Search

by Michael Seery, NLI reader / chemistry lecturer / local historian extraordinaire The problem with the Internet is that it’s really, just, very good. With a few keywords, I can easily compile...

Intro by Justin Furlong, NLI Newspaper Librarian This is the third in a series of blogs connected to a joint project (Newspaper Descriptors Project) by the National Library of Ireland and the...

by Máire Ní Chonalláin, Assistant Keeper II The Samuel Beckett Collection which belonged to the author’s London bookseller friend, Alan Clodd, has been catalogued. We were fortunate enough to...

by Giada Gelli, former NLI Collections Student There is always a mixed bag of feelings waiting at the end of a project: something is over and a void opens up in front of us, but the sense of...

Next Wednesday, 16 January, is the 5th anniversary of The Commons on Flickr. 56 libraries, archives, museums and galleries all over the world (including us) make up Flickr Commons. We all share our...

by Abigail Rieley - Writer, Journalist, Court Reporter & NLI Reader The ghosts of the forgotten haunt the National Library of Ireland; those whose stories lie in out of print pages or hidden in...

Bean an Phoist says:  A few weeks ago, I asked NLI staff to pick things they love in our collections (maybe also about love) and to write about them for Valentine's Day. Those who weren't nimble...