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Dublin City Libraries is the public library service for Dublin, Ireland. It is largest library authority in the Republic of Ireland , serving over half a million people [ 1 ] and around 2.6 million visits annually [ 2 ] through a network of 21 branch libraries and a number of specialist services.
Marsh's Library, situated in St. Patrick's Close, adjacent to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland is a well-preserved library of the late Renaissance and early Enlightenment. When it opened to the public in 1707 it was the first public library in Ireland. It was built to the order of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh and has a collection of over ...
The National Library of Ireland (NLI; Irish: Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is Ireland 's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The mission of the National Library of Ireland is "To collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland ...
The Library of Trinity College Dublin ( Irish: Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide) serves Trinity College. It is a legal deposit or "copyright library", under which, publishers in Ireland must deposit a copy of all their publications there, without charge. [ 2]
The Chester Beatty Library, now known as the Chester Beatty, is a museum and library in Dublin. It was established in Ireland in 1953, [ 1 ] to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. [ 2 ] The present museum, on the grounds of Dublin Castle, opened on 7 February 2000, the 125th anniversary of Beatty's birth and was ...
Location. 74 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. Type. Religious. Established. 1922. The Central Catholic Library ( Irish: Leabharlann an Chreidimh) is a library located in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded by Fr. Stephen Brown, SJ on 25 June 1922 with the goal of helping the laity to educate themselves. It is a voluntary subscription library (one ...
Phibsborough Public Library is an art deco and Georgian style public library in Phibsborough, Dublin designed by Robert Sorley Lawrie working in the city architect's office under Horace O'Rourke. [1] This building was one of four similar libraries built by Dublin Corporation between 1935 and 1940 in the Dublin suburbs of Phibsborough, Ringsend ...
On 28 October 1928, the Library Service Branch of the Irish Local Government Officials’ Union held an Irish Library Conference at the Mansion House in Dublin, and at this conference, the Library Association of Ireland was founded. The first President of the LAI (from 1929 to 1930) was Dr Robert Lloyd Praeger.