The National Library of Ireland (NLI) is a must-visit cultural institution for any visitors to the Emerald Isle interested in delving into the story of Ireland. Visitors can enjoy lively events and ...

Trinity College Dublin has been rooted in the history and culture of these islands since it was founded by Royal Charter in 1592. Yet it is also an integral part of the modern Ireland that is ...

Muriel McCarthy, the first female and first Roman Catholic keeper of Marsh’s Library, Ireland’s oldest public library, has died following a long illness. For more than 40 years – 22 of which she was ...

When was the last time you visited your national library? In many communities, a trip to the local library is as commonplace as a trip to the supermarket, with everything from book clubs to language ...

The National Library of Ireland has acquired the personal papers of Irish priest Fr. Bernárd Lynch, a renowned HIV/AIDS activist in New York. Fr. Bernárd Lynch was born in Ennis, Co Clare in 1947 and ...

The Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago.

Images capture the essence of the social, cultural and technological changes that have taken place in Ireland from the mid 19th century. This family group photograph, commissioned by J.J. Healy Esq.

For a country with such a proud literary connection, Ireland is an outlier when it comes to our school libraries. Unlike the UK, where there is a long-established tradition of professionally staffed ...

A vast collection of maps of Ireland has been acquired by the Republic ahead of being digitised for public viewing. The Bonar Law collection features almost 10,000 maps and 9,000 prints, compiled by ...

Eoin McCarney: 'People tend to think of the National Library as a place for high-end research but we collect newspapers from all around the country, magazines, journals, children’s books, novels, ...