1701 – Marsh’s Library, St Patrick’s Close, Dublin
Architect: Sir William Robinson
Designed by Sir William Robinson who was also the architect of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and the Surveyor General from 1670-1700,
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1732 – Long Room Library, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Thomas Burgh
The old Library of Trinity College (old because of a newer neighbour built by Ahrends Burton Koralak) is Thomas Burgh’s masterpiece.
1771 – Public Library, Armagh, Co. Armagh
Architect: Thomas Cooley
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.
1819 – Library, Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Architect: S. Mullen
Former markethouse converted into a public library. Quite a plain two storey building of three bays,
1827 – The Honourable Society of Kings Inns Library, Henrietta Street, Dublin
Architect: Frederick Darley
Designed by Frederick Darley in 1827, the Library building of the Kings Inns replaced three of the oldest houses on the street.
1844 – Former Library, Clones, Co. Monaghan
Architect: William Deane Butler
A fine symmetrical building by William Deane Butler. It was originally built as a market house and the ground floor is arcaded,
1850 – Ste-Genevieve Library, Paris
Architect: Henri Labrouste
Designed in 1839, and opened in 1851, the library was intended to contain the treasures of a nearby cloister.
1851 – Library, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon
Designed by Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon as a small Gothic Revival church in 1851,
1858 – New Library, Exeter College, Oxford
Architect: George Gilbert Scott
1862 – New Library, Middle Temple, London
Architect: H.R. Abraham
Destroyed during air raids during the Second World War.
From The Building News, January 3, 1862: Three or four months ago the Prince of Wales publicly opened the new JL Library which Mr.
