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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...
The Kildare Street Club and the Easter Rising
by Avice-Claire McGovern, Librarian Eyewitness accounts from Tuesday, 9th May 1916 On Easter Monday, 24th April 1916, Alfred West was attending the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse, when he heard...
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Pettyfoggers and Vipers
by Sean Smith, Researcher at our "Palace to Procrastination" Lawyers and the legal profession, where would we be without them? If it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t have Dickens’ Bleak House and...
NLI unveils Lego model as major redevelopment work continues
Exhibition | Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
Step into the World of Seamus Heaney
Always judge a book by its cover
by Elodie Leveque & Louise O'Connor, Conservation Conservators love knowing how a book was put together, and recently, we had the opportunity to examine a very interesting item. Despite being in...
The Irish Bulletin Newspaper (1919-1921)
By Ian Kenneally, Historian, Author and Broadcaster. He is currently a PhD student at the History Department, NUI Galway. The Irish Bulletin began publication on 11 November 1919 and ended...
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Science in the library: conserving historic manuscripts, part 2
Post by Heraldic collection conservator Louise O’Connor Science plays a central role in modern conservation of cultural heritage. By understanding the chemical structure of materials, a conservator...
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