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Marsh’s Library June 12, 2009

Marsh’s Library, built in 1701, was the first public library in Ireland and is one of Dublin’s best-kept secrets. Hidden away at the back of St Patrick’s Cathedral, it is sometimes forgotten on the traditional tourist trails. Sir William Robinson, the architect responsible the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, designed the building and its beautiful dark oak interior houses four main collections of 16th, 17th and early 18th-century books. Regular exhibitions are organised around theological and historical themes and also prominently feature Jonathan Swift who, as Dean of St Patrick’s, was a governor of the Library.