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New Director for National Library of Ireland (NLI)

The Irish in the American Civil War
by Gavin Finlay The American Civil War of 1861-65 is one of modern history’s most catastrophic conflicts. With approximately 750,000 fatalities and 400,000 wounded, it remains the deadliest war in...

'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...

The British and Colonial Druggist
by Inez J Fletcher, Cataloguer & Director of Irish ISSN Centre The British and Colonial Druggist, January 1889 to December 1892, in all its beautifully bound glory... It's on our shelves at call...

Online Exhibition | Power and Privilege: The Big House in Ireland

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

RTÉ exhibition Ireland on the Box now open at the NPA

Time Capsule - The Innisfail sails again
by Justin Furlong (Newspaper Librarian); Alexandra Nederlof (Student Conservation Intern from the University of Amsterdam) and Louise O'Connor (Conservator) In February 2012 we were contacted by Tim...

The Spectre of Blood
by Abigail Rieley - Writer, Journalist, Court Reporter & NLI Reader The ghosts of the forgotten haunt the National Library of Ireland; those whose stories lie in out of print pages or hidden in...

The acquisition of Edna O’Brien’s Papers (2009 – 2021)
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