**Booked out** 2023 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of a towering figure of Irish music, Edward Bunting (1773–1843). Bunting is best known for notating and transcribing the music of the harpers at the Belfast Harp Festival in 1792 and publishing three seminal collections of Irish music (1797, 1809 and 1840) based on that...
Join the staff of the Reading Room as they reveal some of the treasures of the collections in Dublin City Library and Archive, including some beautifully illustrated items by Harry Clarke. You can also see Nelson’s Head - from the statue of Nelson that stood on the pillar in O’Connell Street until 1966. Dublin City...
As well as safeguarding the city’s civic records, Dublin City Archive houses hundreds of private collections that provide colour and context to any study of Dublin’s development. Among these are archives of numerous Dublin businesses, including Jacob’s Biscuit Factory, Findlater & Co Merchants, and Edward Lee & Co drapers. Join Fionnuala Parfrey, archivist with Dublin...