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Collecting Ireland's History
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...
RTÉ exhibition Ireland on the Box now open at the NPA
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...
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...
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...
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...
An Introduction to Digital Collections
The Seamus Heaney Literary Papers
by Frances Clarke, Archivist of the Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010 In November 2011 the National Library of Ireland acquired one of its most important donations for many years – the...
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