Dúnfar Leabharlanna Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath ón Satharn 26 go dtí an Luan 28 Deireadh Fómhair 2023 (san áireamh). Osclóidh leabharlanna craobhacha Dé Máirt 29 Deireadh Fómhair.

October Bank Holiday Arrangements

Dublin City Libraries will close from Saturday 26 to Monday 28 October 2023 (inclusive). Branch libraries will reopen on Tuesday 29 October.

Fast ladies and freewheeling women in 1890s Dublin

Stumbling across the unexpected is one of the great joys of working at Dublin City Library and Archive. We recently encountered this image of three young ladies in ‘rational’ costume in The Parnellite ‘newspaper magazine’ of February 1895, one of many in our collections of newspapers and periodicals.

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