Culture Night at the NLI

National Library of Ireland – 7/8 Kildare Street

In Kildare Street, our doors will be open from 5pm – 9pm and everyone is welcome. Wander in through the hall to view the beautiful reading room which will be open through the evening, view the Lego model of the library and enjoy musical performances by St. Mary's College Singers .

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YEATS: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats – 7/8 Kildare Street

Our Yeats exhibition will be open in the main building on Kildare Street until 5pm - 9pm.

Sit awhile and listen to some of the poet’s best loved poems and stroll through the exhibition exploring the many interests of WB Yeats: Ireland, literature, folklore, theatre, politics, the occult – and his significant influence on modern Irish cultural identity.

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Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again – Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre at College Green – entrance via Westmoreland Street. 5pm - 9pm.

Enjoy a self-guided, ‘after-hours’ tour on Culture Night. Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again draws on the National Library’s extensive archive of Heaney documents to bring the visitor on a multi-sensory journey from the poet’s humble origins through his remarkable career.