Stories

Tuesday, 20 December 2022

Map of Westmeath

RePEAT: Rediscovering historical maps of Ireland’s peatlands in times of climate emergency

Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Old book on table with handwriting - MS 2104 is a volume of manuscript maps, dated c. 1750

Homemade manuscripts; a scholars’ binding

Thursday, 1 December 2022

1554 Stanyhurst Grant of Arms close up of illuminated scroll

New Acquisition: Grant of Arms belonging to Nicholas Stanyhurst

Thursday, 27 October 2022

photograph of NLI staff presenting to a crowd in No Time To Wait in The Hague - October 2022

NLI present at conference No Time To Wait in The Hague

Thursday, 18 June 2020

Irish language broadside poster with decorative red typography. Issued by Conradh na Gaeilge in 1917 for its annual Hallowe'en festival, advertising a concert and a céilí to be held in the Mansion House.

Bailiúcháin Ghaeilge na Leabharlainne Náisiúnta

Friday, 22 May 2020

Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745), satirist and Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, stands, delivering a turbot to a post boy who is seated in his chair - on the writing desk in front of the post boy is a piece of paper bearing the title "Gulliver's Travels". Outside the window, one can see St. Patrick's Cathedral.

An Introduction to Prints and Drawings

Thursday, 30 April 2020

Sepia photograph of a man holding a large sign advertising his Photographic Studio in Castlebar, Co.Mayo

Around the Island

Friday, 17 April 2020

A woman browsing the NLI's Instagram feed on her iPhone

An Introduction to Digital Collections