Café Joly

A Magnificent Pile! A brief architectural tour of the main library building

August 29, 2014 · 2 comments

in NLI Buildings

by Justin Furlong, Assistant Keeper, National Library of Ireland On August 29th, 1890, the present day National Library Ireland building was opened. Inspired by the suggestions of William Archer, NLI Librarian, designed by Thomas Deane & Son (Thomas was knighted on the day of the opening) and built by Messrs. Beckett of Ringsend, it was described […]

Tagged as: Architecture, Beckett of Ringsend, Café Joly, Carlo Cambi Siena, Charles Henry Cook, Dobbyn & Son, Dublin Evening Mail, Harrison's, J. & C. McGloughlin, Jones and Wallis of Brimingham, National Library of Ireland, Oppenheimer of Manchester, Thomas Deane & Son, Thomas Moore, Thomas W. Lyster, Victorian Dublin, William Archer, William Milligan

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Researching the Irish Famine

January 20, 2012 · 3 comments

in Learning & Outreach,Projects,Research

by Sarah O’Connor, Learning & Outreach Over the summer of 2011, the Learning and Outreach department here at the National Library worked on a new project about the Irish Famine with St. John of God Carmona Services. This is our fifth year working with some of the education and training programmes offered by Carmona Services […]

Tagged as: 1840, Adult Learning, Aoife O Connor, Autobiographies, Bríd O'Sullivan, Café Joly, Carmona Services, Choices, Dalkey Education Centre, Emigration, Eviction, Famine, Fiona Ross, Gruel, Improvisation, Irish Famine, Lakeland, Learning & Outreach, Limerick, Noel Kissane, Poor Law Commissioners, Poor Law Unions, Potato, Potato Blight, Primary Sources, Research, Ríona McMorrow, Sarah O'Connor, Social History, St. John of God, Tipperary, Travel Training, Victoriana, W.B. Yeats, Workhouses, Workshops

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Music Posters

July 21, 2011 · 1 comment

in Collections,Manuscripts,Music,Prints & Drawings,Projects

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 from the late 18th century, such as John Field’s rondo on the air Go to the Devil and shake yourself. Another sheet music […]

Tagged as: Additional Music Collection, Ballads, Café Joly, Feis Ceoil, Honora Faul, Joly Collection, Music, Music PAL, National Archive of Irish Composers, Patrick Joseph McCall, Sheet music, Song books, Thomas Moore, William Vincent Wallace

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