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Family History Research
by Ciara Kerrigan, Research Services Thousands of people visit us here at the NLI each year to carry out research on their family history. Many of these visitors know little or nothing about where to...
NLI marks acquisition of the Fr Bernárd Lynch Collection
“Ghosts” down the microscope! Image id’ing ain’t easy!
By Gabrielle Vergnoux, Conservation Intern, National Library of Ireland At first sight, an image of “Cork Harbour by Robert Lowe Stopford in 1862”, as is written on the verso, seems to do exactly...
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Death in a Sweetshop
by Pól Ó Duibhir, retired and family history researcher The Connection – The day was 16 June 1946. The man in the sweetshop collapsed and died on the spot. There would be no cartoon of this...
NLI unveils Lego model as major redevelopment work continues
Minister Catherine Martin opens two new public spaces at the National Library of Ireland
James Joyce Zurich Foundation Letters Digitised by National Library
By Ray Burke, Chief News Editor RTÉ News A first-hand account by James Joyce of his unsuccessful attempts to avoid publicity when he married Nora Barnacle in London in 1931 is among the most...
The Annie O’Farrelly Papers at the National Library
by Fiona Hughes, NLI Archival Student Annie O’Farrelly (or Áine Ní Fhaircheallaigh) is typical of many figures in Irish history and the revolutionary period. Neither a household name nor a...
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