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Who reads ULYSSES?
by Rob Berry, Cartoonist on ULYSSES "SEEN" "If you can put your finger through it, it is a gate, if not a door. Shut your eyes and see." - James Joyce The quality of art; it really is just a...
Welcome to our world
by Fiona Ross, Director of the NLI The National Library of Ireland was established in 1877 and the doors of our magnificent building on Kildare Street were first opened to the public 121 years ago...
Striking Inwards and Downwards: A Celebration of International Bog Day through Seamus Heaney’s Poetry
Capital Development Project
Reimagining the National Library
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...
No Time to Wait Conference Returns for its 9th Edition at the NLI from 15-17 October 2025
The Clean Sweep - It's the Final Countdown!
by Nikki Ralston, Conservation Back in July 2011, I posted a short blog introducing The Clean Sweep, a preservation project aiming to clean and box our rare book collections. We have now started the...
Then and Now: Letters in the Library
NLI celebrates some of the country’s greatest living writers
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