see our search help page.
Secrets in the fibres: Mezzotint Prints and Dublin Paper Trade in the 18th Century
Dr. Neassa Doherty (Volunteer NLI Prints & Drawings Dept., 2012 & PhD Graduate, NUIG, 2015) & Louise O’Connor (NLI Conservation Dept.) In 1742, the Dublin engraver and printseller,...

A visit to Letterform Archive, San Francisco

NLI's free photographic exhibition featuring Kerry celebrates the age of analogue photography in Ireland

Newspapers

Do not try this at home
by Aoife O Connor, co-curator of Particles of the Past exhibition In deciding what to put into our Discover: Particles of the Past exhibition for Dublin City of Science 2012, Robert Boyle was top of...

The Freeman's Journal
Intro by Justin Furlong, NLI Newspaper Librarian This is the third in a series of blogs connected to a joint project (Newspaper Descriptors Project) by the National Library of Ireland and the...

Eyes From the Past: Unveiling Ireland’s Photographic Legacy

Then, Then and Now Photographic Projects
by Pádraig Laffan, Vice-Chairperson of The Federation of Local History Societies The Federation for Ulster Local Studies and The Federation of Local History Societies and The National Library...

Sligo Dispute
We have a Dublin Lockout centenary exhibition coming up here at the National Library of Ireland this August, but many other protracted labour struggles took place in other parts of Ireland in 1913....

Our History
Our History

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025
Results from our collections
national library ireland
There was a problem while requesting data from the collection server.
Please ensure JavaScript is enabled.
You can try visit the Collection server directly.