Opening Hours

*For all Christmas Opening Hours please see here.*

*Note: Poetry Aloud will take place on Friday 8th December in the Main Reading Room. Both the Main Reading Room and the Microfilm Reading Room will be closed to readers all day.

Reader's Ticket Office

Monday - Friday: 10.30am - 12.30pm & 2pm - 4pm
Tuesday evenings: 5pm - 7pm
Saturdays: 9.30am - 1pm on the following dates.

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Reading Rooms

A reader’s ticket is required to access all reading rooms and research spaces. You may apply for a reader’s ticket using our online application form.

Main, Microfilm and Manuscripts Reading Rooms*
Monday, Thursday & Friday: 9.30am - 5pm
Tuesday - Wednesday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturdays: 9.30am - 1pm on the following dates.

Family History Research Room
Monday - Friday: 9.30am - 5pm

NPA Reading Room
By appointment; email npaoffice@nli.ie

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Exhibitions

YEATS: The Life & Works of William Butler Yeats
Main Library building, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 P638

• Monday, Thursday & Friday: 9.30am - 5pm (last admission 4.30pm)
• Tuesday - Wednesday: 9.30am - 7pm (last admission 6.30pm)
• Saturday - Sunday: 9.30am - 5pm (last admission 4:30pm)
• Public Holiday Mondays: 12pm - 5pm (last admission 4:30pm)

Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again 
Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2, D02 VR66

• Tuesday - Friday: 10am - 4pm (last admission 3.30pm)

People and Places: Ireland in 19th and 20th Centuries
National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 WF85

• Monday - Sunday: 10am - 4pm 

Admission to all exhibitions is free of charge.