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# NLI
Bullets, ballots and a flu pandemic: Life in Ireland was very turbulent 100 years ago
The National Library of Ireland has launched its latest exhibition, which will run until May 2019.
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Sep 12th 2018, 10:56 AM
# love and friendship
Rare personal papers shed light on private lives of 1916 signatories
The Seán MacDiarmada and Thomas MacDonagh collections are the latest tranche of Easter Rising-related documents to have been digitised by the National Library.
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Feb 13th 2016, 10:00 AM
# National Library
It preserves our past, and visitors flock to it - so why is this essential resource underfunded?
Its acting director says cutbacks have affected the library badly.
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Jan 10th 2015, 10:00 AM
# street life
7 then-and-now archive photos of Dublin street scenes
From 1875 to the present day.
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Jan 3rd 2015, 9:30 AM
# history hunters
The secrets of Irish parishes will be online soon
Parish registers will be digitised by the National Library of Ireland.
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Dec 1st 2014, 3:00 PM
# Great War
Family legends, ghosts, and nuns: The real Irish lives of WWI
Meet Jack Leslie, aged 97.
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Nov 22nd 2014, 9:45 AM
# all the books
National Library at 'critical point' due to funding cuts putting collections at risk
Visitor numbers to the NLI are up 42% on last year.
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Sep 4th 2014, 9:32 AM
# battling o'hallorans
Can you believe these Clare sisters were photographed 127 years ago?
The O’Halloran girls fought off an attempted eviction from their home in Bodyke.
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Jun 19th 2014, 10:05 PM
# Bloomsday
Read 90 letters James Joyce wrote to his family
Spoiler: Lots of the letters were about Finnegan’s Wake. And they weren’t all in English. Classic Joyce.
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Jun 16th 2014, 12:08 PM
# pic of day
Have You Ordered The Turkey Yet Pic of the Day
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Dec 9th 2013, 2:45 PM
# open archive
National Library finds new display place - on Google exhibit hotspot
The NLI has become first Irish group to feature on Google Cultural Institute, bringing their archive to world attention.
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Nov 1st 2013, 7:30 AM
# working lives
Pictorial record shows the Irish hard at work 100 years ago
Working Lives exhibition at the NLI exposes the conditions in which men, women and children toiled to survive.
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Oct 26th 2013, 8:45 AM
# yourstory
Hidden History: The guide to preserving your family archive
These top tips from National Library of Ireland’s conservation expert could help you hold onto family memories for longer.
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Oct 19th 2013, 9:45 AM
# History
PICTURES: 100 years ago, the Dublin Lockout began
The Dublin Lockout exhibition opens at No. 2 Kildare Street tomorrow afternoon.
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Aug 20th 2013, 7:15 AM
# fees for links
Newspaper licensing body issues statement on "paying for links"
Newspaper Licensing Ireland has issued a 64-word statement on its position on paying for links following much discussion online.
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Jan 7th 2013, 1:33 PM
# Not the News
This is the week's news... skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Employed people get the Pat Kenny jitters; newspapers to save the interweb; Irish people want to be Swiss.
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Jan 6th 2013, 5:00 PM
# Links
Oireachtas to question newspapers over 'paying for linking'
Labour TD Seán Kenny is asking the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) to appear before an Oireachtas committee to explain its stance on linking.
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Jan 5th 2013, 1:58 PM
# hyperlinks
NNI: No objection to newspaper content "being used for personal use"
Statement from National Newspapers of Ireland does reiterate stance that “display and transmission of links does constitute an infringement of copyright” unless for personal use.
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Jan 4th 2013, 12:31 PM
# Online
National Library awarded for social media savvy
Fáilte Ireland gets overall prize in eGovernment awards for their Discover Ireland online campaign.
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Apr 27th 2012, 2:29 PM
# WWI
World War I history roadshow wants your family memorabilia
Call for public to find old documents, photographs etc. relating to ‘The Great War’ – they will be scanned and recorded on a pan-European website.
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Mar 20th 2012, 6:45 AM
# world war I
Slideshow: Irish World War I recruitment posters
National Library of Ireland’s archive shows the emotional, moral and practical pressure put on Irish men to join the ranks in the ‘Great War’.
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Mar 20th 2012, 6:45 AM
# titanic100
Archives show human tragedy and truth behind Titanic sinking
National Library of Ireland resources give Irish perspective on shipping disaster which has its centenary in April this year.
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Jan 1st 2012, 10:00 AM
# virtual visitors
National Library gets visitor boost from its online activity
The Library has revolutionised its presence on digital media – and has a newfound popularity to prove it.
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Dec 15th 2011, 8:15 PM
# Election Archive
Gallery: National Library launches its archive of General Election 2011 websites
Over 90 blogs and websites, including TheJournal.ie, were captured during the GE11 election period for the NLI’s first election website archive.
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Oct 26th 2011, 3:55 PM