Marsh's Library
@marshslibrary.bsky.social
Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars.
Registered Charity RCN 20000752
Registered Charity RCN 20000752
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Librarian in Marsh's Library. This will be a great position for an early-career librarian. Further details at: marshlibrary.ie/assistant-li...
Seeking an Assistant Librarian - Marsh's Library
We are seeking to recruit an Assistant Librarian for Marsh’s Library in central Dublin. Location: St. Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8 Reporting to: Assistant Director, Marsh’s Library Salary: €40,000 – €45,...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Librarian in Marsh's Library. This will be a great position for an early-career librarian. Further details at: marshlibrary.ie/assistant-li...
We think the flourish after '25' in this inscription signifies 'deniers', indicating the cost of the book, anyone have any different ideas? We've come across this symbol a few times on books owned by our first librarian, Élie Bouhéreau, a Rochelais Huguenot #bookhistory
February 12, 2026 at 11:33 AM
We think the flourish after '25' in this inscription signifies 'deniers', indicating the cost of the book, anyone have any different ideas? We've come across this symbol a few times on books owned by our first librarian, Élie Bouhéreau, a Rochelais Huguenot #bookhistory
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LAI Rare Books Group AGM & Annual Lecture. Dr Nora Moroney, exhibition curator "Benjamin Iveagh - a life in books". Online, Wed 18 Feb, at 12.00. The Group is also running an online rare books cataloguing course on Thurs, 26 Feb. Links below!
https://ow.ly/AJkB50YcJ8O
https://ow.ly/U9qM50YcJ8P
https://ow.ly/AJkB50YcJ8O
https://ow.ly/U9qM50YcJ8P
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM
LAI Rare Books Group AGM & Annual Lecture. Dr Nora Moroney, exhibition curator "Benjamin Iveagh - a life in books". Online, Wed 18 Feb, at 12.00. The Group is also running an online rare books cataloguing course on Thurs, 26 Feb. Links below!
https://ow.ly/AJkB50YcJ8O
https://ow.ly/U9qM50YcJ8P
https://ow.ly/AJkB50YcJ8O
https://ow.ly/U9qM50YcJ8P
Today marks international day of women and girls in science. Louyse Bourgeois (1563-1636) was midwife to the French royal family & the first woman to publish on obstetrics. #WomenInScience
February 11, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Today marks international day of women and girls in science. Louyse Bourgeois (1563-1636) was midwife to the French royal family & the first woman to publish on obstetrics. #WomenInScience
Our intern Audrey found this lovely drawing left by a past reader. They traced one of the bunnies from the title page onto the other side. The rabbits were part of the device or emblem of 16th century Parisian printer Simon de Colines.
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Our intern Audrey found this lovely drawing left by a past reader. They traced one of the bunnies from the title page onto the other side. The rabbits were part of the device or emblem of 16th century Parisian printer Simon de Colines.
Amid their copious annotations, a reader left a 'manicule' or pointing finger to indicate an important section in 'The Greek anthology', a collection of poetry printed in Paris 495 years ago.
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Amid their copious annotations, a reader left a 'manicule' or pointing finger to indicate an important section in 'The Greek anthology', a collection of poetry printed in Paris 495 years ago.
The early days of the winter Olympic biathlon! From The History of the Northern People, 1555
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The early days of the winter Olympic biathlon! From The History of the Northern People, 1555
Hidden in the binding of this 16th century French herbal, a book describing the uses of plants, are sheets of printed 'waste' used by the binder to bulk up the cover. This seems to be a frame for something never printed #fragments #bindings
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Hidden in the binding of this 16th century French herbal, a book describing the uses of plants, are sheets of printed 'waste' used by the binder to bulk up the cover. This seems to be a frame for something never printed #fragments #bindings
Sometimes if we're lucky owners write the price they paid inside their books. In this case an English owner tells us they paid £2 12 shillings for the two volumes of a work on religious controversy printed in Paris. According to TNA's currency converter that's 37 days wages for a skilled tradesman!
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Sometimes if we're lucky owners write the price they paid inside their books. In this case an English owner tells us they paid £2 12 shillings for the two volumes of a work on religious controversy printed in Paris. According to TNA's currency converter that's 37 days wages for a skilled tradesman!
A belated Happy St Brigid's Day, celebrated optimistically in Ireland as the first day of spring! These (early) narcissi are from L'Obel's 1591 Icones Stirpium
#StBrigidsDay #LaFheileBride #Spring
#StBrigidsDay #LaFheileBride #Spring
February 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
A belated Happy St Brigid's Day, celebrated optimistically in Ireland as the first day of spring! These (early) narcissi are from L'Obel's 1591 Icones Stirpium
#StBrigidsDay #LaFheileBride #Spring
#StBrigidsDay #LaFheileBride #Spring
Several visitors have left us these tiny rubber ducks at the till recently. We've made sure they're getting some culture, including showing them watercolours of their 18th century ancestor!
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Several visitors have left us these tiny rubber ducks at the till recently. We've made sure they're getting some culture, including showing them watercolours of their 18th century ancestor!
A lot of the country seems to have moved a bit south on this 16th century map of Ireland! From Antoine Lafrery's Geografia Tavole.
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A lot of the country seems to have moved a bit south on this 16th century map of Ireland! From Antoine Lafrery's Geografia Tavole.
Happy #InternationalLegoDay! It's party time for #MarshsMinifigures If you pop into the library today, take a self portrait sheet home with you and become a minifigure for the day 📷
January 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Happy #InternationalLegoDay! It's party time for #MarshsMinifigures If you pop into the library today, take a self portrait sheet home with you and become a minifigure for the day 📷
A lovely & extremely rare psalter printed in London by Richard Pynson 502 years ago, made all the more special by what someone thought to tuck inside it: a unique printed 'indulgence', offering to reduce a sinner's time in purgatory in return for funds towards Hereford Cathedral.
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A lovely & extremely rare psalter printed in London by Richard Pynson 502 years ago, made all the more special by what someone thought to tuck inside it: a unique printed 'indulgence', offering to reduce a sinner's time in purgatory in return for funds towards Hereford Cathedral.
#otd in 1627, chemist Robert Boyle was born in Lismore, Waterford in Ireland. His experiments with the air pump in the 1660s proved the existence of a vacuum. Boyle's Law describes the relationship between the pressure & volume of a gas.
January 25, 2026 at 9:35 AM
#otd in 1627, chemist Robert Boyle was born in Lismore, Waterford in Ireland. His experiments with the air pump in the 1660s proved the existence of a vacuum. Boyle's Law describes the relationship between the pressure & volume of a gas.
We are looking for outgoing people to join our team of volunteers. We'd like to hear from you if you can spare one morning or one afternoon per week to welcome visitors to our historic library. Find out more here: marshlibrary.ie/call-for-vol...
Call for Volunteers: Join the Team - Marsh's Library
We are looking for outgoing, confident people to join our team of volunteers.
marshlibrary.ie
January 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
We are looking for outgoing people to join our team of volunteers. We'd like to hear from you if you can spare one morning or one afternoon per week to welcome visitors to our historic library. Find out more here: marshlibrary.ie/call-for-vol...
We have a new mini art activity for visitors, inspired by our 'Exquisite & Rare' book binding exhibition. Thank you for everyone who has left us these 'book corner' stunners!
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
We have a new mini art activity for visitors, inspired by our 'Exquisite & Rare' book binding exhibition. Thank you for everyone who has left us these 'book corner' stunners!
Someone made a very clean job when they stole this illustration from our copy of Blaeu's Atlas Major, v.1 from 1662. That it's historical theft makes it no less galling!
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Someone made a very clean job when they stole this illustration from our copy of Blaeu's Atlas Major, v.1 from 1662. That it's historical theft makes it no less galling!
No point trying to phone us ... EIR recently left us without broadband for over a month. We told them to cancel the service as we had a new supplier. They did cut the broadband, but they also accidentally cut our phone line. It may be a while before we're back up.
January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
No point trying to phone us ... EIR recently left us without broadband for over a month. We told them to cancel the service as we had a new supplier. They did cut the broadband, but they also accidentally cut our phone line. It may be a while before we're back up.
If you're looking for something different to do in Dublin, check out the gorgeous exhibition in the gallery at #Farmleigh House of books and manuscripts collected by Benjamin #Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh. Full details at farmleigh.ie/.../benjamin...
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
If you're looking for something different to do in Dublin, check out the gorgeous exhibition in the gallery at #Farmleigh House of books and manuscripts collected by Benjamin #Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh. Full details at farmleigh.ie/.../benjamin...
Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...
Huguenot Correspondence Networks in France 1660-85. A talk by Dr Janée Allsman about her project on our 1st Keeper, Élie Bouhéreau of La Rochelle. Organised by The Huguenot Society in London. Via Zoom 8pm GMT Wed 14 Jan. To sign up, please email meetings@huguenotsociety.org.uk before 10 Jan 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Huguenot Correspondence Networks in France 1660-85. A talk by Dr Janée Allsman about her project on our 1st Keeper, Élie Bouhéreau of La Rochelle. Organised by The Huguenot Society in London. Via Zoom 8pm GMT Wed 14 Jan. To sign up, please email meetings@huguenotsociety.org.uk before 10 Jan 2026.
This 14th-century manuscript in our collection was used for chanting and singing during processions at the church of St John the Evangelist in Fishamble Street.
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 AM
This 14th-century manuscript in our collection was used for chanting and singing during processions at the church of St John the Evangelist in Fishamble Street.
In our last blogpost of 2025, Maddock Research Fellow
Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection
marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...
Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection
marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...
Between the Bindings: Uncovering the Histories of Irish Women Writers - Marsh's Library
Zoë Van Cauwenberg uncovers some of the Irish women writers and illustrators in the Benjamin Iveagh collection.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In our last blogpost of 2025, Maddock Research Fellow
Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection
marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...
Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection
marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...
Marsh's Library will be closed for the Christmas period from 5pm Friday December 19th and will re-open at 10:30am Tuesday January 6th. Wishing you all a safe and happy 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Marsh's Library will be closed for the Christmas period from 5pm Friday December 19th and will re-open at 10:30am Tuesday January 6th. Wishing you all a safe and happy 2026.