1701 – Marsh’s Library, St Patrick’s Close, Dublin
Designed by Sir William Robinson who was also the architect of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and the Surveyor General from 1670-1700,
Designed by Sir William Robinson who was also the architect of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and the Surveyor General from 1670-1700,
The old Library of Trinity College (old because of a newer neighbour built by Ahrends Burton Koralak) is Thomas Burgh’s masterpiece.
Fabulous Library building on an awkward sloping corner site by Thomas Cooley, the architect of Dublin’s City Hall which was started just two years earlier.
Former markethouse converted into a public library. Quite a plain two storey building of three bays,
The Dublin Library Society was established in 1791 to meet the needs of the city’s readers.
Designed by Frederick Darley in 1827, the Library building of the Kings Inns replaced three of the oldest houses on the street.
A fine symmetrical building by William Deane Butler. It was originally built as a market house and the ground floor is arcaded,
Designed in 1839, and opened in 1851, the library was intended to contain the treasures of a nearby cloister.
Built as an Independent Church in Gothic Revival style circa 1852, it was converted in 1954 into a Library.