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Sharing Ireland's stories through our unique collections/ Ag roinnt scéal na hÉireann tríd ár mbailiúcháin uathúla. Explore our collections: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections
☘️ 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
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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.
#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
⏰ 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
📅 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.
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
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.
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
📅 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’ | #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
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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
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
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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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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
Téarma tugtha chun críche ag Cathaoirleach Bhord Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann:
https://www.nli.ie/ga/news-stories/nuacht/tearma-tugtha-chun-criche-ag-cathaoirleach-bhord-leabharlann-naisiunta-na
The @opwireland.bsky.social + @nlireland.bsky.social presents Conversation Club: Public Conversations with Architects — a new series celebrating architecture & the ideas shaping our built environment.
John Parker, Director of ABK Architects | Tues 3 March at 6pm: www.eventbrite.ie/e/conversati...
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!
Each practice will generally talk about their own projects. First in the series is John Parker, director of ABK Architects. Following studies at NCAD + UCD, John worked for Jeremy Dixon, Edward Jones Architects and DeBlacam & Meagher before joining ABK in 1998: www.eventbrite.ie/e/conversati...
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Free Director's Tour of the National Library of Ireland
📅 Mon, 23 Feb at 6pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/directors-tour-national-library-ireland-9
Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty.
🏛️ Meet in the Front Hall of NLI, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
It's Ireland Reads month! Throughout February, we're encouraging people to get lost in a good book to celebrate the joy and the benefits of reading, ahead of Ireland Reads Day Saturday, 28 February.
#IrelandReads
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The succession of the Roman Catholic bishops of Cloyne and Ross was not thrilling enough to take Miss Bourke off this dreamy annotator's mind...
@nlireland.bsky.social is still as romantic as ever 🥰
