County Dublin Archives and Libraries

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Ireland Archives and Libraries page.

Archives
Dublin City Archives 138 - 144 Pearse Street Dublin 2. D02 HE37 Telephone: 1 - 6744999 Email: [mailto:cityarchives@dublincity.ie cityarchives@dublincity.ie] Website: Dublin City Archives


 * Dublin City Archives contains records of the civic government of Dublin from 1171 to the late 20th century. These records include City Council and committee minutes, account books, correspondence, reports, court records, charity petitions, title deeds, maps and plans and drawings, all of which document the development of Dublin over eight centuries.

Fingal County Archives Fingal County Archives Service 2nd Floor, Clonmel House Forster Way Swords, County Dublin Telephone: 01 8704496 Email: [mailto:archives@fingalcoco.ie archives@fingalcoco.ie] Website: Fingal County Archives


 * The Fingal County Archives is a repository of photographs and documents, private and donated collections, encapsulating visual and literary snapshots of Fingal and the Dublin area through history.

Ireland Genealogy Projects (County Dublin) Website: Ireland Genealogy Projects (County Dublin)

The Irish Archives (County Dublin) Website: The Irish Archives (County Dublin)

Libraries
Central Catholic Library 74 Merrion Square S. Dublin 2. D02 HH99 Telephone: 1 676 1264 Email: [mailto:librarian@catholiclibrary.ie librarian@catholiclibrary.ie] Website: Central Catholic Library


 * Our Georgian house overlooking Dublin’s Merrion Square holds a collection of over 60,000 books and periodicals. This collection is confessional in inspiration, and covers the Catholic tradition in philosophy, theology, history, science, art, literature, and music.

The Library of Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin The University of Dublin College Green Dublin 2 Telephone: 1 896 1000 Email: [mailto:library@tcd.ie library@tcd.ie] Website: The Library of Trinity College Dublin


 * The Library’s history dates back to the establishment of the College in 1592 and it is the largest library in Ireland. Today it has over 6 million printed volumes with extensive collections of journals, manuscripts, maps, and music reflecting over 400 years of academic development. The most famous of its manuscripts, the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow, were presented by Henry Jones, Bishop of Meath and former vice-chancellor of the University, in the 1660s. Other special collections include the Ussher Collection acquired in 1661 and the Fagel Collection of 1802.

Museums
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Custom House Quay Dublin 1 Telephone: 01 906 0861 Email: [mailto:info@epicchq.com info@epicchq.com] Website: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Website #2: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Website #3: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum


 * EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is an interactive experience located in Dublin city centre. Uncover the dramatic and inspiring stories of the Irish who travelled the world, from early times to the modern day. The world’s only fully digital museum features 1500 years of Irish history and relives some of the greatest achievements in music, literature, sport, politics, fashion, and science.

Glasnevin Cemetery Museum Finglas Road Glasnevin Dublin 11 Telephone: 01 882 6550 Email: [mailto:info@glasnevintrust.ie info@glasnevintrust.ie] Email #2: [mailto:museum@glasnevintrust.ie museum@glasnevintrust.ie] Website: Glasnevin Cemetery Museum Website #2: Glasnevin Cemetery Museum Website #3: Glasnevin Cemetery Museum


 * Glasnevin Cemetery Museum is both the guardian and storyteller for over 1.5 million people. From the ordinary to the truly extraordinary, these people helped shape the Ireland of today.

Irish Jewish Museum 3, Walworth Road South Circular Road Dublin 8 Telephone: 01 453 1797 Email: [mailto:info@jewishmuseum.ie info@jewishmuseum.ie] Website: Irish Jewish Museum Website #2: Irish Jewish Museum Website #3: Irish Jewish Museum


 * The Irish Jewish Museum aims to maintain a museum in the City of Dublin and therein to exhibit, promote, and preserve artefacts relating to the history of the Jews of Ireland, to the Jewish religion, to Jewish history, culture, and heritage and to the Holocaust.

National Museum of Ireland Kildare St Dublin 2 (Archaeology) Collins Barracks Benburb St Arran Quay, Dublin (Decorative Arts and History) Merrion Street Dublin 2 (Natural History) Telephone: 1 6777444 (main reception) Email: [mailto:marketing@museum.ie marketing@museum.ie] Website: National Museum of Ireland Website #2: National Museum of Ireland Website #3: National Museum of Ireland


 * The National Museum of Ireland has three sites in Dublin and one in County Mayo. The Dublin sites are Archaeology, Decorative Arts and History, and Natural History.  The site is County Mayo is Country Life.

For a list of County Dublin museums, go to List of museums in the Republic of Ireland in Wikipedia. Click on the arrow in the column heading labeled County to make the listing alphabetical by county name beginning with County Carlow. Scroll down to find both County Dublin and Dublin.