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National Library of Ireland, Dublin

National Library of Ireland is a library at 7/8 Kildare Street in Dublin, County Dublin, 1.0 km south-east of the centre. National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology is within 80 m.

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Opening hours

All times are local to Ireland

Today

09:30 to 16:45

Weekly schedule

Opening hours by day
Monday09:30 to 19:45
Tuesday09:30 to 19:45
Wednesday09:30 to 19:45
Thursday09:30 to 16:45
Friday09:30 to 16:45
Saturday09:30 to 12:45
SundayNot provided

Public holiday hours have not been provided.

Source: OpenStreetMap.

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Library
Address
7/8 Kildare Street
From the centre
1.0 km south-east, in a straight line
Website
www.nli.ie
Wheelchair
Recorded as accessibleOne tag covering the whole place. It does not say whether the entrance, the inside, the toilets or the route to the door are step free, and this page will not say so either.
Parking
Q-Park Dawson Street, 200 m away, 370 spaces
Bus stop
#4530 Kildare Street, Leinster House, 110 m away

The map does not yet record a phone number for National Library of Ireland. Anyone can add it on OpenStreetMap, and this page picks the change up at the next refresh.

National Library in Dublin, Ireland
National Library in Dublin, Ireland·Nordisk familjebok, public domain via Wikimedia Commons
National Library in Dublin, Ireland·Nordisk familjebok, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Destination, access and nearby stops

National Library of Ireland is in Dublin, County Dublin. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge. Q-Park Dawson Street is 200 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 1.0 km south-east of the centre of Dublin in a straight line, on Kildare Street. The nearest stop the map records is #4530 Kildare Street, Leinster House, 110 m away in a straight line.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Kildare Street (4530), 100 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Kildare Street 100 m
    bus 700
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • National Gallery 130 m
    buses 179, 41X and 32X
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Clare Street 190 m
    buses 4, 19, 15B, 82, 24 and 23 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Nassau Street 190 m
    buses 4, 19, 7, 7A, 845 and 7n among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Merrion Sq West 190 m
    buses 82, X1, X2, X25, X27 and X28 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop

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Events nearby

Not at National Library of Ireland. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.

Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of National Library of Ireland, on Kildare Street and around it.

Also on Kildare Street

Kildare Street carries 17 of the places the map names in Dublin.

Everything on Kildare Street

Other library in Dublin

Nearest to National Library of Ireland first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from National Library of Ireland, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 43 library in Dublin

Questions people ask

Where is National Library of Ireland?
On Kildare Street in Dublin, County Dublin, 1.0 km south-east of the centre; the nearest car park is 200 m away.
How do you contact National Library of Ireland?
Contact National Library of Ireland. Visit www.nli.ie.
How far is National Library of Ireland from the centre of Dublin?
1.0 km south-east of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other library near National Library of Ireland?
43 in Dublin altogether. The nearest are James Ussher Library on Nassau Street, Lecky Library and Eavan Boland Library on New Square.
How do you get to National Library of Ireland without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Kildare Street, 100 m away in a straight line, and bus 700 call there, run by Aircoach. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

Where this comes from

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The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap way/231082840, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here
Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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