- This building is not part of the library, rather part of the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Rathmines Library
Rathmines Library
157 Lower Rathmines Road,
Dublin 6
Tel. + 353 1 4973539
Email. rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie
The library was funded by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust (this
allocated funds donated by Andrew Carnegie 1835 – 1919 a Scottish /
American Industrialist, who funded sixty-six libraries in Ireland, and
approximately 2,500 throughout the World).
Opened 1913
Architects: Batchelor & Hicks
A catalogue of all the Irish Carnegie libraries is available at the Library Council website.
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purkowitz, ex librisdm, reneero, iamphamgiang, and 22 other people added this photo to their favorites.
royaltonlibrary (64 months ago | reply)
Cool - I'm a librarian in the USA. I didn't know Andrew Carnegie also funded libraries in Ireland!
Brendan Grimes (54 months ago | reply)
A catalogue of all the Irish Carnegie libraries is in
Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie libraries: a catalogue & architectural history, Dublin 1998
harlet2521 (41 months ago | reply)
This was were I discovered the world and were I hid from the sad world I lived in, my sanity my world, thanks for bringing back such great memories.
cnlokionline53 (31 months ago | reply)
As it was for harlet2521, this place was a key to childhood magic for me. A cave of treasures in a pretty drab part of Dublin.
Horizon Driving (22 months ago | reply)
What a magnificent building, even for a 'pretty drab part of Dublin'!