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A Magnificent Pile! A brief architectural tour of the main library building
by Justin Furlong, Assistant Keeper, National Library of Ireland On August 29th, 1890, the present day National Library Ireland building was opened. Inspired by the suggestions of William Archer,...
Poetry Aloud
Information on Poetry Aloud 2025 is coming soon...
The Course of True Love
Bean an Phoist says: Honora has so many great collections to choose from that it would have been cruel and heartless to restrict her to just one item that she loves, so here are just some of her...
Improving access to the Lawrence Collection
by Aoife O’Connell, Catalogue Development Student The National Library of Ireland holds a number of historically valuable and interesting photographic collections. Perhaps the best known and most...
Tracing Thomas Kenny
by Sam McGrath, Cataloguer, Joseph Holloway Collection While cataloguing 19th century books, you can occasionally come across a little hand-written inscription that will make you pause for a moment...
The Spectrum Bursts: Seamus Heaney & the Visual Arts
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...
Exploring Aviation in Ireland – from the NLI Collections
Cherish Donate Archive to National Library of Ireland
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