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Books
The National Library of Ireland’s printed books collection consists of around one million items.
Much love to your sweet self
by Maria O'Shea, Manuscripts Student One of the wonderful things about working in our Department of Manuscripts is that, as well as working with political and official documents, you come across...
Do not try this at home
by Aoife O Connor, co-curator of Particles of the Past exhibition In deciding what to put into our Discover: Particles of the Past exhibition for Dublin City of Science 2012, Robert Boyle was top of...
New Acquisition: Robinson Stoney-Bowes Papers
Collections
There once was a Welsh priest called Gerald
by Nikki Ralston, Exhibitions One of the pleasures of our collections is that they provide the opportunity to appreciate not only the differences between the past and our own times, but to recognise...
Lawrence Postcards Roche Collection
by Daniel Casey (National Photographic Archive / Dublin Institute of Technology Archival Internship 2014) I completed an internship as part of the annual collaborative partnership between the...
Celebrate Culture Night 2025 at the NLI
Web archiving: Electric Picnic arts-and-music festival
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