Dublin City Libraries open for computer access and study space
20 September 2021
From Monday, 20 September, Browse and Borrow Libraries are now offering computer access and study space in accordance with government guidelines on social distancing.
View Adam Findlater Image Gallery.This gallery consists of images associated with the family merchant business Alex. Findlater and Company. The gallery highlights the life of Adam Findlater, 1855-1911, as he was not only the managing director of the business but he was also an extraordinary citizen of Dublin. Originally from Scotland, Alexander Findlater came to Dublin in 1823 to begin trading in Whiskey. From the beginning of his merchant days, he was to only involve close friends and family. Subsequently, the company built a solid foundation of trust and reliability within the community and expanded its trade to a wide variety of goods. Through the generations the Findlaters contributed to politics, the military, charity, and the well-being of the city of Dublin. While one no longer sees the impressive Findlater locations of days gone by, Findlater’s remains a highly successful wine distributor.Adam was born in 1855 to Mary and John Findlater. He was in the third generation of Findlater men to run the family business. Besides the family business Adam also acted as chairman for the Star Theatre in Dublin, the Empire Theatre of Varieties in Belfast, Banagher Distillery, and the Commercial Travellers’ Benevolent Institute where he raised money for the less fortunate. He owned shares in the St Lawrence hotel in Howth, and the Royal Hotel in Bray and Howth. Interestingly, he was probably most known for his involvement with politics as a vocal proponent of the views of liberal Southern unionists in Dublin. After his death, a friend of Adam stated, "It was the combination of exceptional qualities of head and heart in one commanding personality that rendered him a notable figure in the Irish capital."This gallery has been created, compiled, and completed by Emily Cunningham, Undergraduate at Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, Class of 2014; studying American Studies and Archaeology.Cited Resources:'Findlaters - the Story of a Dublin Merchant Family 1774-2001' by Alex Findlater, published by A & A Farmar in 2001 in Dublin. View Adam Findlater Image Gallery.Further ResourcesThe following online resources can be accessed free of charge at your local library (access links via our NetVibes portal). Ask library staff for information and assistance.Libraries and Archives Digital Repository: Digital records relating to Dublin, including photographs, postcards, letters, maps and ephemeral material. Highlights of the collection include the Fáilte Ireland Photographic Collection, Wide Street Commission Map Collection (1757-1851), the Irish Theatre Archive and the Birth of the Republic Collection, which comprises material from the period of the foundation of the Irish state.Irish Times Digital Archive: This online archive service gives access to contemporary editions of the Irish Times from the mid-nineteenth century until the present.Irish Newspaper Archive: This online archive service gives access to contemporary editions of the Irish Independent and a range of other newspapers.The Ireland-JSTOR Collection: This online archive of academic articles can also be accessed free of charge at your local library.For further reading, consult the Library Catalogue.
CITY ROUTES A Deep Mapping of Dublin’s Central Library
CITY ROUTES A Deep Mapping of Dublin’s Central Library is available to view in the Central Library, ILAC Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1, until 12th November.
Libraries are places of inspiration, escape and shelter for many. Now, with coronavirus having affected the arts and culture sector deeply, it's more important than ever to support those libraries we do have, which, as well as helping to create book lovers, also often provide things like wifi and computer access and help with accessing local services, and act as a community hub.
Building Healthy Homes, written by Joseph Brady and Ruth McManus, and published by Dublin City Council, is a commemoration and an analysis of the early schemes from the 1880s to the late 1920s.
Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Irish Language Residency
Dublin UNESCO City of Literature announce a new virtual writers’ residency programme for 2021/2022, which will pay a grant of €5,000 to two writers working in the Irish language, one writing for adults, and one writing for children.
Set up by journalist and Ballymun resident Seamus Kelly, Ballymun Concrete News circulated from 1998 until 2006 telling the good news stories of Ballymun, a large suburb in Dublin which was undergoing enormous change at the time. Seamus kindly donated copies of the newspaper to Dublin City Library and Archive several years ago and the staff created PDFs of the 87 editions and made them available online ensuring they can be read all over the world.
New Dublin City Council publication Vindicating Dublin by Aodh Quinlivan tells the story behind the controversial dissolution of Dublin Corporation in 1924
The Truce was widely covered by reporting and analysis Irish, English and American newspapers, in the days following the announcement of the cessation of conflict in July 1921.
