Marsh's Library
@marshslibrary.bsky.social
Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars.
Registered Charity RCN 20000752
Registered Charity RCN 20000752
Several visitors have left us these tiny rubber ducks at the till recently. We've made sure they're getting some culture, including showing them watercolours of their 18th century ancestor!
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Several visitors have left us these tiny rubber ducks at the till recently. We've made sure they're getting some culture, including showing them watercolours of their 18th century ancestor!
A lot of the country seems to have moved a bit south on this 16th century map of Ireland! From Antoine Lafrery's Geografia Tavole.
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A lot of the country seems to have moved a bit south on this 16th century map of Ireland! From Antoine Lafrery's Geografia Tavole.
Happy #InternationalLegoDay! It's party time for #MarshsMinifigures If you pop into the library today, take a self portrait sheet home with you and become a minifigure for the day 📷
January 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Happy #InternationalLegoDay! It's party time for #MarshsMinifigures If you pop into the library today, take a self portrait sheet home with you and become a minifigure for the day 📷
A lovely & extremely rare psalter printed in London by Richard Pynson 502 years ago, made all the more special by what someone thought to tuck inside it: a unique printed 'indulgence', offering to reduce a sinner's time in purgatory in return for funds towards Hereford Cathedral.
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A lovely & extremely rare psalter printed in London by Richard Pynson 502 years ago, made all the more special by what someone thought to tuck inside it: a unique printed 'indulgence', offering to reduce a sinner's time in purgatory in return for funds towards Hereford Cathedral.
#otd in 1627, chemist Robert Boyle was born in Lismore, Waterford in Ireland. His experiments with the air pump in the 1660s proved the existence of a vacuum. Boyle's Law describes the relationship between the pressure & volume of a gas.
January 25, 2026 at 9:35 AM
#otd in 1627, chemist Robert Boyle was born in Lismore, Waterford in Ireland. His experiments with the air pump in the 1660s proved the existence of a vacuum. Boyle's Law describes the relationship between the pressure & volume of a gas.
We are looking for outgoing people to join our team of volunteers. We'd like to hear from you if you can spare one morning or one afternoon per week to welcome visitors to our historic library. Find out more here: marshlibrary.ie/call-for-vol...
Call for Volunteers: Join the Team - Marsh's Library
We are looking for outgoing, confident people to join our team of volunteers.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
We are looking for outgoing people to join our team of volunteers. We'd like to hear from you if you can spare one morning or one afternoon per week to welcome visitors to our historic library. Find out more here: marshlibrary.ie/call-for-vol...
We have a new mini art activity for visitors, inspired by our 'Exquisite & Rare' book binding exhibition. Thank you for everyone who has left us these 'book corner' stunners!
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
We have a new mini art activity for visitors, inspired by our 'Exquisite & Rare' book binding exhibition. Thank you for everyone who has left us these 'book corner' stunners!
Someone made a very clean job when they stole this illustration from our copy of Blaeu's Atlas Major, v.1 from 1662. That it's historical theft makes it no less galling!
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Someone made a very clean job when they stole this illustration from our copy of Blaeu's Atlas Major, v.1 from 1662. That it's historical theft makes it no less galling!
No point trying to phone us ... EIR recently left us without broadband for over a month. We told them to cancel the service as we had a new supplier. They did cut the broadband, but they also accidentally cut our phone line. It may be a while before we're back up.
January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
No point trying to phone us ... EIR recently left us without broadband for over a month. We told them to cancel the service as we had a new supplier. They did cut the broadband, but they also accidentally cut our phone line. It may be a while before we're back up.
If you're looking for something different to do in Dublin, check out the gorgeous exhibition in the gallery at #Farmleigh House of books and manuscripts collected by Benjamin #Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh. Full details at farmleigh.ie/.../benjamin...
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
If you're looking for something different to do in Dublin, check out the gorgeous exhibition in the gallery at #Farmleigh House of books and manuscripts collected by Benjamin #Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh. Full details at farmleigh.ie/.../benjamin...
Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...
Huguenot Correspondence Networks in France 1660-85. A talk by Dr Janée Allsman about her project on our 1st Keeper, Élie Bouhéreau of La Rochelle. Organised by The Huguenot Society in London. Via Zoom 8pm GMT Wed 14 Jan. To sign up, please email [email protected] before 10 Jan 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Huguenot Correspondence Networks in France 1660-85. A talk by Dr Janée Allsman about her project on our 1st Keeper, Élie Bouhéreau of La Rochelle. Organised by The Huguenot Society in London. Via Zoom 8pm GMT Wed 14 Jan. To sign up, please email [email protected] before 10 Jan 2026.
This 14th-century manuscript in our collection was used for chanting and singing during processions at the church of St John the Evangelist in Fishamble Street.
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 AM
This 14th-century manuscript in our collection was used for chanting and singing during processions at the church of St John the Evangelist in Fishamble Street.
In our last blogpost of 2025, Maddock Research Fellow
Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection
marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...
Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection
marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...
Between the Bindings: Uncovering the Histories of Irish Women Writers - Marsh's Library
Zoë Van Cauwenberg uncovers some of the Irish women writers and illustrators in the Benjamin Iveagh collection.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In our last blogpost of 2025, Maddock Research Fellow
Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection
marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...
Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection
marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...
Marsh's Library will be closed for the Christmas period from 5pm Friday December 19th and will re-open at 10:30am Tuesday January 6th. Wishing you all a safe and happy 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Marsh's Library will be closed for the Christmas period from 5pm Friday December 19th and will re-open at 10:30am Tuesday January 6th. Wishing you all a safe and happy 2026.
Join us for a tour in Ireland's oldest and coldest public library followed by a tasting of delicious whiskey from our friends at Teeling Whiskey Distillery!
Tours are at 6:30-8:00pm January Friday 23rd and January Friday 30th.
Book here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/teeling-wh...
Tours are at 6:30-8:00pm January Friday 23rd and January Friday 30th.
Book here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/teeling-wh...
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Join us for a tour in Ireland's oldest and coldest public library followed by a tasting of delicious whiskey from our friends at Teeling Whiskey Distillery!
Tours are at 6:30-8:00pm January Friday 23rd and January Friday 30th.
Book here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/teeling-wh...
Tours are at 6:30-8:00pm January Friday 23rd and January Friday 30th.
Book here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/teeling-wh...
A map of the arctic circle from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, v.1 from 1662. Interesting take on a polar bear!
December 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A map of the arctic circle from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, v.1 from 1662. Interesting take on a polar bear!
A break from Christmas content to enjoy this capybara eating a banana. From François Froger's 'A relation of a voyage ...' (London, 1698).
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A break from Christmas content to enjoy this capybara eating a banana. From François Froger's 'A relation of a voyage ...' (London, 1698).
Some of the lovely 'baubly' bindings on display in our current exhibition 'Exquisite & Rare: Book Bindings from the Library of Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh' #Christmas #Bindings
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Some of the lovely 'baubly' bindings on display in our current exhibition 'Exquisite & Rare: Book Bindings from the Library of Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh' #Christmas #Bindings
Hand-coloured mistletoe from a 16th century herbal. Do people still hang it much in their homes over Christmas?
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Hand-coloured mistletoe from a 16th century herbal. Do people still hang it much in their homes over Christmas?
Tiny reindeer from a map of Norway in vol.1 of Joan Blaeu's 11 volume Atlas Major, 1662 #Christmas #Maps
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Tiny reindeer from a map of Norway in vol.1 of Joan Blaeu's 11 volume Atlas Major, 1662 #Christmas #Maps
Is your Christmas tree up yet, or is it still too early? Hand-coloured fir tree with bonus wildlife, from Hieronymous Boch's herbal printed 473 years ago.
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Is your Christmas tree up yet, or is it still too early? Hand-coloured fir tree with bonus wildlife, from Hieronymous Boch's herbal printed 473 years ago.
A map of the topography of the moon from Johannes Hevelius' Selenographia, the first lunar atlas, printed in 1647 #supermoon #astronomy
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A map of the topography of the moon from Johannes Hevelius' Selenographia, the first lunar atlas, printed in 1647 #supermoon #astronomy
Is it just us or is there a dog-like look to the sea monster in this 1576 map of Corfu?
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Is it just us or is there a dog-like look to the sea monster in this 1576 map of Corfu?
A roaring fire is just the thing for a chilly Tuesday in November. Doodle found inside the 1672 'New Rules' for the regulation of cities and towns in Ireland.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A roaring fire is just the thing for a chilly Tuesday in November. Doodle found inside the 1672 'New Rules' for the regulation of cities and towns in Ireland.