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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...
The Denis Tynan Collection at the National Photographic Archive
By Grace Kiernan, DIT NPA Internship, Sept-Dec 2013 In September 2013 I was offered the opportunity to do an internship as part of DIT's Archiving in Context third year, semester-long module, which...
Dancing Angels and Devilish Microfilm
by Abigail Rieley, Writer & NLI Reader For me, former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey will always be inextricably linked to the rattling of microfilm readers. I was sitting at one in the Reading Room...
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5.2 million reasons to do a stock check
by Nora-Jane Thornton, National Photographic Archive When asked if I would like to relocate from our Manuscript Department to the National Photographic Archive in Meeting House Square in Temple Bar,...
Photographs
Poetry Aloud
Information on Poetry Aloud 2025 is coming soon...
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...
Family Fragments from the First World War
History as the Sum of Our Stories by Avice-Claire McGovern, Librarian The digital age has caused a shift in our collective remembrance practices. No longer solely the province of professional...
Press Releases
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