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What’s on February – April 2020
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
Visit our Reading Room Our iconic reading room is 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. If you would like a reader’s ticket simply ask a member of staff. Monday - Wednesday: 9.30 am – 7.45pm Thursday - Friday: 9.30am – 4.45pm Saturday: 9.30am – 12.45pm
National Library of Ireland
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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
FREE ADMISSION
Seamus Heaney: Listen
Now Again at BOI Cultural
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