National Library of Ireland
The National Library of Ireland is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The mission of the National Library of Ireland is "To collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and…Photo: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Wednesday: 9:30 AM—7:45 PM
Thursday—Friday: 9:30 AM—4:45 PM
Saturday: 9:30 AM—12:45 PM - Type: Library
- Description: heritage institution
- Also known as: “Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann”, “N6I”, “NLI”, and “NLI Dublin”
- Address: 7/8 Kildare Street, D02 P638
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leinster House and Library of Trinity College Dublin.
Leinster House
Public building
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leinster House is the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland. Originally, it was the ducal palace of the Dukes of Leinster. Since 1922, it has been a complex of buildings which houses Oireachtas Éireann, its members and staff. Leinster House is situated 110 metres south of National Library of Ireland.
Library of Trinity College Dublin
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Library of Trinity College Dublin is the main library that serves Trinity College, and is the largest library in Ireland. It is a legal deposit or "copyright library", which means that publishers in Ireland must deposit a copy of all their publications there without charge. Library of Trinity College Dublin is situated 350 metres northwest of National Library of Ireland.
Royal Irish Academy
Library
Photo: KarenRIA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Irish Academy, based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the natural sciences, arts, literature, and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier learned society and one of its leading cultural and academic institutions. Royal Irish Academy is situated 250 metres west of National Library of Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temple Bar and International Financial Services Centre.
Temple Bar
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dublin is the capital city of Ireland. Its vibrancy, nightlife and tourist attractions are world renowned and it's the most popular entry point for international visitors to Ireland.
International Financial Services Centre
Quarter
Photo: Sebb, Public domain.
The International Financial Services Centre is an area of central Dublin and part of the CBD established in the 1980s as an urban regeneration area and special economic zone on the derelict state-owned former port authority lands of the reclaimed North Wall and George's Dock areas of the Dublin Docklands.
North Wall
Suburb
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Wall is an area east of the inner north side of Dublin, along the River Liffey where it forms one of the Dublin quays. The name refers to the North Bull Wall, which was constructed to form Dublin Port, extend the Liffey estuary and reclaim land at various stages from the early 1700s until its final completion around 1825.
National Library of Ireland
- Categories: national library, national museum, building, tourism, tourist attraction, and education
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.34113° or 53° 20′ 28″ northLongitude
-6.25451° or 6° 15′ 16″ westOpen location code
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“National Library of Ireland” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Իռլանդիայի ազգային գրադարան”
- Azerbaijani: “İrlandiya Milli Kitabxanası”
- Basque: “Irlandako Liburutegi Nazionala”
- Belarusian: “Ірляндзкая нацыянальная бібліятэка”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная бібліятэка Ірляндыі”
- Bosnian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Irske”
- Breton: “Levraoueg Broadel Iwerzhon”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional d’Irlanda”
- Chinese: “爱尔兰国家图书馆”
- Czech: “Irská národní knihovna”
- Czech: “Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann”
- Czech: “Národní knihovna Irska”
- Czech: “National Library of irelanI”
- Czech: “NLI”
- Danish: “National Library of Ireland”
- Dutch: “Leabharlann Naisiunta na hEireann”
- Dutch: “Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann”
- Dutch: “National Library of Ireland”
- Dutch: “Nationale Bibliotheek van Ierland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبه ايرلندا الوطنيه”
- Esperanto: “Nacia biblioteko de Irlando”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Biblioteko de Irlando”
- Estonian: “Iirimaa Rahvusraamatukogu”
- Finnish: “Irlannin kansalliskirjasto”
- Finnish: “NLI”
- French: “bibliothèque nationale d’Irlande”
- French: “Bibliothèque nationale d’Irlande”
- German: “Irische Nationalbibliothek”
- German: “Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann”
- German: “National Library of Ireland”
- German: “NLI”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ιρλανδίας”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של אירלנד”
- Irish: “Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann”
- Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale d’Irlanda”
- Italian: “Biblioteca Nazionale d’Irlanda”
- Japanese: “アイルランド国立図書館”
- Korean: “아일랜드 국립도서관”
- Latvian: “Īrijas Nacionālā bibliotēka”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Biblioteca Nasional de Er”
- Macedonian: “Национална библиотека на Ирска”
- Persian: “کتابخانه ملی ایرلند”
- Polish: “Biblioteka Narodowa Irlandii”
- Polish: “Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann”
- Polish: “National Library of Ireland”
- Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional da Irlanda”
- Russian: “Национальная библиотека Ирландии”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Irske”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca nacional de irlanda”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Irlanda”
- Swedish: “Irlands nationalbibliotek”
- Turkish: “İrlanda Ulusal Kütüphanesi”
- Ukrainian: “Ірландська національна бібліотека”
- Ukrainian: “Національна бібліотека Ірландії”
- Uzbek: “Irlandiya milliy kutibxonasi”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Iwerddon”
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Highlights include Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and The Plinth.
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