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The Matrimonial Galop, the vicissitudes of love and matrimony by A. Benedict. NLI call no. MU-vc-19 (36)

Music Posters

by Honora Faul, Department of Prints & Drawings Café Joly here at the Library is currently showcasing a selection of images from our NLI music collections. Some depict early sheet music dating...
Frank Leah sketch of Rosie Boote being greeted by Harlequin. NLI call no. PD 2159 TX (20) 52, part of our Joseph Holloway Collection

Scandal in High Society

by Eimear Walsh, NLI Manuscript Student Working on the ever-expanding Headfort Estate Collection, I came across the original Will and Kate love affair in Co. Meath of all places: an aristocrat who...
The well in the old mill at Inniskerry, Co. Wicklow by George Cash, ca. 1819. NLI call no.: ET 1839 TA

A lesson on the limits of the Internet

by Michael Seery, NLI reader / chemistry lecturer / local historian extraordinaire The problem with the Internet is that it’s really, just, very good. With a few keywords, I can easily compile...
Softly, softly, catchee dustee

The Clean Sweep

by Nikki Ralston, Conservation Regular visitors may have wondered about what's been going on in our Trustees' Room in recent weeks - that's the room to the left of our main hall. Comings, goings and...