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What'son February - April 2020 - National Library of Ireland
What’s on
February – April 2020
What'son February - April 2020 - National Library of Ireland
Exhibitions and Tours

Welcome
 to the National Library of Ireland
At the NLI we collect and make available the recorded memory of Ireland. We care for more than 10
million items, including books, newspapers, manuscripts, photographs, websites and digital media.
This spring we are delighted to present a diverse programme of free exhibitions, tours, talks and
workshops spread across our four exhibition venues listed below.
Join us to explore the voices and experiences of the past. We look forward to welcoming you!
                                                                                                    From Turmoil to Truce: Photographs of the
Our Venues
                                                                                                    Irish War of Independence
From Turmoil to Truce:                               Seamus Heaney: Listen
Photographs of the Irish War                         Now Again                                      The images are black and white. The issues aren’t.
of Independence                                      Bank of Ireland Cultural
National Photographic                                and Heritage Centre,                           Explore key aspects of the Irish War of Independence through 100 year-old photographs, period
Archive, Meeting House                               Westmoreland Street,                           newsreels and interactive exhibits.
Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2                         Dublin 2
                                                                                                    National Photographic Archive,              Opening hours:
                                                                                                    Meeting House Square,                       Monday – Saturday 10am - 4.45pm
Yeats: The Life and                                  World War Ireland:                             Temple Bar,                                 Sunday and public holidays 12pm – 4.45pm
Works of William                                     Exploring the Irish                            Dublin 2
Butler Yeats                                         Experience                                                                                 Guided tours: Thursday 20 February, Thursday 19
7/8 Kildare Street,                                  2 Kildare Street,                                                                          March and Thursday 16 April at 1pm
Dublin 2                                             Dublin 2
                                                                                                                                                To book group tours, contact learning@nli.ie
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Yeats: The Life and Works of
                                                                                                     Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
William Butler Yeats
Visit this award-winning exhibition showcasing the NLI’s Yeats archive. Explore the life of one of   Pop-in to this city centre oasis bringing visitors on an intimate and multi-sensory journey
the 20th century’s greatest poets and a man of many interests ranging from theatre and folklore,     through Heaney’s life by showcasing his drafts, diary entries and personal family photographs.
to politics and the occult.

7/8 Kildare Street,                        Opening hours:                                            Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again,           Opening hours: Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm.
Dublin 2                                   Monday – Wednesday 9.30am – 7.45pm                        Bank of Ireland Cultural and                              (Last admission is 3.30pm)
                                           Thursday - Saturday 9.30am - 4.45pm                       Heritage Centre,
Guided tour at 1pm: Thursday 6             Sunday 1pm – 4.45pm                                       Westmoreland Street,                       Guided tours: Every Tuesday at 1pm
February, Thursday 5 March and             Public holidays 12pm – 4.45pm                             Dublin 2                                                 Every Saturday at 2pm
Thursday 2 April
                                           To book group tours, contact learning@nli.ie                                                         Booking via: heaneynli.eventbrite.com / 087 721 3436.
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World War Ireland: Exploring the                                                                  The National Library's History &
Irish Experience                                                                                  Heritage Tour
This illuminating exhibition brings you inside the lives of those who experienced WWI with        Explore the Library's rich architectural history and heritage on this free guided tour.
personal diary entries, eyewitness testimony and recruiting posters that bring history to life.   The tour includes a visit to the Library's iconic reading room.

2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2                  Opening hours:                                        7/8 Kildare Street,                                Guided tours at 1pm: Saturday 8 February
                                            Monday – Wednesday 9.30am – 7.45pm                    Dublin 2                                                                Saturday 7 March
Guided tours at 1pm: Thursday 13            Thursday - Saturday 9.30am - 4.45pm                                                                                           Saturday 18 April
February, Thursday 12 March and             Sunday 1pm – 4.45pm
Thursday 9 April                            Public holidays 12pm – 4.45pm

                                            To book group tours, contact learning@nli.ie
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Tue 10   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          February                                                                                              Tue 10   19:00   Lecture: Fake News and the War of Independence
                          Sat 1    11:00   Saint Brigid's Cross Making Workshop for Children                                    Wed 11   13:00   Close Reading Poetry Workshop
                          Sat 1    12:00   Saint Brigid's Cross Making Workshop for Children                                    Thu 12   13:00   Exhibition Tour: World War Ireland
                          Sat 1    13:00   Lily, Lolly, Georgie and Anne - exploring the creative lives and work of the Yeats   Fri 13   10:30   Ciorcal Comhrá sa Chaife, Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann
                                           women
                                                                                                                                Sat 14   13:00   Seachtain na Gaeilge: Hammond: Duais an Dorais Screening
                          Sat 1    13:00   Saint Brigid’s Cross Making Workshop for Adults
                                                                                                                                Sat 14   14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Sat 1    14:00   Saint Brigid’s Cross Making Workshop for Adults
                                                                                                                                Mon 16   11:00   St. Patrick’s Festival Guided Tour of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Sat 1    14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                                                                                                                                Thu 19   13:00   Exhibition Tour: From Turmoil to Truce
Spring 2020 At a glance

                          Mon 3    15:00   Research Workshop: Using the National Library
                                                                                                                                Sat 21   14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Mon 3    19:00   Folklore Society of Ireland Lecture: “The finest story-teller I have ever met”:
                                           Seán Éadbhaird Ó Briain as Loch Conaortha                                            Tue 24   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Tue 4    13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again                                     Tue 24   18:30   Irish Texts Society Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Lecture: Polishing diamonds: How
                                                                                                                                                 modern Irish poetry came to gleam
                          Tue 4    18:30   Lecture: Looking at Ireland from China
                                                                                                                                Fri 27   13:00   Book Club: Wintering Out
                          Thu 6    13:00   Exhibition Tour: Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats
                                                                                                                                Sat 28   11:00   Family Tour of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Sat 8    13:00   Tour: The National Library's History & Heritage
                                                                                                                                Sat 28   14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Sat 8    14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                                                                                                                                Mon 30   13:00   Don Byrne: Poetry Reading
                          Sat 8    15:30   Interactive Talk and Workshop: An insight into Mandarin Chinese language and
                                           culture                                                                              Tue 31   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Tue 11   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Tue 11   19:00   Lecture: Women and Bloody Sunday 1920: Participants, Witnesses and Victims           April
                          Wed 12   13:00   Close Reading Poetry Workshop                                                        Thu 2    13:00   Exhibition Tour: Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats
                          Thu 13   13:00   Exhibition Tour: World War Ireland                                                   Sat 4    13:00   One City One Book: Book Club: Tatty
                          Fri 14   13:05   Tread softly: Love poems of WB Yeats                                                 Sat 4    14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Sat 15   13:00   Lecture: Theo Dorgan: Antaeus and World-Girdler — Heaney far-voiced and              Tue 7    13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                                           veteran                                                                              Wed 8    13:00   Close Reading Poetry Workshop
                          Tue 18   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again                                     Thu 9    13:00   Exhibition Tour: World War Ireland
                          Thu 20   13:00   Kite-Making Workshop for Kids                                                        Sat 11   14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Thu 20   13:00   Exhibition Tour: From Turmoil to Truce                                               Tue 14   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Sat 22   14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again                                     Wed 15   14:00   Drop-in Wednesday: Fun for children of all ages as the NLI comes to life with stories and
                                                                                                                                                 trails!
                          Mon 24   12:00   Schools Event: City Wide Reading Choice 2020
                                                                                                                                Thu 16   10:00   Family Open Day
                          Tue 25   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                                                                                                                                Thu 16   13:00   Exhibition Tour: From Turmoil to Truce
                          Thu 27   13:00   Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again Art Tour
                                                                                                                                Thu 16   18:30   One City One Book Panel Discussion: Fiction, Memoir and Life Writing
                          Fri 28   13:00   Book Club: Door into the Dark
                                                                                                                                Sat 18   13:00   Tour: The National Library's History & Heritage
                          Sat 29   14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                                                                                                                                Sat 18   13:00   Lecture: Nuala Madigan: The Wild Bogs of Ireland
                          March                                                                                                 Sat 18
                                                                                                                                Mon 20
                                                                                                                                         14:00
                                                                                                                                         15:00
                                                                                                                                                 Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                                                                                                                                                 Research Workshop: Using the National Library
                          Mon 2    13:00   Turas Treoraithe: Taispeántas Yeats
                                                                                                                                Tue 21   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Tue 3    13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                                                                                                                                Wed 22   19:00   Lecture: Sexual and Gender Based Violence in the Irish Revolution: an inconvenient
                          Wed 4    13:05   Lunchtime Talk: Rebellious women in the National Library: Archival collections                        truth
                                           of women in Irish politics, ca 1870-1918
                                                                                                                                Fri 24   13:00   Book Club: North
                          Thu 5    13:00   Exhibition Tour: Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats
                                                                                                                                Sat 25   14:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Fri 6    10:30   Ciorcal Comhrá sa Chaife, Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann
                                                                                                                                Tue 28   13:00   Exhibition Tour: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Fri 6    13:05   Lunchtime Talk: Women exposed: women photographers in the NLI collections
                                                                                                                                Thu 30   18:30   Poetry Ireland Day: Poetry Reading
                          Sat 7    13:00   Tour: The National Library's History & Heritage
                          Sat 7    13:00   Women’s Tour of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
                          Sat 7    15:30   Turas Treoraithe: Stair agus Oidhreacht na Leabharlainne Náisiúnta
                          Mon 9    13:00   Turas Treoraithe: Taispeántas World War Ireland
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Wednesday 12 February, 1pm

Spring Events
                                                                                                               Close Reading Poetry
                                                                                                               Workshop: From sonnets to
                                                                                                               sestets, alliteration to
                                                                                                               assonance, take a closer look
                                                                                                               at some of Heaney's poems.
                                                                                                               heaneynli.eventbrite.com
February                                                                                                       Friday 14 February, 1.05pm
                                                                                                               Tread softly: Love poems of
                                                                                                               WB Yeats
Saturday 1 February, 1pm                                                                                       Enjoy readings of a selection of
Lily, Lolly, Georgie and Anne:                                                                                 WB Yeats’s love poems,
exploring the creative lives                                                                                   accompanied by music.
and work of the Yeats women                                                                                    Saturday 15 February, 1pm
This event will include talks and                                                                              Lecture: Antaeus and World-
discussion on the lives and                                                                                    Girdler — Heaney far-voiced
achievements of these creative                                                                                 and veteran Theo Dorgan             From Turmoil to Truce: Photographs of the Irish War of
women. Speakers will include                                                                                   explores the poet’s journey         Independence
Lucy Collins, UCD; Elaine Sisson,                                                                              from local to international, in
IADT and Deirdre Mulroonrey,                                                                                   a talk entitled, Antaeus and         Brocquy and Carolyn Mulholland.     NLI historian Ciara Stewart
Documentary maker. An event                                                                                    World-Girdler — Heaney far-          Booking via:                        introduces the rebellious women
for the Herstory Light Festival                                                                                voiced and veteran. Booking          heaneynli.eventbrite.com /          that can be found in the library’s
                                                                                                               via:                                 087 721 3436.                       collections in this talk to mark
Saturday 1 February, 11am &                                                                                                                                                             International Women’s day on 8
12pm                                                                                                           heaneynli.eventbrite.com /           Friday 28 February, 1pm
                                                                                                               087 721 3436.                                                            March.
Saint Brigid’s Cross Making                                                                                                                         Book Club: Door into the
Workshop for Children                                                                                          Thursday 20 February, 1pm            Dark                                Dé hAoine 6 Márta, 10:30rn-
                                                                                                               Kite-Making Workshop for             Join us to discuss this month's     11:30rn
Saturday 1 February, 1pm &                                                                                                                          poetry collection, Door into the    Ciorcal Comhrá sa Chaife,
2pm                                                                                                            Kids ‘And yes, it is a kite!’
                                    Cork City in ruins, December 1920 HOGW 153                                 Come along to build and              Dark, by Seamus Heaney              Leabharlann Náisiúnta na
Saint Brigid’s Cross Making                                                                                                                         Booking via:                        hÉireann
                                                                                                               decorate your own kite, inspired
Workshop for Adults                                                                                            by the poetry of Seamus Heaney.      heaneynli.eventbrite.com / 087      Bí ag cleachtadh do chuid
Join traditional craft expert        Professor Angela Bourke will         Mandarin Chinese language
                                                                                                               Ages 6-12. Booking via:              721 3436.                           Gaeilge le foireann na
Patrick Broderick on St. Brigid’s    deliver a bi-lingual lecture about   and culture.                                                                                                  Leabharlainne ag an gciorcal
                                     traditional Irish storyteller Seán   Ximena Arias-Manzano will            heaneynli.eventbrite.com /
Day to make St. Brigid’s crosses                                                                               087 721 3436.                                                            comhrá seo. Tá an t-imeacht seo
                                     Éadbhaird Ó Briain.                  discuss the evolution of written
and understand their historical
significance. Booking via:           Tuesday 4 February, 6.30pm
                                                                          Chinese and there will be an         Monday 24 February, 12pm             March                               á reáchtáil mar chuid de
                                                                                                                                                                                        Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2020.
heaneynli.eventbrite.com /                                                opportunity to learn and write       Schools Event: City Wide
                                     Lecture: Looking at Ireland          some words in Mardarin.                                                                                    Friday 6 March, 1.05pm
087 721 3436.                        from China                                                                Reading Choice 2020
                                                                          Presented by the Open University     Join Shane Hegarty, whose book,      Dé Luain 2 Márta, 1in            Lunchtime Talk: Women
Monday 3 February, 3pm               Professor Jerusha McCormack          with the NLI as part of the Dublin                                        Turas treoraithe: Taispeántas exposed: women
                                                                                                               Boot illustrated by Ben Mantle is
Research Workshop: Using             (Beijing Foreign Studies             Chinese New Year festival.           this year’s City wide read choice    Yeats                            photographers in the NLI
the National Library                 University and Trinity College       To register for these free events    for an hour of fun with the robot    Tabharfaidh Niamh Ní Riain turas collections
This 90-minute workshop gives        Dublin) reflects on the              please email ireland-                who wakes up in a rubbish dump       treoraithe don taispeántas atá      Join NLI curator Elizabeth Kirwan
advice on researching the rich       commonalities that have              events@open.ac.uk or call The        with only two-and-a-half             duaiseanna buaite aige, Yeats:      for this talk on women
and varied collections of the        emerged between the two              Open University in Ireland’s         memories: Ages: 7-10 years.          The Life and Works of William       photographers to mark
National Library. To reserve a       nations over the course of fifteen   Dublin office: 01 678 5399.          Booking required:                    Butler Yeats. Tá an t-imeacht seo   International Women’s day on 8
place contact: learning@nli.ie or    years teaching about Ireland in                                           learning@nli.ie.                     á reáchtáil mar chuid de            March.
                                                                          Tuesday 11 February, 7pm
01 6030 259                          China. In association with the                                                                                 Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2020.         Dé Sathairn 7 Márta, 11.00
                                                                          Lecture: Women and Bloody            Thursday 27 February, 1pm
                                     Dublin Chinese New Year                                                                                                                            Seachtain na Gaeilge: Turas
Monday 3 February, 7pm                                                    Sunday 1920: Participants,           Seamus Heaney: Listen Now            Wednesday 4 March, 1.05pm
                                     festival.                                                                                                                                          Treoraithe trí Ghaeilge: Bí linn
Folklore Society of Ireland                                               Witnesses and Victims                Again Art Tour: Join us as we        Lunchtime Talk: Rebellious
lecture: “The finest story-          Friday 7 and Saturday 8              Historian Liz Gillis discusses the   survey illustrated editions of       women in the National               san Ionad Cultúrtha agus
teller I have ever met”: Seán        February, 3.30pm – 4.30pm            role of and impact on women on       Heaney’s work, the design of the     Library: Archival collections       Oidhreachta i mBanc na hÉireann
Éadbhaird Ó Briain as Loch           Interactive Talk and                 that fateful day 21 November         exhibition, and portraits of         of women in Irish politics, ca      do thuras treoraithe ar Seamus
Conaortha                            Workshop: An insight into            1920.                                Seamus Heaney by Louis le            1870-1918                           Heaney: Listen Now Again. Glac
What'son February - April 2020 - National Library of Ireland
páirt i scéal duine de na             Dé Luain 9 Márta                 heaneynli.eventbrite.com /                                                                                       Enjoy an exciting talk by Nuala
scríbhneoirí is cáiliúla agus is mó   Turas treoraithe: Taispeántas 087 721 3436.                                                                                                       Madigan from the Irish Peatland
go bhfuil cion air in Éirinn.         World War Ireland, 1in           Dé hAoine 13 Márta, 10:30rn-                                                                                     Conservation Council as she
Booking via:                          Foghlaim faoi thaithí muintir na 11:30rn                                                                                                          explores the cultural and natural
heaneynli.eventbrite.com /            hÉireann i rith an Chéad         Ciorcal Comhrá sa Chaife,                                                                                        heritage of Ireland’s last true
087 721 3436.                         Chogadh Domhanda. Conas mar Leabharlann Náisiúnta na                                                                                              wilderness: the Irish Boglands.
                                      a bhí saol in Éirinn i rith an   hÉireann.                                                                                                        Booking via:
Dé Sathairn 7 Márta, 3.30in
                                      Chogaidh ? Conas mar a bhí saol    Bí ag cleachtadh do chuid                                                                                      heaneynli.eventbrite.com /
Turas treoraithe: Stair agus          an tsaighdiúra Éireannaigh a bhí   Gaeilge le foireann na                                                                                         087 721 3436.
Oidhreacht na Leabharlainne           ar an bhFronta? Déanfaidh
Náisiúnta                                                                Leabharlainne ag an gciorcal                                                                                   Monday 20 April, 3pm
                                      Niamh Ní Riain na ceisteanna       comhrá seo. Tá an t-imeacht seo
Breathnaigh ar stair, oidhreacht      seo a fhreagairt, tríd úsáid a
                                                                                                                                                                                        Research Workshop: Using
agus ailtireachta shaibhir na                                            á reáchtáil mar chuid de                                                                                       the National Library
                                      bhaint as ábhair éagsúla ó         Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2020.
Leabharlainne Náisiúnta ar an         bhailiúcháin na Leabharlainne                                                                                                                     This 90-minute workshop gives
turas saor in aisce seo.              Náisiúnta. Tá an t-imeacht seo á   Dé Sathairn 14 Márta, 1in                                                                                      advice on researching the rich
Labhróidh Niamh Ní Riain faoin                                           Seachtain na Gaeilge:               Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again                                            and varied collections of the
                                      reáchtáil mar chuid de
gceardaíocht álainn atá le            Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2020.        Hammond: Duais an Dorais                                                                                       National Library. To reserve a
féachaint i bpríomh-                                                     Screening: Join us for this         by Seamus Heaney. Booking via:        Workshop: From sonnets to            place contact: learning@nli.ie or
fhoirgneamh na Leabharlainne          Tuesday 10 March, 7pm              beautiful film screening            heaneynli.eventbrite.com /            sestets, alliteration to             01 6030 346
ar Shráid Chill Dara. Tá an t-        Lecture: Fake News and the         depicting the life of singer and    087 721 3436.                         assonance, take a closer look at
imeacht seo á reáchtáil mar           War of Independence                                                                                          some of Heaney's poems.              Wednesday 22 April, 7pm
                                                                         film-maker David Hammond.                                                                                      Lecture: Sexual and Gender
chuid de Sheachtain na Gaeilge        Author and historian Michael       Most of the programme is in Irish   Saturday 28 March, 11am               Booking via:
2020.                                 Barry explores the attempts at                                                                               heaneynli.eventbrite.com /           Based Violence in the Irish
                                                                         with English subtitles. Run time:   Family Tour                                                                Revolution: an inconvenient
                                      disinformation by the Dublin       60 minutes. Booking via:            Join us for a family-friendly tour    087 721 3436.
Saturday 7 March, 1pm                 Castle authorities, as the                                                                                                                        truth
Women’s Tour of Seamus                                                   heaneynli.eventbrite.com /          of the exhibition. It will be extra   Wednesday 15 April, 2pm –            Professor Linda Connolly,
                                      struggle for Independence          087 721 3436.                       kid-friendly, full of interesting
Heaney: Listen Now Again:             gained in intensity.
                                                                                                                                                   3pm                                  Maynooth University considers
Join us as we celebrate                                                                                      facts about the life and poems of     Drop-in Wednesday: Fun for
                                                                         Monday 16 March, 11am                                                                                          sexual assault and sexual
International Women’s Day and         Wednesday 11 March, 1pm                                                Seamus Heaney! Booking via:           children of all ages as the NLI
                                                                         St. Patrick’s Festival Guided       heaneynli.eventbrite.com /                                                 violence during the Irish War of
take a special look at the tender     Close Reading Poetry               Tour of Seamus Heaney:                                                    comes to life with stories and       Independence and Civil War.
poems honouring the formative         Workshop: From sonnets to                                              087 721 3436.                         trails!
                                                                         Listen Now Again                                                                                               Friday 24 April, 1pm
female figures in Heaney's life.      sestets, alliteration to           Join us for a guided tour of        Monday 30 March, 1pm                  Free and booking is not required.
Booking via:                          assonance, take a closer look at   Seamus Heaney: Listen Now           Don Byrne Poetry Reading                                                   Book Club: North
                                                                                                                                                   Thursday 16 April, 10am - 4pm        Join us to discuss this month's
heaneynli.eventbrite.com /            some of Heaney's poems.            Again with a special focus on St.   Join poet Don Byrne for a poetry      Family Open Day
087 721 3436.                         Booking via:                       Patrick and insights into           reading. Booking via:                                                      poetry collection, North, by
                                                                                                                                                   Come along for a fun day filled      Seamus Heaney. Booking via:
                                                                         Heaney’s connections with our       heaneynli.eventbrite.com /            with activities. There will be
                                                                         other patron saints of Ireland.     087 721 3436.                                                              heaneynli.eventbrite.com /
                                                                                                                                                   something for all ages including
                                                                         Booking via:                                                                                                   087 721 3436.
                                                                                                                                                   a creativity workshop for teens, a
                                                                         heaneynli.eventbrite.com /                                                family tour of the exhibition and    Saturday 25 April, 2pm
                                                                         087 721 3436.                       April                                 storytelling for 8-12 year olds.     Seamus Heaney: Listen Now
                                                                         Tuesday 24 March, 6.30pm                                                  Booking via:                         Again Tour
                                                                         Irish Texts Society Breandán                                              heaneynli.eventbrite.com /           Join us for a tour of Seamus
                                                                                                             Saturday 4 April, 1pm                 087 721 3436.                        Heaney: Listen Now Again. Come
                                                                         Ó Buachalla Memorial                One City One Book: Book
                                                                         Lecture: Polishing diamonds:                                              Thursday 16 April, 6.30pm            along for an insight into Seamus
                                                                                                             Club: Tatty
                                                                         How modern Irish poetry                                                   One City One Book Panel              Heaney’s life, view early drafts of
                                                                                                             Join us for an informal and
                                                                         came to gleam                                                             Discussion: Fiction, Memoir          his work and explore the
                                                                                                             interactive discussion of this
                                                                         Professor Máire Ní Annracháin,      year’s One City One Book              and Life Writing                     importance of his poetry today.
                                                                         UCD considers aspects of the        selection: Tatty along with the       Join us for this panel discussion    Booking via:
                                                                         creative re-imagining in modern     author, Christine Dwyer Hickey.       featuring author of Tatty            heaneynli.eventbrite.com /
                                                                         poetry of traditional ideas and     Booking via:                          Christina Dwyer Hickey, author       087 721 3436.
                                                                         images                              heaneynli.eventbrite.com /            Selina Guinness and chaired by       Thursday 30 April, 3pm
                                                                         Friday 27 March, 1pm                087 721 3436.                         Garrett Fagan (UCD).                 Poetry Day Ireland Tour
                                                                         Book Club: Wintering Out            Wednesday 8 April, 1pm                Saturday 18 April, 1pm               Celebrate Poetry day by joining
                                                                         Join us to discuss this month's     Close Reading Poetry                  Nuala Madigan Lecture: The           us for a guided tour of the Yeats
Map-making workshop                                                      poetry collection, Wintering Out,                                         Wild Bogs of Ireland                 exhibition.
What'son February - April 2020 - National Library of Ireland
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Reading
Room
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a must-see. Marvel at the
50-feet high, Victorian
domed ceiling and keep an
eye out for the cherubs on
the plaster frieze. Please
be considerate of the
researchers working with
our wonderful collections.
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ticket simply ask a member
of staff.

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9.30am – 4.45pm
Saturday: 9.30am – 12.45pm
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National Library of Ireland
Kildare Street, Dublin 2 DO2 P638
T +353 1 603 0200
info@nli.ie
Opening hours:
Monday – Wednesday             9.30am to 7.45pm
Thursday – Friday              9.30am to 4.45pm
Saturday                       9.30am to 4.45pm (Reading Rooms close at 12.45pm)
Sunday                         1.00pm to 4.45pm (exhibitions)
Public Holidays                12.00pm to 4.45pm (exhibitions)

National Photographic Archive
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 DO2 WF85
Opening hours:
Monday – Saturday              10.00am to 4.45pm (From Turmoil to Truce)
Sunday                         12.00pm to 4.45pm (From Turmoil to Truce)
Public Holidays                12.00pm to 4.45pm (From Turmoil to Truce)

Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
Bank of Ireland Cultural & Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2 DO2 VR66
T: +353 1 670 6153
heaneyexhibition@nli.ie

Opening hours:
Monday - Saturday            10.00am - 4.00pm (Last admission: 3.30pm)
Sundays and Public Holidays: Closed

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