- Marshs Library 1. ... Marsh’s Library is situated right beside St. Patrick’s Cathedral and is home to over 25,000 rare and fascinating books and manuscripts.
- Follow me on my visual and written Gothic adventures through Dublin as I explore a 300 year old haunted Marsh's Library, a crypt, and an invisible graveyard.
- A library in Dublin that most people overlook. Marsh’s Library in Ireland is just as worth seeing as the Book of Kells in Trinity College.
- Marsh’s Library is the first public library in Ireland, opening its doors in Dublin in 1707 and as such is a vital part of Irish heritage and tourism.
- Though visitors tend to flock to see the Book of Kells, less make the journey down to Marsh’s Library, the atmospheric home to nearly 25,000 rare books.
- This often-forgotten refuge, which at first glance appears to be no more than an old library, is home to more than simply sloping shelves and leather-bound books.
- Founded by the wonderfully named Narcissus Marsh, the Archbishop of Dublin, in 1701, this library is still much today as it was in the archbishop’s time.
- Marsh’s Library welcomes visitors of all ages and backgrounds. Visitors are asked to pay an entrance fee of €7, with €4 for students and senior citizens.
- Here you will find detailed information about Marsh's Library: address, phone, fax, opening hours, customer reviews, photos, directions and more.
- Opening in 1707 Marsh’s Library was the first ever public library in Ireland. However that’s not the library’s only claim to fame.