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The ingenious Mr. Edgeworth
by Áine Finegan, former Research and Reference Team Student As the City of Science for 2012, Dublin is playing host to all things scientific this year and here at the National Library we're...
The Shemus Cartoon Collection
by Felix M. Larkin, vice-chair of the NLI Society and member of the NLI’s statutory Readers Advisory Committee. His book Terror and Discord: The Shemus Cartoons in the Freeman’s Journal,...
The trueth is great and shall prevaill
An introduction to the heraldic records of the Commonwealth, Protectorate and Restoration at the Irish Office of Arms.
'This lonely propagandist in a new field...'
Intro by Justin Furlong, NLI Newspaper Librarian This is the second in a series of blogs connected to a joint project (Newspaper Descriptors Project) by the National Library of Ireland and the...
Bishop Plunket, Yeats and JFK
by FELIX M. LARKIN, Vice-chair of the NLI Society and member of the NLI’s Readers Advisory Committee When I was at school in St Paul's College, Raheny, the imp in me was always amused by the fact...
Fluffy Stuff: Mould and the Pearse Papers Conservation Project
Mould can grow on any surface, especially in our wet, damp climate! It's one of the most common and serious causes of damage to our heritage but is largely preventable. NLI conservators often deal...
Decade of Centenaries Publish 2023 Programme
Guide Books to the Second City in the Empire
by Katy Milligan, NLI habitué and PhD student at TRIARC (The Irish Art Research Centre, TCD) Lurking among the shelves of the NLI is a group of texts which has lately caught my attention. While I...
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...
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