Opening Hours

Our Christmas opening hours are available here.

Reader's Ticket Office

Monday - Friday: 10.30am - 12.30pm & 2pm - 4pm
Tuesday evenings: 5pm - 7pm
Saturdays: 9.30am - 1pm on the following dates.

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Reading Rooms

A reader’s ticket is required to access all reading rooms and research spaces. You may apply for a reader’s ticket using our online application form.

Main, Microfilm and Manuscripts Reading Rooms
Monday, Thursday & Friday: 9.30am - 5pm
Tuesday - Wednesday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturdays: 9.30am - 1pm on the following dates.

Family History Research Room
Monday - Friday: 9.30am - 5pm

NPA Reading Room
By appointment; email npaoffice@nli.ie

Prints & Drawings and Ephemera Collections Reading Room
By appointment; email prints&drawings@nli.ie

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Exhibitions

YEATS: The Life & Works of William Butler Yeats
Main Library building, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 P638

• Monday, Thursday & Friday: 9.30am - 5pm (last admission 4.30pm)
• Tuesday - Wednesday: 9.30am - 7pm (last admission 6.30pm)
• Saturday - Sunday: 9.30am - 5pm (last admission 4:30pm)
• Public Holiday Mondays: 12pm - 5pm (last admission 4:30pm)
   

Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again 
Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2, D02 VR66

• Monday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm (last admission 3.30pm)
• Closed on Public Holiday Mondays
   

People and Places: Ireland in 19th and 20th Centuries
National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 WF85

• Monday - Sunday: 10am - 4pm 

Admission to all exhibitions is free of charge.