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Farewell Thom, Hello Doyle
by Giada Gelli, Preservation Assistant As the cleaning of the Thom Collection drew to an end yesterday, we thought it fair to take a moment to talk about its beauty and richness. This stunning...

Newspaper Descriptors Project
Intro by Justin Furlong, NLI Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland in association with the Newspaper & Periodical History Forum of Ireland is pleased to launch its Newspaper...

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Permission to Re-use

An Irish sheep tale - 700 year-old parchments conserved
by Élodie Lévêque, Project Conservator An extraordinary manuscript collection; the Ormond Collection has been called the ‘most important Anglo-Norman family archive in Ireland’. It...

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Let's Get Political ... The NLI's Web Archive
by Maria Ryan, Web Archivist. This week marks six years since the National Library of Ireland (NLI) began collecting and archiving websites. It is also six years since the 2011 General Election and...

Mapping the Past, Shaping the Future

Wanted: One strong, healthy young Man
by Justin Furlong, Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland has one of the strongest holdings of Irish newspapers in the world. See our Newspaper Database for more details on what we...
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