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"The free Live Aid Exhibition is on in the National Photographic Archive in Meeting House Square, with over 70 photographs and images showcasing behind-the-scene moments from the historic concert series."

Thrilled to see our Live Aid exhibition highlighted in @visitdublin.bsky.social's guide to celebrating St Patrick’s Weekend 2026 in Dublin ☘️ — a fantastic nod as the city gets ready for an unforgettable few days of culture and celebration.

www.visitdublin.com/guides/st-pa...

Spring Reset | Live Aid Sunday Sessions

Slow Movement • Breathwork • Sound Bath 🧘

Sundays 8 March, 12 & 26 April | 11am:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/spring-reset-live-aid-sunday-sessions

A restorative hr of gentle movement, guided breathwork & immersive sound to calm your nervous system

Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet Voices is using AI and Knowledge Graph technologies to bring together myriad sources so historians and computer scientists can recover the lives of ordinary Irish early modern women

From ‘the dung queen of Ireland’ to Jessie Buckley: @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social recently discussed with Clodagh Finn the importance of sharing early modern women’s stories, advances in AI tools, and how VOICES is leading the charge on both fronts.
A special thank you to Clodagh for the article!

The @opwireland.bsky.social + @nlireland.bsky.social presents #ConversationClub: Public Conversations with #Architects — a new series celebrating architecture & the ideas shaping our built environment.

Anne Marie Galmstrup, Galmstrup Architects | Wed 18 March, 6pm: www.eventbrite.ie/e/conversati...

Free Director's Tour of the National Library of Ireland

📅 Thurs, 19 March at 6pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/directors-tour-national-library-ireland-10

Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty.

🏛️ Meet in the Front Hall of NLI, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry In Celebration of International Women's Day

'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry

For International Women's Day at #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again, join us for an uplifting, thought‑provoking celebration of women.

📅 Sat, 7 March at 2pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/her-breath-mine-women-seamus-heaneys-poetry

☘️ Le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge, bí linn le haghaidh cainte i nGaeilge ina ndéanfar iniúchadh ar na seirbhísí agus na hacmhainní atá ar fáil do chainteoirí agus d’fhoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/acmhainni-ata-ar-fail-do-lucht-labhartha-agus-foghlama-na-gaeilge

Heaney's Influences | Blackout Poetry Workshop In Celebration of World Poetry Day

Heaney's Influences | Blackout Poetry Workshop
In celebration of #WorldPoetryDay 🎨📖

📅 Sat 21 Mar, 2pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/heaneys-influences-blackout-poetry-workshop

Explore the words of Seamus Heaney and the writers who shaped him through #BlackoutPoetry.

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Join our exhibition guides for an online tour of #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again

📅 Weds 18 March, 1pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/online-tour-seamus-heaney-listen-now-again-33

Explore the highlights of Heaney's archive, from his rural origins through to his remarkable career as a poet.

Family History Research at the National Library of Ireland

#FamilyHistory Research at the National Library of Ireland

Join us for a hybrid talk about using the NLI’s services & collections to research your family history

📅 Mon, 23 March at 3pm: https://ow.ly/Fckm50YkWze

🏛️ Join in-person: https://ow.ly/b0zN50YkWzg

🖥️ Join online:https://ow.ly/7V1X50YkWzf

Live Aid | The Global Jukebox Guided Tour

🎼 Live Aid | The Global Jukebox – Guided Tour
⏰ Free tours: Fri 2pm & Sat 11am

Step back to Live Aid 1985. Explore iconic images and stories from the Band Aid Trust Archive at the National Photographic Archive:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/live-aid-global-jukebox-guided-tour

‘Hawthorn & Rags’ | A Lino Printing Workshop

‘Hawthorn & Rags’ | A Lino Printing Workshop

📅 Sat, 14 March, 2pm
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/hawthorn-rags-lino-printing-workshop

Celebrate St Patrick’s season with a relaxed, beginner-friendly lino printing workshop inspired by Seamus Heaney’s poem The Wishing Tree.

Things to do in Dublin this weekend (Feb 27-29) What will you get up to?

Delighted to see our free Live Aid exhibition included in RTÉ's list of the top 12 things to do in Dublin this weekend! 🙌

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2026/0225/1560412-things-to-do-in-dublin-this-weekend-feb-27-29/

This spring, the National Library of Ireland celebrates #LiveAid with a new season of events!

At the National Photographic Archive #TempleBar, see powerful images from 13 July 1985 — when music united 1.6 billion people

🎶 Join us: https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/live-aid-2026-spring-programme

'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry In Celebration of International Women's Day

'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry

For International Women's Day at #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again, join us for an uplifting, thought‑provoking celebration of women.

📅 Sat, 7 March at 2pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/her-breath-mine-women-seamus-heaneys-poetry

Slán Solas | National Photographic Archive

📅 Thurs, 26 March | 7pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/slan-solas-national-photographic-archive

🌅 Slán Solas (“goodbye light”) is a candlelit evening of gentle movement, guided breath, immersive sound, and live music.

Capital Development Project Reimagining the National Library

The West Wing project will deliver a new public space at Kildare Street: new galleries, learning rooms, a café and shop, and full accessibility for every visitor. A national library for every part of the island.

Thanks to Alan Finn and Sligo Weekender for the recent coverage.

“The Yeats family could have sent this material anywhere. They chose the National Library.”

Last week, our Director Dr Audrey Whitty spoke at the Yeats Memorial Building in Sligo @yeatssocietysligo.bsky.social, a fitting place to talk about what we hold, and what we are building.

Free Director's Tour of the National Library of Ireland

📅 Thurs, 19 March at 6pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/directors-tour-national-library-ireland-10

Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty.

🏛️ Meet in the Front Hall of NLI, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Online Book Club | Beowulf

Online Book Club | #Beowulf

📅 Fri, 27 Feb at 1pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/online-book-club-beowulf

Join us for a discussion on 'Beowulf', the definitive translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic, translated by Heaney in 1999. All welcome - no prior knowledge or expertise is required!

‘My passport’s green’ | Seamus Heaney and Ireland In Celebration of St. Patrick’s Day

‘My passport’s green’ | #SeamusHeaney & Ireland ☘️

#StPatricksDay tour tracing Heaney’s journey — from Bellaghy to Wicklow and Sandymount Strand — and the landscapes that shaped his poetry.

📅 Mon, 16 March, 2pm: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/my-passports-green-seamus-heaney-and-ireland

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📣 We’re #hiring! AK1 Photographic Collections 📸

The National Library of Ireland is recruiting an Assistant Keeper Grade 1 to help care for and develop our Photographic Collections.

🗓️ #Apply by 3pm, 27 Feb 2026 via our website: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland

☘️ Le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge, bí linn le haghaidh cainte i nGaeilge ina ndéanfar iniúchadh ar na seirbhísí agus na hacmhainní atá ar fáil do chainteoirí agus d’fhoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/acmhainni-ata-ar-fail-do-lucht-labhartha-agus-foghlama-na-gaeilge

The @opwireland.bsky.social + @nlireland.bsky.social presents #ConversationClub: Public Conversations with #Architects — a new series celebrating architecture & the ideas shaping our built environment.

Anne Marie Galmstrup, Galmstrup Architects | Wed 18 March, 6pm: www.eventbrite.ie/e/conversati...

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Step into the soundtrack of a generation at the NLI’s #LiveAid Exhibition🎶

80s Silent Disco, 13 March https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/80s-silent-disco-national-photographic-archive

90s Silent Disco, 10 April https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/90s-silent-disco-national-photographic-archive

Poist i Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann Poist i Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann Fostaíonn Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann breis agus 100 ball foirne in áitribh éagsúla i lár chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath. Tá róil éagsúla ag fostaithe NLI idir a bheith ag obair lenár mbailiúcháin, ár dtaispeántais agus ár n-imeachtaí agus i réimsí amhail…

Postanna folamh atá ar fáil faoi láthair ag Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann: https://www.nli.ie/ga/ce-muid-fein/poist-i-leabharlann-naisiunta-na-heireann

Déan iniúchadh ar Chomhshaol na hÉireann Trí Lionsa Paula T. Nolan

Déan iniúchadh ar Chomhshaol na hÉireann Trí Lionsa Paula T. Nolan 📸

➡️ Tá beagnach 400 grianghraf iontacha ar fáil anois le breathnú orthu ar líne: https://www.nli.ie/ga/news-stories/nuacht/dean-iniuchadh-ar-chomhshaol-na-heireann-tri-lionsa-paula-t-nolan

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Live Aid 2026 Spring Programme

This spring, the National Library of Ireland celebrates #LiveAid with a new season of events!

At the National Photographic Archive #TempleBar, see powerful images from 13 July 1985 — when music united 1.6 billion people

🎶 Join us: https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/live-aid-2026-spring-programme