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Music Posters
by Honora Faul, Department of Prints & Drawings Café Joly here at the Library is currently showcasing a selection of images from our NLI music collections. Some depict early sheet music dating...
Strewth
Niamh McGarry, Conservation Asst., Dublin Castle Clippings Conservation Project One of the most surprising items that I have come across during my time working on the conservation of the Dublin...
Welcome to Your NLI
by Nikki Ralston, Exhibitions Our new Front Hall display proudly says “Welcome to Your NLI”, not the NLI or our NLI but Yours. After all, as a public collection the National Library of Ireland...
Filming & Recording
Homemade manuscripts; a scholars’ binding
Customer Charter and Action Plan
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...
Commissioners of Irish Lights Collection
by Mike Bors (National Photographic Archive / Dublin Institute of Technology Archival Internship 2014) The National Photographic Archive (NPA) and Dublin Institute of Technology’s (DIT) annual...
Poor old Titanic, it is a heart-rending story
by Áine Finegan, Reference Team Student The centenary of the sinking of the Titanic is fast approaching with the one-hundredth anniversary of both her maiden voyage and demise in April 2012. The...
The Irish in the American Civil War
by Gavin Finlay The American Civil War of 1861-65 is one of modern history’s most catastrophic conflicts. With approximately 750,000 fatalities and 400,000 wounded, it remains the deadliest war in...
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