National Library of Ireland

The mission of the Library is to collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland

The National Library of Ireland was established by the Dublin Science and Art Museum Act, 1877, which provided that the bulk of the collections in the possession of the Royal Dublin Society, should be vested in the then Department of Science and Art for the benefit of the public and of the Society, and for the purposes of the Act.

The mission of the Library is to collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland and to contribute to the provision of access to the larger universe of recorded knowledge.

Open Mon-Wed 9.30am-7.45pm, Thurs & Fri 9.30am-4.45pm & Sat 9.30am-12.45pm

Free

View Similar Tourist Attractions

• Listowel Castle
• Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship Famine Museum
• Ulster American Folk Park
• Government Buildings
• Battle of the Boyne
• Swiss Cottage
• Killarney National Park
• Cliffs of Moher - Visitor Experience
• Pearse Museum & St. Endas Park
• Coole Park
• Crag Cave
• Garylough Mill
• Iveagh Gardens
• Farmleigh House & Estate
• Navan Centre & Fort
• Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
• Blarney Castle
• Tower Museum
• Trim Castle
• Dublinia
• Westport House, Gardens & Pirate Adventure Park
• Hugh Lane Gallery
• Bunratty Castle & Folk Park
• Foynes Flying Boat Museum
• House of Waterford Crystal
• Donegal County Museum
• Marble Arch Caves & Global Geopark
• Athenry Castle
• St Marys Church
• Dun Aonghasa
• St Marys Abbey
• Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre
• Larne Museum & Arts Centre
• Newgrange & Knowth - Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre
• Dwyer McAllister Cottage
• Phoenix Park
• Waterford & Suir Valley Heritage Railway
• Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
• Ros Tapestry Exhibition Centre
• Dunbrody Famine Ship
• Aras an Uachtarain
• Craggaunowen - The Living Past
• Trinity College Dublin & Book of Kells
• National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History
• Clonmacnoise
• Museum at the Mill
• Desmond Castle
• Clare Museum
• King Johns Castle
• National Concert Hall
• Famine Warhouse
• Castletown House
• Ross Castle
• Portumna Castle & Gardens
• Lahinch Seaworld & Leisure Centre
• Armagh County Museum
• Kilmainham Gaol
• Dungarvan Castle
• Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre
• Skibbereen Heritage Centre
• The Blascaoid Centre - Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhoir
• Parkes Castle
• Reginalds Tower
• Wicklow Mountains National Park
• Casino Marino
• Bushmills Distillery
• Armagh Planetarium
• Kilkenny Castle
• Dan OHaras Heritage & History Centre
• Dublin Zoo
• Malahide Castle
• National Gallery of Ireland
• Caherconnell Fort
• Florence Court
• Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
• The Science Gallery
• Natural History Museum
• Hill of Tara
• Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) - Royal Hospital Kilmainham
• Number Twenty Nine - Georgian House Museum
• Cobh Heritage Centre
• Derrynane House
• Doneraile Wildlife Park
• Skerries Mills
• The Ark
• Glenveagh National Park
• Ormond Castle
• Lusk Heritage Centre
• Little Museum of Dublin
• Giants Causeway
• Rock of Cashel
• Skellig Michael
• Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
• Dublin City Hall - Story of the Capital
• Charles Fort
• Carrickfergus Museum
• National Museum of Ireland - Country Life
• Russborough House
• National Library of Ireland
• Kilbeggan Distillery Experience
• King House
• Rathfarnham Castle
• Christ Church Cathedral
• Jameson Experience Midleton
• Arigna Mining Experience
• Enniskillen Castle Museum
• Desmond Hall
• The Burren Centre - Gateway to the Burren
• Chester Beatty Library
• The Main Guard
• Belleek Pottery Visitor Centre
• Avondale House & Forest Park
• Sligo Abbey
• Patrick Pearses Cottage
• Dublin Castle
• Thomond Park Stadium
• Dromore Wood
• Glebe House & Gallery - The Derek Hill Collection
• Scattery Island Centre
• Burren National Park
• Mizen Head Signal Station
• Belfast Zoo
• Glasnevin Museum
• Sentry Hill & Visitor Centre
• Queens University
• Ferns Castle
• Ulster Museum
• Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre
• Connemara National Park
• Ardfert Cathedral
• Hook Lighthouse & Heritage Centre
• VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre
• Roscrea Castle & Heritage Centre
• Newmills Corn & Flax Mills
• National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology
• Aillwee Cave
• Cahir Castle
• Rothe House & Garden
• Ballyhack Castle
• Gallarus Oratory & Gallarus Castle
• National Photographic Archive
• Old Mellifont Abbey
• The Hunt Museum
• National Sea Life Centre
• Adare Heritage Centre
• Cruachan Ai Heritage Centre
• National Wax Museum Plus
• Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle
• Somme Heritage Centre
• Ballycroy National Park
• Kerry County Museum
• Galway City Museum
• Doolin Cave & Visitor Centre
• The Old Jameson Distillery
• Mid Antrim Museum at The Braid
• Dingle Oceanworld
• Aviva Stadium
• Barryscourt Castle
• Viking Splash Tours
• Boyle Abbey
• National Transport Museum
• Glendalough
• Croke Park & GAA Museum
• Castle Ward House & Demesne
• Emo Court
• Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre
• Exploris Aquarium & Seal Sanctuary
• Skellig Experience Visitor Centre
• Ceide Fields
• St Stephens Green
• Tintern Abbey
• Muckross House & Gardens & Traditional Farm
• Adare Castle
• Titanic Belfast
• Aughnanure Castle
• Maynooth Castle
• Guinness Storehouse
• Jerpoint Abbey
• Dunmore Cave
• Ennis Friary
• Donegal Castle
• Saint Patricks Cathedral

Local Recommendations

Hospitality

• Buswells Hotel
  (0.1km)SW
• Pig's Ear, The
  (0.1km)NW
• Kilkenny
  (0.1km)NW
• One Pico Restaurant
  (0.2km)SW
• Dunne & Crescenzi
  (0.2km)NW
• Fire
  (0.2km)SW
• Shelbourne Dublin, The
  (0.2km)SW
• Mont Clare Hotel
  (0.2km)NE
• Featherblade
  (0.3km)NW
• Farm, The
  (0.3km)NW
• Cliff Town House, The
  (0.3km)SW
• Marco Pierre White Steakhouse and Grill
  (0.3km)NW
• Café en Seine
  (0.3km)SW
• Carluccio's Caffe
  (0.3km)NW
• Milano
  (0.3km)SW
• GreenHouse, The
  (0.3km)SW
• Hugo's
  (0.3km)SE
• Marcels
  (0.3km)SW
• Sprout and Co Kitchen
  (0.3km)NW
• Bang Restaurant
  (0.3km)SW

Self Catering

• The Merrion Mews & Stables
  (0.4km)SE
• No. 25 Eustace Street
  (0.8km)NW
• The Cottage
  (13.0km)SE
• Castletown Gatelodges
  (18.7km)NW
• Avon Ri Blessington Resort
  (28.1km)SW
• The Cottages
  (39.1km)NE
• Wicklow Lighthouse
  (44.9km)SE
• Tankardstown House & Cottages
  (49.8km)NW

Farmers Markets

• Coppinger Row Outdoor Food - Thursdays
  (0.5km)NW
• Pearse Street - Saturdays
  (0.8km)NE
• Temple Bar Food - Dublin City - Saturdays
  (0.8km)NW
• Harcourt Street - Dublin 2 - Thursdays
  (0.9km)SW
• Mespil Road Gourmet Food - Dublin 4 - Thursdays
  (1.0km)SE
• Grand Canal Village - Dublin -
  (1.1km)SE
• Dublin Food Co-op - Dublin 8 - Thursdays & Saturdays
  (1.5km)SW
• Ranelagh - Dublin - Sundays
  (1.6km)SW
• Smithfield Outdoor Food - Dublin 1 - Fridays
  (1.7km)NW
• Point Village - Dublin - Saturdays & Sundays
  (2.0km)NE
• Honest2Goodness - Glasnevin Dublin 11 - Saturdays
  (4.2km)NW
• Ballymun - Dublin - Every Thursday
  (6.2km)NW
• Red Stables Food - Clontarf Dublin - Saturdays
  (6.5km)NE
• Marlay Park Food - Co Dublin - Saturday & Sunday
  (7.1km)SW
• Castleknock Village Food
  (8.3km)NW
• Liffey Valley Shopping Centre - Dublin 22 - Fridays
  (9.2km)NW
• Leopardstown - County Dublin - Fridays
  (9.5km)SE
• South Dublin Co Co Tallaght - Dublin 24 - Friday
  (9.8km)SW
• Dun Laoghaire - Peoples Park - County Dublin - Sundays
  (10.2km)SE
• Cabinteely Park - Co Dublin - Sundays
  (10.9km)SE
• Citywest Shopping Centre - Dublin
  (12.8km)SW
• Portmarnock - Co Dublin - Sundays
  (13.0km)NE
• Howth - County Dublin - Sundays
  (13.1km)NE
• Fingal - Swords Co Dublin - Saturdays
  (13.4km)NE
• Malahide - County Dublin - Saturdays
  (14.1km)NE
• Bray - County Wicklow - Saturdays
  (18.1km)SE
• Celbridge - Village at Lyons - Co Kildare - Fridays
  (18.2km)SW
• Fingal Food Fayre - Rush - County Dublin
  (22.5km)NE
• Skerries - Skerries Mills - County Dublin
  (27.3km)NE
• Balbriggan Fish & - Co Dublin
  (30.1km)NE
• Naas - County Kildare
  (30.1km)SW
• Laytown - Sonairte Co Meath - 1st & 3rd Sunday each Month
  (37.5km)NW
• Drogheda - Co Louth - Thursdays
  (42.1km)NW
• Kells - Co Meath - Saturdays
  (59.4km)NW
• Kells - County Meath - Saturdays
  (59.7km)NW

Tourist Attractions

• National Library of Ireland
  (0.0km)NW
• Government Buildings
  (0.1km)NW
• National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology
  (0.1km)NW
• National Gallery of Ireland
  (0.2km)NW
• Natural History Museum
  (0.2km)NW
• Little Museum of Dublin
  (0.3km)NW
• Trinity College Dublin & Book of Kells
  (0.3km)NW
• Viking Splash Tours
  (0.3km)NW
• St Stephens Green
  (0.4km)NW
• The Science Gallery
  (0.4km)NW
• National Wax Museum Plus
  (0.6km)NW
• Number Twenty Nine - Georgian House Museum
  (0.6km)NW
• National Concert Hall
  (0.7km)NW
• Dublin Castle
  (0.8km)NW
• Dublin City Hall - Story of the Capital
  (0.8km)NW
• Iveagh Gardens
  (0.8km)NW
• Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship Famine Museum
  (0.8km)NW
• The Ark
  (0.8km)NW
• Chester Beatty Library
  (0.9km)NW
• National Photographic Archive
  (0.9km)NW
• National Leprechaun Museum
  (1.1km)NW
• Saint Patricks Cathedral
  (1.1km)NW
• Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre
  (1.1km)NW
• Christ Church Cathedral
  (1.2km)NW
• Clare Museum
  (1.2km)NW
• Dublinia
  (1.2km)NW
• St Marys Abbey
  (1.2km)NW
• Hugh Lane Gallery
  (1.6km)NW
• Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium
  (1.6km)NW
• The Old Jameson Distillery
  (1.7km)NW
• Aviva Stadium
  (1.9km)NW
• Guinness Storehouse
  (2.1km)NW
• National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History
  (2.2km)NW
• Croke Park & GAA Museum
  (2.3km)NW
• Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) - Royal Hospital Kilmainham
  (3.0km)NW
• Dublin Zoo
  (3.5km)NW
• Kilmainham Gaol
  (3.7km)NW
• Casino Marino
  (3.8km)NW
• Glasnevin Museum
  (3.9km)NW
• Aras an Uachtarain
  (4.7km)NW
• Rathfarnham Castle
  (5.1km)NW
• Phoenix Park
  (5.2km)NW
• Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle
  (5.7km)NW
• Pearse Museum & St. Endas Park
  (6.7km)NW
• The Butlers Chocolate Experience
  (7.4km)NW
• Farmleigh House & Estate
  (7.5km)NW
• Imaginosity - Dublins Children Museum
  (7.5km)NW
• Leopardstown Racecourse
  (9.3km)NW
• National Aquatic Centre - AquaZone
  (10.0km)NW
• Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre
  (12.1km)NW
• National Transport Museum
  (12.6km)NW
• Fort Lucan
  (12.7km)NW
• Malahide Castle
  (12.9km)NW
• Castletown House
  (18.4km)NW
• National Sea Life Centre
  (18.5km)NW
• Lusk Heritage Centre
  (21.4km)NW
• Maynooth Castle
  (23.0km)NW
• Xtreme.ie - Adventure Centre
  (25.1km)NW
• Tayto Park
  (26.3km)NW
• Skerries Mills
  (27.7km)NW
• Russborough House
  (30.3km)NW
• Hill of Tara
  (35.4km)NW
• Glendalough
  (37.1km)NW
• Wicklow Mountains National Park
  (37.2km)NW
• Funtasia Bettystown
  (39.8km)NW
• Funtasia Waterpark
  (41.2km)NW
• Newgrange & Knowth - Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre
  (41.3km)NW
• Trim Castle
  (42.6km)NW
• Battle of the Boyne
  (43.5km)NW
• Dwyer McAllister Cottage
  (46.7km)NW
• Old Mellifont Abbey
  (46.8km)NW
• Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park
  (46.9km)NW
• Avondale House & Forest Park
  (47.6km)NW
• Irish National Stud & Japanese Gardens
  (48.3km)NW

Golf Courses

• Castle Golf Club
  (4.6km) SW
• Royal Dublin Golf Club, The
  (5.8km) NE
• Grange Golf Club
  (6.9km) SW
• Saint Annes Golf Club
  (8.6km) NE
• Castleknock Golf Club
  (9.2km) NW
• Forest Little Golf Club
  (11.0km) NE
• Portmarnock Golf Club
  (11.6km) NE
• Malahide Golf Club
  (12.6km) NE
• Saint Margarets Golf Club
  (12.7km) NW
• Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links
  (12.9km) NE
• CityWest Golf Club
  (14.0km) SW
• Island Golf Club, The
  (15.4km) NE
• Dun Laoghaire Golf Club
  (16.3km) SE
• Roganstown Golf & Country Club
  (16.3km) NW
• Balcarrick Golf Club
  (16.8km) NE
• Woodbrook Golf Club
  (16.8km) SE
• Powerscourt Golf Club
  (17.8km) SE
• South County Golf Club
  (18.0km) SW
• Beaverstown Golf Club
  (18.7km) NE
• Carton House Golf Club
  (21.4km) NW
• Hollywood Lakes Golf Club
  (23.6km) NW
• K Club, The - Ryder Cup 2006
  (24.9km) SW
• Killeen Golf Club
  (25.0km) SW
• Palmerstown House Golf Club
  (25.9km) SW
• Naas Golf Club
  (27.3km) SW
• Millicent Golf & Country Club
  (29.6km) SW
• Druids Glen Golf Club
  (30.0km) SE
• Tulfarris Golf Resort
  (31.3km) SW
• Royal Tara Golf Club
  (37.8km) NW
• Laytown and Bettystown Golf Club
  (40.6km) NE
• Rathcore Golf and Country Club
  (40.6km) NW
• Knightsbrook Golf Club
  (40.9km) NW
• County Meath Golf Club
  (43.0km) NW
• Curragh Golf Club
  (43.0km) SW
• Wicklow Golf Club
  (43.5km) SE
• County Louth Golf Club (Baltray)
  (44.2km) NW
• MoyValley Golf Club
  (45.3km) NW
• Seapoint Golf Club
  (46.5km) NW
• Blainroe Golf Club
  (46.9km) SE
• Rathsallagh Golf Club
  (46.9km) SW
• Headfort Golf Club
  (57.5km) NW
• Kilkea Castle Golf Resort
  (61.1km) SW

Gardens

• Dillon Garden, The
  (2.2km)SE
• National Botanic Gardens
  (3.6km)NW
• Glendale Gardens
  (4.5km)SW
• Airfield Gardens
  (6.0km)SE
• Carysfort Lodge
  (6.8km)SE
• Burton Hall
  (8.1km)SE
• Grasse Cottage
  (10.1km)SE
• The Talbot Botanic Gardens
  (12.9km)NE
• Primrose Hill
  (13.1km)NW
• Knockrose Garden
  (13.9km)SE
• Rathmichael Lodge
  (14.3km)SE
• 21 Library Road
  (14.6km)SE
• Corke Lodge
  (16.0km)SE
• Knockmore
  (17.6km)SE
• Powerscourt Gardens
  (17.8km)SE
• Killruddery House & Gardens
  (20.0km)SE
• Hunting Brook Gardens
  (20.8km)SW
• June Blakes Garden & Nursery
  (23.0km)SW
• Lodge Park Walled Gardens
  (24.5km)SW
• National Garden Exhibition Centre
  (27.7km)SE
• Ardgillan Castle & Demesne
  (28.0km)NE
• Warble Bank
  (29.2km)SE
• Mount Usher Gardens
  (38.0km)SE
• Beaulieu House, Gardens and Car Museum
  (42.9km)NW
• Listoke Gardens
  (45.2km)NW
• Kilmacurragh Arboretum - National Botanic Garden
  (45.9km)SE
• Grove Gardens
  (56.6km)NW
• Burtown House Gardens
  (57.1km)SW
• Rockfield House
  (58.2km)NW

Nearby Towns/Areas

• Dublin 2
  (0.4km) NW
• Dublin 1
  (1.2km) NW
• Dublin 6
  (1.8km) SE
• Dublin 7
  (1.9km) NW
• Dublin 8
  (2.1km) SW
• Dublin 4
  (2.5km) SE
• Dublin 12
  (3.7km) SW
• Dublin 6W
  (3.8km) SW
• Dublin 9
  (4.0km) NW
• Dublin 3
  (4.4km) NE