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interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacionalna_biblioteka_Irske" title="Nacionalna biblioteka Irske – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Nacionalna biblioteka Irske" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Nacional_d%27Irlanda" title="Biblioteca Nacional d'Irlanda – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Biblioteca Nacional d'Irlanda" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irsk%C3%A1_n%C3%A1rodn%C3%AD_knihovna" title="Irská národní knihovna – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Irská národní knihovna" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Ireland" title="National Library of Ireland – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="National Library of Ireland" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irische_Nationalbibliothek" title="Irische Nationalbibliothek – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Irische Nationalbibliothek" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BA%CE%B7_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ιρλανδίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ιρλανδίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Nacional_de_Irlanda" title="Biblioteca Nacional de Irlanda – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Biblioteca Nacional de Irlanda" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacia_biblioteko_de_Irlando" title="Nacia biblioteko de Irlando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nacia biblioteko de Irlando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irlandako_Liburutegi_Nazionala" title="Irlandako Liburutegi Nazionala – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Irlandako Liburutegi Nazionala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="کتابخانه ملی ایرلند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کتابخانه ملی ایرلند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_d%27Irlande" title="Bibliothèque nationale d'Irlande – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bibliothèque nationale d'Irlande" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leabharlann_N%C3%A1isi%C3%BAnta_na_h%C3%89ireann" title="Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C_%EA%B5%AD%EB%A6%BD%EB%8F%84%EC%84%9C%EA%B4%80" title="아일랜드 국립도서관 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아일랜드 국립도서관" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93" title="הספרייה הלאומית של אירלנד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הספרייה הלאומית של אירלנד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%AArijas_Nacion%C4%81l%C4%81_bibliot%C4%93ka" title="Īrijas Nacionālā bibliotēka – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Īrijas Nacionālā bibliotēka" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Nasional_de_Er" title="Biblioteca Nasional de Er – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Biblioteca Nasional de Er" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Национална библиотека на Ирска – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Национална библиотека на Ирска" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87" title="مكتبه ايرلندا الوطنيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مكتبه ايرلندا الوطنيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Ireland" title="National Library of Ireland – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="National Library of Ireland" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E5%9B%BD%E7%AB%8B%E5%9B%B3%E6%9B%B8%E9%A4%A8" title="アイルランド国立図書館 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アイルランド国立図書館" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irlandiya_milliy_kutibxonasi" title="Irlandiya milliy kutibxonasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Irlandiya milliy kutibxonasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteka_Narodowa_Irlandii" title="Biblioteka Narodowa Irlandii – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Biblioteka Narodowa Irlandii" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Nacional_da_Irlanda" title="Biblioteca Nacional da Irlanda – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Biblioteca Nacional da Irlanda" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Национальная библиотека Ирландии – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Национальная библиотека Ирландии" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacionalna_biblioteka_Irske" title="Nacionalna biblioteka Irske – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Nacionalna biblioteka Irske" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irlannin_kansalliskirjasto" title="Irlannin kansalliskirjasto – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Irlannin kansalliskirjasto" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0rlanda_Ulusal_K%C3%BCt%C3%BCphanesi" 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data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The front façade of the library, 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-overlays="["_b886b33bb38baf6da881bdce1ae1bf0451129864"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=National_Library_of_Ireland&revid=1255620226&groups=_b886b33bb38baf6da881bdce1ae1bf0451129864" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=National_Library_of_Ireland&revid=1255620226&groups=_b886b33bb38baf6da881bdce1ae1bf0451129864 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kildare_Street" title="Kildare Street">Kildare Street</a>, Dublin, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1877<span class="noprint">; 147 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1877</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Collection</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Items collected</th><td class="infobox-data">Books, <a href="/wiki/Academic_journal" title="Academic journal">journals</a>, newspapers, magazines, <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscripts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Map" title="Map">maps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Printmaking" title="Printmaking">prints</a> and drawings, <a href="/wiki/Printed_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Printed music">printed music</a>, photographs, <a href="/wiki/Ephemera" title="Ephemera">ephemera</a>, and websites and databases</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">estimated 8 million items</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit">Legal deposit</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yes, since 1927</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Access and use</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Access requirements</th><td class="infobox-data">Free. Open to all those who wish to consult the collections for material not otherwise available through the public library service or an academic library.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:center;background: #ededed;">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Whitty" title="Audrey Whitty">Audrey Whitty</a> (February 2023–)<sup id="cite_ref-dir2022_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dir2022-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nli.ie/">www<wbr />.nli<wbr />.ie</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Library_of_Ireland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/National_Library_of_Ireland.jpg/220px-National_Library_of_Ireland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/National_Library_of_Ireland.jpg/330px-National_Library_of_Ireland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/National_Library_of_Ireland.jpg/440px-National_Library_of_Ireland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>View on <a href="/wiki/Kildare_Street" title="Kildare Street">Kildare Street</a> of the NLI</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>National Library of Ireland</b> (NLI; <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann</i>) is <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_library" title="National library">national library</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, in a building designed by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Newenham_Deane" title="Thomas Newenham Deane">Thomas Newenham Deane</a>. 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 and to contribute to the provision of access to the larger universe of recorded knowledge." </p><p>The library is a <a href="/wiki/Reference_library" class="mw-redirect" title="Reference library">reference library</a> and, as such, does not lend. It has a large quantity of Irish and Irish-related material which can be consulted without charge; this includes books, <a href="/wiki/Map" title="Map">maps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscripts</a>, music, newspapers, <a href="/wiki/Periodical" class="mw-redirect" title="Periodical">periodicals</a> and photographs. Included in its collections are materials issued by private as well as government publishers. Among the library's major holdings are an archive of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Irish newspapers">Irish newspapers</a> and collections donated by individual authors or their estates. The library is also the <a href="/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number" class="mw-redirect" title="International Standard Serial Number">ISSN</a> National Centre for Ireland. </p><p>The office of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Herald_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Herald of Ireland">Chief Herald of Ireland</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Photographic_Archive" title="National Photographic Archive">National Photographic Archive</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Literature_Ireland" title="Museum of Literature Ireland">Museum of Literature Ireland</a> are functions of the library, the latter in partnership with <a href="/wiki/University_College_Dublin" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a>. The library also holds <a href="/wiki/Art_exhibition" title="Art exhibition">exhibitions</a>, and provides a number of other services including <a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">genealogy</a> research tools and support. The <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Tourism,_Culture,_Arts,_Gaeltacht,_Sport_and_Media" title="Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media">Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media</a> is the member of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government of Ireland</a> responsible for the library. </p><p>The main library building is on <a href="/wiki/Kildare_Street" title="Kildare Street">Kildare Street</a>, adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a> and the archaeology section of the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland" title="National Museum of Ireland">National Museum of Ireland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The library building, as well as its sister building the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland_%E2%80%93_Archaeology" title="National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology">National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology</a> which mirrors it across the front of <a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a>, were erected in 1890 and faced with Leinster granite, while "buff-coloured micaceous Mount Charles sandstone from Donegal was used on the upper sotreys and for dressings around the doors and windows." According to Wyse Jackson, curator of the Geological Museum at Trinity College Dublin, over 3,000 tons of the sandstone were transported to Dublin and dressed on site.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199335_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199335-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The National Library of Ireland was established by the Dublin Science and Art Museum Act 1877, which provided that the bulk of the collections in the possession of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Dublin_Society" title="Royal Dublin Society">Royal Dublin Society</a>, should be vested in the then Department of Science and Art for the benefit of the public and of the Society, and for the purposes of the Act. </p><p>An Agreement of 1881 provided that the Library should operate under the superintendence of a Council of twelve Trustees, eight of whom were appointed by the Society and four by the Government; this Agreement also conferred on the Trustees the duty of appointing the officers of the Library. This arrangement remained in place until the library became an autonomous cultural institution in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1924/5 the Library was transferred to the Department of Education under which it remained until 1986 when it was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Taoiseach" title="Department of the Taoiseach">Department of the Taoiseach</a>. In 1927 the Library was granted legal deposit status under the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992 responsibility for the Library was transferred to the newly established <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Children,_Equality,_Disability,_Integration_and_Youth" title="Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth">Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Tourism,_Culture,_Arts,_Gaeltacht,_Sport_and_Media" title="Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media">Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on 3 May 2005 became an autonomous cultural institution under the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structural_decay">Structural decay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structural decay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1993, the Mount Charles sandstone which had been used to <a href="/wiki/Stone_veneer" title="Stone veneer">face</a> the library building (as well as that of <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland_%E2%80%93_Archaeology" title="National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology">National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology</a>) had begun to break up through the "precipitation of salts within the fabric of the rock".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199312_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199312-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sandstone had been badly affected by the coal-polluted atmosphere in Dublin over the century it had remained in situ, and was replaced in the 1960s by a grey limestone from <a href="/wiki/Ardbraccan" title="Ardbraccan">Ardbraccan</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">County Meath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199335_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199335-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 1993, Wyse Jackson noted that "Close examinations of the stone remaining on the National Museum shows obvious decay and exfoliation of the outer layers of the rock, caused by the breakdown of the ferrous cement used to bind the sand grains together".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199335_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199335-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wyse Jackson made the note that the same rock had not been broken down by the atmosphere or pollutants in its native County Donegal where a number of buildings constructed as early as 1820 were still extant.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199335_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWyse_Jackson199335-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The library is governed by a board, with day-to-day management in the hands of a director and a number of heads of functions. Directors of the library have included <a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Lyster" title="Thomas William Lyster">Thomas William Lyster</a> (1895-1920), <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lloyd_Praeger" title="Robert Lloyd Praeger">Robert Lloyd Praeger</a> (1920–24), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Irvine_Best" title="Richard Irvine Best">Richard Irvine Best</a> (1924–40), <a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Hayes" title="Richard J. Hayes">Richard J. Hayes</a> (1940-67), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hewson" title="Michael Hewson">Michael Hewson</a> (1982–1988), <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Donlon" title="Patricia Donlon">Patricia Donlon</a> (1989–97), <a href="/wiki/Brendan_O%27Donoghue_(civil_servant)" title="Brendan O'Donoghue (civil servant)">Brendan O'Donoghue</a> (1997–2003), Aongus Ó hAonghusa (2003–09), <a href="/wiki/Fiona_Ross_(public_servant)" title="Fiona Ross (public servant)">Fiona Ross</a> (2010-2014), and <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Collins_(librarian)" title="Sandra Collins (librarian)">Sandra Collins</a> (2015–21).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a period under an acting director, in December 2022, the library announced that <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Whitty" title="Audrey Whitty">Audrey Whitty</a>, deputy director of the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland" title="National Museum of Ireland">National Museum of Ireland</a>, would assume the office of director in early 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-dir2022_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dir2022-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collections">Collections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basis_and_legal_deposit">Basis and legal deposit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Basis and legal deposit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The collection began with the transfer of books and papers from the Royal Dublin Society, and was significantly boosted by the addition of the library as a copyright library for Ireland from 1927 (by contrast, the library of Trinity College Dublin was already a copyright library for the UK and Ireland, a status it retains). The National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 mandated that the National Library of Ireland (NLI) collect all materials relating to Ireland to provide an accurate record of Irish output.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_collections">Major collections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The library holds over 12 million items.<sup id="cite_ref-NLI_collns_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLI_collns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main collection is a combination of stock transferred from the Royal Dublin Society, including the Joly collection (25,000 volumes), later acquisitions, and copyright deposits of most printed, and some other, works published in Ireland since 1927. The library purchases content from Northern Ireland, and attempts to collect all publications in Irish, and acquires a limited supply from further afield.<sup id="cite_ref-NLI_colln_bks_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLI_colln_bks-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book collection numbers around 1 million volumes, principally sourced from the RDS legacy and legal deposit copies.<sup id="cite_ref-NLI_colln_bks_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLI_colln_bks-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other major collections include serials (recurrent publications other than newspapers, including magazines, journals and annual reports), maps and drawings, Government and other public sector publications, manuscripts, and original and microfilmed newspapers. The NLI holds over 2,785 subject items related to 20th century Irish poets,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is a major source for poetry by Irish writers.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dublin,_Nationalbiblioteket,_Nordisk_familjebok.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Dublin%2C_Nationalbiblioteket%2C_Nordisk_familjebok.png/220px-Dublin%2C_Nationalbiblioteket%2C_Nordisk_familjebok.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Dublin%2C_Nationalbiblioteket%2C_Nordisk_familjebok.png/330px-Dublin%2C_Nationalbiblioteket%2C_Nordisk_familjebok.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Dublin%2C_Nationalbiblioteket%2C_Nordisk_familjebok.png/440px-Dublin%2C_Nationalbiblioteket%2C_Nordisk_familjebok.png 2x" data-file-width="1185" data-file-height="706" /></a><figcaption>1907 photograph of the National Library of Ireland, as taken from the <i><a href="/wiki/Nordisk_familjebok" title="Nordisk familjebok">Nordisk familjebok</a></i></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personal_archives_and_papers">Personal archives and papers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal archives and papers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Library of Ireland houses collections of archival papers, including personal notes and work books, of eminent writers including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roddy_Doyle" title="Roddy Doyle">Roddy Doyle</a><sup id="cite_ref-seamus_heaney_declutters_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seamus_heaney_declutters-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seamus_Heaney" title="Seamus Heaney">Seamus Heaney</a><sup id="cite_ref-seamus_heaney_declutters_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seamus_heaney_declutters-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins" title="Michael D. Higgins">Michael D. Higgins</a><sup id="cite_ref-seamus_heaney_declutters_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seamus_heaney_declutters-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Joyce" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a><sup id="cite_ref-seamus_heaney_declutters_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seamus_heaney_declutters-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edna_O%27Brien" title="Edna O'Brien">Edna O'Brien</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colm_T%C3%B3ib%C3%ADn" title="Colm Tóibín">Colm Tóibín</a><sup id="cite_ref-seamus_heaney_declutters_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seamus_heaney_declutters-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Una_Troy" title="Una Troy">Una Troy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Wingfield" title="Sheila Wingfield">Sheila Wingfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._B._Yeats" title="W. B. Yeats">W. B. Yeats</a><sup id="cite_ref-seamus_heaney_declutters_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seamus_heaney_declutters-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The National Library of Ireland houses the Sheehy Skeffington Papers, a collection of articles, books, poems, and other materials of Irish writers and activists, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Sheehy-Skeffington" title="Francis Sheehy-Skeffington">Francis Sheehy Skeffington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hanna_Sheehy-Skeffington" title="Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington">Hanna Sheehy Skeffington</a>.  These writings offer an understanding into the influence of the Francis and Hanna Skeffington in early 20th Century Irish culture and thought as well as insight into their family life.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The library also holds the Cooper Collection. Austin Cooper (1759–1831) was a <a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">County Tipperary</a> clerk who produced numerous sketches of Irish antiquities which were preserved by his great grandson.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cooper Collection also contains drawings by other artists including <a href="/wiki/Francis_Wheatley_(painter)" title="Francis Wheatley (painter)">Francis Wheatley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parish_registers">Parish registers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parish registers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Library also maintains an online index of all Catholic parish registers up to the 1880s which recorded baptisms, marriages and some burials. The original collection was preserved on microfilm and later was provided online.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, the National Library of Ireland began a collaborative effort in a new website, the National Archive of Irish Composers, which was designed to develop a free online comprehensive collection of the sheet music of 18th and 19th century Irish composers.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, the website of the National Archive of Irish Composers describes the project as a collaborative venture between the National Library of Ireland, TU Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama, Heritage Music Productions, directed by Dr Una Hunt.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Digital">Digital</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Digital"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019, the Library accessioned its first "<a href="/wiki/Born-digital" title="Born-digital">born digital</a>" collection as a pilot scheme, receiving the digital collection of Irish author, <a href="/wiki/Marian_Keyes" title="Marian Keyes">Marian Keyes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ireland-related_topics" title="List of Ireland-related topics">List of Ireland-related topics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Lyster" title="Thomas William Lyster">Thomas William Lyster</a>, director of the library between 1895 and 1920.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Archives_of_Ireland" title="National Archives of Ireland">National Archives of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Photographic_Archive" title="National Photographic Archive">National Photographic Archive</a></li> 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/new-director-announced-dr-audrey-whitty">"The NLI is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Audrey Whitty to the role of Director"</a>. <i>nli.ie</i>. 22 December 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Museums_and_galleries_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland_by_province" title="Template:Museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland by province"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Museums_and_galleries_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland_by_province" title="Template talk:Museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland by province"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Museums_and_galleries_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland_by_province" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Museums and galleries 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href="/wiki/Castlerea_Railway_Museum" title="Castlerea Railway Museum">Castlerea Railway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavan_and_Leitrim_Railway" title="Cavan and Leitrim Railway">Cavan and Leitrim Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connemara_Heritage_and_History_Centre" title="Connemara Heritage and History Centre">Connemara Heritage and History Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custom_House_Studios_and_Gallery" title="Custom House Studios and Gallery">Custom House Studios and Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clew_Bay_Heritage_Centre" title="Clew Bay Heritage Centre">Clew Bay Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galway_City_Museum" title="Galway City Museum">Galway City Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glengowla_Mines" title="Glengowla Mines">Glengowla Mines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Gallery_(Sligo)" title="Hamilton Gallery (Sligo)">Hamilton Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Mitchell_Geology_Museum" title="James Mitchell Geology Museum">James Mitchell Geology Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Model,_Sligo" title="The Model, Sligo">The Model, Sligo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Famine_Museum" title="National Famine Museum">National Famine Museum</a> & <a href="/wiki/Strokestown_Park" title="Strokestown Park">Strokestown Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland_%E2%80%93_Country_Life" title="National Museum of Ireland – Country Life">National Museum of Ireland – Country Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roscommon_County_Museum" title="Roscommon County Museum">Roscommon County Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sligo_County_Museum" title="Sligo County Museum">Sligo County Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allihies_Copper_Mine_Museum" title="Allihies Copper Mine Museum">Allihies Copper Mine Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare_Museum" title="Clare Museum">Clare Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobh_Heritage_Centre" title="Cobh Heritage Centre">Cobh Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_Church,_Cobh" title="Scots Church, Cobh">Cobh Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cork_Butter_Museum" title="Cork Butter Museum">Cork Butter Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cork_Public_Museum" title="Cork Public Museum">Cork Public Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craggaunowen" title="Craggaunowen">Craggaunowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_Art_Gallery" title="Crawford Art Gallery">Crawford Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garda_College_Museum_and_Visitor_Centre" title="Garda College Museum and Visitor Centre">Garda College Museum and Visitor Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_Museum" title="Hunt Museum">Hunt Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameson_Experience,_Midleton" class="mw-redirect" title="Jameson Experience, Midleton">Jameson Experience, Midleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_County_Museum" title="Kerry County Museum">Kerry County Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Glucksman_Gallery" title="Lewis Glucksman Gallery">Lewis Glucksman Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limerick_City_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Limerick City Museum">Limerick City Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ormston_House" title="Ormston House">Ormston House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_People%27s_Museum_of_Limerick" title="The People's Museum of Limerick">The People's Museum of Limerick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipperary_Museum_of_Hidden_History" title="Tipperary Museum of Hidden History">Tipperary Museum of Hidden History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterford_County_Museum" title="Waterford County Museum">Waterford County Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterford_Treasures" title="Waterford Treasures">Waterford Treasures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Dublin" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/14_Henrietta_Street" title="14 Henrietta Street">14 Henrietta Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casino_Model_Railway_Museum" title="Casino Model Railway Museum">Casino Model Railway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Beatty_Library" title="Chester Beatty Library">Chester Beatty Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baily_Lighthouse#Museum" title="Baily Lighthouse">Commissioners of Irish Lights Museum (Baily Lighthouse)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Custom_House" title="The Custom House">The Custom House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hyde_Gallery" title="Douglas Hyde Gallery">Douglas Hyde Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Castle#Buildings_and_architecture" title="Dublin Castle">Dublin Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Fire_Brigade#Training_centre_and_museum" title="Dublin Fire Brigade">Dublin Fire Brigade Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublinia" title="Dublinia">Dublinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Writers_Museum" title="Dublin Writers Museum">Dublin Writers Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EPIC_The_Irish_Emigration_Museum" title="EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum">EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garda_Museum" title="Garda Museum">Garda Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasnevin_Cemetery" title="Glasnevin Cemetery">Glasnevin Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GPO_Museum" title="GPO Museum">GPO Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinness_Storehouse" title="Guinness Storehouse">Guinness Storehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lane_Gallery" title="Hugh Lane Gallery">Hugh Lane Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Jewish_Museum" title="Irish Jewish Museum">Irish Jewish Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Irish Museum of Modern Art">Irish Museum of Modern Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iveagh_Trust#The_Museum_Flat" title="Iveagh Trust">The Museum Flat (Iveagh Trust)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Joyce_Centre" title="James Joyce Centre">James Joyce Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Joyce_Tower_and_Museum" title="James Joyce Tower and Museum">James Joyce Tower and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameson_Distillery_Bow_St." title="Jameson Distillery Bow St.">Jameson Distillery Bow St.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerlin_Gallery" title="Kerlin Gallery">Kerlin Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmainham_Gaol" title="Kilmainham Gaol">Kilmainham Gaol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Museum_of_Dublin" title="Little Museum of Dublin">Little Museum of Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsh%27s_Library" title="Marsh's Library">Marsh's Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Literature_Ireland" title="Museum of Literature Ireland">Museum of Literature Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Ireland" title="National Gallery of Ireland">National Gallery of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Leprechaun_Museum" title="National Leprechaun Museum">National Leprechaun Museum</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">National Library of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum_of_Ireland" title="National Maritime Museum of Ireland">National Maritime Museum of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland" title="National Museum of Ireland">National Museum of Ireland</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland_%E2%80%93_Archaeology" title="National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology">Archaeology</a> · <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland_%E2%80%93_Decorative_Arts_and_History" title="National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History">Decorative Arts and History</a> · <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland_%E2%80%93_Natural_History" title="National Museum of Ireland – Natural History">Natural History</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Photographic_Archive" title="National Photographic Archive">National Photographic Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Print_Museum" title="National Print Museum">National Print Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Transport_Museum_of_Ireland" title="National Transport Museum of Ireland">National Transport Museum of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wax_Museum_Plus" title="National Wax Museum Plus">National Wax Museum Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Number_Twenty_Nine:_Georgian_House_Museum" title="Number Twenty Nine: Georgian House Museum">Number Twenty Nine: Georgian House Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Cornet_Gallery" title="Olivier Cornet Gallery">Olivier Cornet Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriel_Gallery" title="Oriel Gallery">Oriel Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallas_Projects/Studios" title="Pallas Projects/Studios">Pallas Projects/Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearse_Museum" title="Pearse Museum">Pearse Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PhotoIreland" title="PhotoIreland">PhotoIreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Arts_Centre" title="Project Arts Centre">Project Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Castle#Tourism_and_culture" title="Dublin Castle">Revenue Museum (Dublin Castle)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Barracks" title="Richmond Barracks">Richmond Barracks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Hibernian_Academy" title="Royal Hibernian Academy">Royal Hibernian Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Gallery#Science_Gallery_Dublin" title="Science 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Boyne">Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BA_na_B%C3%B3inne#Visitor_centre" title="Brú na Bóinne">Brú na Bóinne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlow_County_Museum" title="Carlow County Museum">Carlow County Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Carlow_Military_Museum" title="County Carlow Military Museum">County Carlow Military Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Museum_Dundalk" title="County Museum Dundalk">County Museum Dundalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunamaise_Arts_Centre" title="Dunamaise Arts Centre">Dunamaise Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyer%E2%80%93McAllister_Cottage" title="Dwyer–McAllister Cottage">Dwyer–McAllister Cottage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enniscorthy_Castle" title="Enniscorthy Castle">Enniscorthy Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlanes_Gallery" title="Highlanes Gallery">Highlanes Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_National_Stud#The_Horse_Museum" title="Irish National Stud">Horse Museum (Irish 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