The Long Room at Trinity College, Dublin
The Library of Trinity College Dublin serves Trinity College
and the University of Dublin. It is the largest library in Ireland and, as a
legal deposit or "copyright library", it has rights to receive
material published in the Republic of Ireland free of charge; it is also the
only Irish library to hold such rights for the United Kingdom. The Library is
the permanent home to the famous Book of Kells. Two of the four volumes are on
public display, one opened to a major decorated page and the other to a typical
page of text. The volumes and pages shown are regularly changed. Members of the
University of Dublin also have access to the libraries of Tallaght Hospital and
the Irish School of Ecumenics, Milltown.Constituent Library buildings
The Library proper occupies several buildings, four of which
are at the Trinity College campus itself, with another part of the Trinity
Centre at St. James's Hospital, Dublin:
The original (Old) Library is Thomas Burgh’s masterpiece. A
huge building, it originally towered over the university and city after its
completion. Even today, surrounded by similarly scaled buildings, it is
imposing and dominates the view of the university from Nassau Street. The Book
of Kells is located in the Old Library, along with the Book of Durrow, the Book
of Howth and other ancient texts. Also incorporating the Long Room, the Old
Library is one of Ireland's biggest tourist attractions, and holds thousands of
rare, and in many cases very early, volumes. In the 18th century, the college
received the Brian Boru harp, one of the three surviving medieval Gaelic harps,
and a national symbol of Ireland, which is now housed in the Library. Housed within
the Old Library are:
♦ Early
Printed Books & Special Collections
♦ Manuscripts
& Archives Research Library (M&ARL)
♦ The
Berkeley/Lecky/Ussher (BLU) Arts Libraries complex, incorporating:
♦ The
Berkeley Library, in Fellows Square
♦ The Lecky
Library, attached to the Arts Building
♦ The Ussher
Library, overlooking College Park
♦ The
Glucksman Map Library
♦ The
Preservation and Conservation Department
♦ The
Hamilton Science and Engineering Library
♦ The 1937
Reading Room (for graduate use)
♦ The John
Stearne Medical Library (JSML), housed at St James's Hospital
♦ Further
materials are held in storage in Stacks, either in closed access within College
or at a book
depository in the Dublin suburb of Santry.
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