We hope that you enjoy your visit and get the maximum benefit from your time with us. The research Reading Room is open from 10am to 8pm Monday to Thursday and from 10am to 5pm on Friday and Saturday.
Dublin City Library and Archive welcomes researchers and students to its Research Reading Room on the first floor of Pearse Street Library. A number of study spaces have been set aside in the Research Reading Room for students and visitors who wish to read or study, but who do not need to use library or archive materials. These spaces are allocated on a first come first served basis. Read more about study spaces...
Diary of the Weather and Winds now available online
This 18th century manuscript is the meticulous record of an early Dublin meteorologist who documented the weather of Dublin, 1716-1734.
Image Collections
Images from the Dublin City Council Photographic Collections, Treasures from the Dublin and Irish Collections and conserved maps from Dublin City Archives.
Heritage and History Media Zone
View, listen, download or subscribe to history and heritage talks.
Dublinheritage.ie
Heritage and history databases, podcasts, collections, resources and events.
North Strand Bombing 1941
Eyewitness accounts of the night of 30-31 May 1941, when bombs were dropped by German aircraft on the North Strand killing 28 people, and injuring many more.
Red Reminiscences: Shelbourne Football Club Oral History Project
An oral history project with Shelbourne football supporters and players. Photo: Maurice Frazer