National Library of Ireland Upcoming Events

National Library of Ireland

Upcoming Events

Library Late – Stella Tillyard in conversation with Myles Dungan

Thursday, 18 September at 8pm

Stella Tillyard is a British author and trained as an art historian. She is the author of The Impact of Modernism 1900-1920: Early Modernism and the Arts and Crafts movement in Edwardian England (1988); Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832 (1994); Citizen Lord: Edward Fitzgerald 1763-1798 (1997) and A Royal Affair: George III and his Troublesome Siblings (2006). Aristocrats won the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award, the Fawcett Prize, and has been translated into six languages. The story was also produced as a film. Dr Stella Tillyard is currently with the University of London School of English and Drama. She is now beginning her research on the British experience of the American War of Independence.

Admission is free but booking is essential. Please telephone 01 603 0317 to reserve your seat.

Culture Night, 19 September 2008

Late opening until 9pm at the exhibitions:

• Yeats: the life and works of William Butler Yeats at the National Library of Ireland
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles, National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Sq, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

Film Screening

Screening of the Lumière Brothers films in Ireland at 7pm in the Library’s Seminar room.

The films are believed to be the earliest motion pictures of Ireland known to still exist. In 1897, Alexandre Promio, a cameraman for the Lumière brothers travelled to Ireland and filmed his arrival in Belfast docks, the Belfast Fire Brigade, Castle Place and Queen’s Bridge. He travelled to Dublin by train and filmed various places en route. The footage of Dublin features shots of O’Connell Bridge and a display by the Dublin Fire Brigade in St Stephen’s Green. The films were first shown on 15 November 1897 for the opening of the Empire Palace Theatre on Dame Street.

The Lumière Brothers films in Ireland will be introduced by Mr Bob Monks, National Library of Ireland, an expert in the field of Irish film history.

Tours

Guided tours of the award winning exhibition Yeats: the life and works of William Butler Yeats will take place at 6pm & 8pm.

My Gentle Harp: Thomas Moore Commemorative Concerts

24 Sept, 1 and 8 Oct 2008

6.30 pm, Seminar Room

In celebration of 200 years of Moore's world-famous Irish Melodies, the Thomas Moore Commemorative Festival is delighted to present a series of three concert performances at the National Library of Ireland as part of its extensive nationwide tour.

24 Sept 2008:

Vocalists Dean Power, Raphaela Mangan

Musical Director Una Hunt

Special guest speaker Ita Beausang: “Revisiting Moore: ‘He had given voice to Ireland, he had put into her mouth a song of her own’. Stephen Gwynn”

1 Oct 2008:

Vocalists Ciaran Kelly, Anna Brady

Musical Director Una Hunt

Special guest speaker Ronan Kelly: “Mad, bad Lord Byron, the Great Dan and Thomas Moore”

8 Oct 2008:

Vocalists Rachel Kelly, Niamh McCormack

Musical Director Una Hunt

Special guest speaker Emer Nolan: “Moore and Captain Rock: the Melodies and Irish History”

Contact Details

Tel: 01 603 0277

Web: www.nli.ie

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National Library of Ireland's May Bulletin

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The National Library of Ireland's e-bulletin for May arrived in my inbox this morning so it may beof interest to some of you.

Bealtaine: Celebrating creativity in older age…free story-telling workshops

To mark Bealtaine, the annual festival celebrating creativity in older age, the Library will host a number of creative storytelling and reminiscence workshops during May with well-known storyteller, Susie Minto. Admission is free but as places are limited, early booking is advised. For more information about the workshops and how to book your place, please see http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=629af668-cedc-4a49-85a3-550aed3261d4.

For more information about Bealtaine, please see Age & Opportunity’s website, http://www.olderinireland.ie/

In conjunction with these workshops and the Bealtaine festival, an exhibition of storytelling materials from the NLI’s collection will be on display in the Library’s main building during May.

Library Late: Summer line-up announced

This May, June and July the Library will celebrate summer with a special season of Library Late dedicated to the genre of travel writing. Beginning with a panel discussion on the ‘History & Art of Travel Writing’ the series will also include interviews with well-known travel writers Peter Somerville-Large and Dervla Murphy.

The first event will take place on Wednesday 28 May at 7.30pm – to book up to two places, please call (01) 6030317.

For more information about the series, please see our website http://www.nli.ie/en/udlist/events.aspx .

Treasures exhibition – choose your treasures!

National Library readers and visitors are being asked to nominate their favourite NLI ‘treasures’ for inclusion in the forthcoming ‘Treasures’ exhibition, due to open at the Library in early 2009. The closing date for submissions is 9 May and nominations should be sent to emkirwan@nli.ie.

See http://www.nli.ie/en/list/latest-news.aspx?article=9d9791f5-8c50-4b98-8633-954d189ac8a6 for further information.

Roddy Doyle Donation

The National Library of Ireland is delighted to announce its acquisition of the literary papers of 1993 Man Booker prize winner, Roddy Doyle. The Roddy Doyle Archive spans over 20 years, from Doyle’s first published work The Commitments (1987) to his most recent, Paula Spencer. Welcoming the donation, NLI Director, Aongus Ó hAonghusa stated that the papers would be ‘an invaluable source for researchers and others interested in Irish writing in the latter decade of the 20^th century and the early years of the 21^st century in particular’.

More information is available on our website: http://www.nli.ie/en/list/latest-news.aspx?article=845130b8-4377-4125-bf91-163a46dcc7eb

NLI NEWS

In celebration of the 20^th anniversary of Newsplan Ireland, the cooperative preservation project of newspapers in Ireland, the spring issue of NLI NEWS is dedicated to newspapers, the most heavily used Library collection. It will look at the Newsplan project itself and include articles on changing trends in print and online Irish newspapers, 18^th century Irish papers and the value of newspapers as a research source. A digital copy of the NLI NEWS is available online at

http://www.nli.ie/en/national-library-of-ireland-newsletter.aspx
Current exhibitions at the Library

Yeats continues at the Library’s main building on Kildare Street while Strangers to Citizens runs in 2/3 Kildare Street. The National Photographic Archive’s current exhibition, Beyond the Pale, will run at the Library’s Temple Bar premises until the end of May.

For more information about these exhibitions, including how to visit, please see our website

http://www.nli.ie/en/udlist/current-exhibitions.aspx

Free lecture on Swift and Gulliver’s Travels, Thursday 17 April

Free lecture on Swift and Gulliver’s Travels, Thursday 17 April at 1pm in the National Library’s seminar room.

Professor Andrew Carpenter of the School of English, Drama & Film, UCD will give a lecture on Gulliver’s Travels in celebration of the Dublin: One City One Book festival 2008. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

After the lecture, visitors can view rare Swift material from the National Library’s collections, translations of the novel and beautifully illustrated editions of Gulliver’s Travels.

For more details on this event, view this link to our website:

http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=78702e1e-1882-4642-b6ae-2f8410c4bfd4

April Events in the National Library of Ireland.

NLI NEWS

In celebration of the 20^th anniversary of Newsplan Ireland, the cooperative preservation project of newspapers in Ireland, the spring issue of NLI NEWS is dedicated to newspapers, the most heavily used Library collection. It will look at the Newsplan project itself and include articles on changing trends in print and online Irish newspapers, 18^th century Irish papers and the value of newspapers as a research source. A digital copy of the NLI NEWS is available online at

http://www.nli.ie/en/national-library-of-ireland-newsletter.aspx

‘WB Yeats at the National Library of Ireland’ evening course starts next Tuesday, 8 April: Book now to reserve your place!

The popular adult education course, run in conjunction with UCD, begins again at the Library next Tuesday 8 April at 6.15pm. Limited places remain – to book please contact UCD Adult Education at (01) 7167823. Further information is available on our website: http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=b1612e1e-2417-4324-98e3-11681f968788

One City, One Book: Month-long exhibition and lecture to celebrate Gulliver’s Travels

One City One Book is organised by Dublin City Libraries to encourage everyone in the city to read the same book during the month of April. The project promotes reading in a city which boasts one of the world’s greatest literary heritages including four Nobel Laureates. The book which has been selected for this year’s festival is Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

During the month of April rare Swift material, translations and illustrated publications of Gulliver’s Travels will be on display in the Library’s main building on Kildare Street. On 17 April at 1pm, Professor Andrew Carpenter of the School of English, University College Dublin will give a lecture on Jonathan Swift and Gulliver’s Travels. All are welcome and no booking is required.

More information is available online at http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=78702e1e-1882-4642-b6ae-2f8410c4bfd4

Library Late: Are foreign correspondents becoming an endangered species?

Join Myles Dungan and a panel of well-known journalists on Monday 21 April for the last of this season’s Library Late series, where the future of the foreign correspondent will be discussed. For more information on what promises to be a lively debate, see our website: http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=64e24373-3962-403f-8772-9bbfe74fe787

The Hollywood Librarian: a look at librarians through film

To mark UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day on Wednesday 23 April, the Library will host a free public screening of The Hollywood Librarian at 7pm in its Seminar Room. More information is available at:

http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=55028cd4-85cb-432a-9ece-76215004c045

Sources for Irish Family History

A free series of genealogy lectures will be held at the Library at the end of this month. The lectures, sponsored by TIARA (The Irish Ancestral Research Association), will focus on lesser-used nineteenth-century records. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. For more information, please see:

http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=317ccacd-b4b2-4b27-bb02-8d7871338dd4

Current exhibitions at the Library

Yeats continues at the Library’s main building on Kildare Street while Strangers to Citizens runs in 2/3 Kildare Street. The National Photographic Archive’s current exhibition, Beyond the Pale, will run at the Library’s Temple Bar premises until the end of May.

The National Photographic Archive’s acclaimed travelling exhibition Island Life will be on display shortly at the James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway. It will run there from 14 April – 18 July 2008.

For more information about these exhibitions, including how to visit, please see our website

http://www.nli.ie/en/udlist/current-exhibitions.aspx

Bealtaine: Celebrating creativity in older age…events in May

To mark Bealtaine, the annual festival celebrating creativity in older age, the Library will host a number of creative storytelling and reminiscence workshops during May. Further information will be available closer to the time on our website: www.nli.ie and from the Library’s Education and Outreach Department.

National Library of Ireland: February Events:

Just got this in the maibox. Personally I will be attending the NPA's new exbo when it opens in Templebar: "Beyond the Pale, featuring images of provincial life in Ireland between the 1850s and the 1980s"-opens the 27th February and runs until May. I also like the Genealogy seminar they are doing for library week which I may visit, depending on the schedule.

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February e-bulletin

Theatre Revival at the National Library
Deirdre’s Sorrows: Two Versions by W.B Yeats and Ulick O’Connor will open at the National Library of Ireland on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 for a series of seven evening performances. This unique production directed by Caroline FitzGerald, with a distinguished cast to include Geraldine Plunkett, Janet Moran and Brian McGrath, will set Yeats’ finest play Deirdre alongside the play of the same name written by Ulick O’Connor in the Japanese Noh form, using mask, music and dance.


Deirdre’s Sorrows: Two Versions will be performed at the National Library on Thursday 14, Monday 18, Tuesday 19, Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 February. The performance will begin at 7pm and last approximately 90 minutes. Tickets cost €15 (concessions €10) and can be reserved by calling (01) 6030277.


Family activities this February mid-term …free events to keep all the family entertained

Coats of Arms workshop - Wednesday 13 February (11.30 – 1pm)
At this workshop children aged 7+ (and their parents!) can find out more about the ancient art of heraldry and the drawing up of coats of arms. After examining some of the coats of arms on display in the
Strangers to Citizens exhibition, participants will have the chance to design a coat of arms for themselves or their community.

Make a model theatre workshop – Friday 15 February (11.30 - 1pm)
Younger children (5 – 7) and their parents are invited to come to our ‘Make a model theatre’ workshop and to learn about some of the characters that inspired Yeats’ plays before making a model theatre of their own to take home.

As capacity for both workshops is limited, early booking is recommended. To reserve your place please contact our education department at (01) 6030277.

My Yeats
Mid-term is also a great time for families to explore the Yeats exhibition and to find out more about the poet, his friends and family. To help younger families to get the most out of their visit, we have devised the My Yeats family trail, a colourful and fun guide for families to complete as they go around the exhibition and which is available free of charge. More information about the trail can be found on our website:
www.nli.ie/yeats


Last chance to see In Search of Ireland at the NPA … popular exhibition ends soon
In Search of Ireland 1913, the National Photographic Archive’s current exhibition, will end on Monday 11 February. The exhibition puts on display 50 of the first colour photographs to be taken in Ireland in the early years of the last century. The photographs were originally taken as part of the ‘Archives of the Planet’ project and are on loan from the Musée Albert Kahn in Paris.
For more information:

http://www.nli.ie/en/udlist/current-exhibitions.aspx?article=77367c9f-891d-45be-925e-4df63c7d1ee5

The NPA’s new exhibition Beyond the Pale, featuring images of provincial life in Ireland between the 1850s and the 1980s, will open on Wednesday 27 February and run until the end of May.


Strangers to Citizens … free guided tours of Library’s acclaimed new exhibition
Our guided tours of the Library’s new exhibition give an overview of Irish immigration to Europe between 1600 and 1800 and highlight some of the treasures on display. Tours take place every Monday at 2.30 pm and last approximately 40 minutes. Admission is free of charge and booking is not necessary.



Annual JJ O’Meara lecture … ‘Latin and the mass’
The National Library of Ireland Society’s annual JJ O’Meara lecture will take place on Wednesday 6 February at 7pm. This year’s speaker is Prof. Eamon Duffy and his paper is entitled ‘Latin and the mass: should we mind and does it matter?’. This lecture is open to society members and the public alike but booking is necessary. Please ring (01) 6030259 to reserve your place.
For more information:
http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=0f33bc39-0ae7-4967-a7eb-0469f40d41af


Library Ireland Week – week-long celebration of Irish libraries to be launched at the National Library

On Thursday 28 February, the writer Joseph O’Connor will launch Library Ireland Week (3–9 March) at the National Library of Ireland. This event will begin at 6.30pm and is open to the public – if you would like to attend, please contact Marian Keyes at mkeyes@libraryassociation.ie.
For more information: www.libraryirelandweek.ie


‘The Stapleton Collection’ nominated for prestigious Berger art history prize
Conor Lucey’s book, The Stapleton Collection; designs for the Irish neo-classical interior, which examines the Library’s collection of designs by the eighteenth-century Irish stuccodor Michael Stapleton, has been nominated for the Berger Prize for British Art History, 2007. It is published by Churchill House Press in association with the National Library of Ireland.

For more information: http://www.nli.ie/en/list/latest-news.aspx?article=0162503b-56c1-4279-b0bd-f41053409057

Read All About It!
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Newsplan Ireland, the co-operative preservation project for newspapers in Ireland and the National Library of Ireland will celebrate with a series of events and publications.

Library Late: The Spring season of Library Late will focus on news media and journalism with lively debate and conversation with Irish and International media participating. The new Library Late programme will be posted on the NLI website shortly, with the series running from the end of February to April.

NLI NEWS: The Spring issue of NLI NEWS will be dedicated to newspapers, the most heavily used Library collection. It will look at the Newsplan project itself and include articles on changing trends in print and online Irish newspapers, 18th century Irish papers and the value of newspapers as a research source.

Genealogy and Local Studies Group (LAI) seminar: The National Library, in association with the Genealogy and Local Studies Group of the Library Association of Ireland, is pleased to host a one-day seminar on Newspapers – Past, Present and Future.
For more information: http://www.libraryirelandweek.ie