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Most borrowed books in Dublin City Libraries

20 July 2023
Curious to know what other people are reading? Well, here’s a look at some of the most borrowed books by Dublin City library members so far this year.
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Book The Dublin Festival of History TODAY

ISL interpreting available for events in the Main Hall in Dublin Castle.
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Documenting Dublin’s History: John T. Gilbert as a book collector

Dr Kennedy discussed Gilbert’s approach to collecting written sources and what his remarkable library represents for the city of Dublin.
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Portrait of Dublin's First Female Lord Mayor unveiled by City Council

Kathleen Clarke served as Lord Mayor for two terms, standing down as a councillor in 1941 on the grounds of ill health. Continuing to live an active public life until her death on 29th September 1972, she received a State funeral, the third of only three women to be so honoured.
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Dublin's Housing Crisis in Troubled Times

Listen back as Cathy Scuffil discusses the response to Dublin's housing crisis after the collapse of tenements in Dublin’s Church Street in 1913.
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Charter of Henry II: 1171-2

In the wake of the Norman Invasion of Ireland, Dublin was seized in 1170 by Richard de Clare, better known as Strongbow.  Watch a recording of a seminar organised by Friends of Medieval Dublin and Dublin City Libraries to mark the 850th anniversary of Henry II’s grant of Dublin to Bristol, 1171–72.
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The Truce in national and international press

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.
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How the Truce came about

In this recorded online lecture, Historian in Residence Cormac Moore tells the story of how the Truce came about.
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Lord Mayor Laurence O’Neill

Dublin’s Mansion House and its occupant Lord Mayor Laurence O’Neill played a pivotal role in many events of the Irish revolutionary era.
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The Bombing on the night of May 30/31 1941

Dublin City Council Historian in Residence Dr. Mary Muldowney and historian Catherine Holmes tell the story of the bombing of North Strand on the night of 30/31 May 1941. This special event to mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing was hosted by Charleville Mall Library on 31 May 2021.
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The Dolphin's Barn Brickworks

Recorded online history talk hosted by Walkinstown Library by Historian in Residence, Cathy Scuffil.
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