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Coláiste Mhuire, Parnell Square . Image © Dublin City Council

Site Investigations

Dublin City Council have commissioned investigative works to assess the condition of on the Georgian buildings of Parnell Square Cultural Quarter. The works commenced on Monday 20th February and will last for approximately 8 weeks during which the team will open up the fabric of…

READ ARTICLE > February 21st 2017
Ms-150 Gilbert Collection. Image courtesy of Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive

When am I to see my books?

This plea was voiced by Lord Charlemont in a letter to his friend Edmund Malone on 2nd January 1781. Lord Charlemont was an avid collector of books, art and antiquities. He furnished his house at Rutland Square (Parnell Square) with purchases from his extensive travels…

READ ARTICLE > July 27th 2016
National Club membership card dated 1893 reproduced by kind permission from Áine Collins. Image © Dublin City Library and Archive

The National Club

The National Club at 11 Rutland Square held its inaugural dinner on 1st November 1887. On the occasion, Michael Davitt wished: ‘health, long life and prosperity to the National Club. It fills a void, long keenly felt in the national life of the city, which…

READ ARTICLE > May 26th 2016
Micheál Mac Liammóir photograph, Irish Theatre Archive Collections. © Belfast News-Letter Ltd.

Micheál Mac Liammóir

‘We actors are born at the rise of a curtain, and we die with its fall, and every night in the presence of our patrons we write our new creation, and every night it is blotted out forever. What use is it then to say…

READ ARTICLE > March 6th 2015
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