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Old Library, Dublin

Old Library is a library near Library Square in Dublin, County Dublin, 640 m south of the centre. Hall of Honour, 1937 Reading Room and Library Square are within 40 m.

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Opening hours

All times are local to Ireland

Today

09:30 to 17:00

Weekly schedule

Opening hours by day
Monday09:30 to 17:00
Tuesday09:30 to 17:00
Wednesday09:30 to 17:00
Thursday09:30 to 17:00
Friday09:30 to 17:00
Saturday09:30 to 17:00
Sunday12:00 to 16:30

Public holiday hours have not been provided.

Source: OpenStreetMap.

Check the business website Call +353 896 2320
Kind
Library
Nearest road
Library SquareThe closest named road, measured here. The map records no address for this place, so this is not a statement about where its door is.
From the centre
640 m south, in a straight line
Phone
+353 896 2320
Website
www.tcd.ie/library/old-library
Run by
Trinity College Library
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.
Dated
1732
Parking
Fleet Street Car Park, 280 m away
Bus stop
Nassau Street, 150 m away
The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin.
The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin.·Diliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin.·Diliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Old Library is in Dublin, County Dublin. Routes here end at the building the map records for it. Which door is the way in is not something the map says. Fleet Street Car Park is 280 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 640 m south of the centre of Dublin in a straight line, on Library Square. The nearest stop the map records is Nassau Street, 150 m away in a straight line.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Nassau Street (403), 150 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Nassau Street 150 m
    buses F1, F2, F3, 24 and 23
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Trinity 160 m
    bus Green
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Pearse St Garda Stn 190 m
    buses 7B, 7E and 7D
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • College Green 190 m
    buses 13, 65B and 65
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Dawson 200 m
    bus Green
    Scheduled departures from this stop

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Events nearby

Not at Old Library. 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 Old Library, on Library Square and around it.

Also on Library Square

Library Square carries 10 of the places the map names in Dublin.

Everything on Library Square

Other library in Dublin

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

All 43 library in Dublin

Questions people ask

Where is Old Library?
On Library Square in Dublin, County Dublin, 640 m south of the centre; the nearest car park is 280 m away.
How do you contact Old Library?
Contact Old Library on +353 896 2320. Visit www.tcd.ie/library/old-library.
How far is Old Library from the centre of Dublin?
640 m south 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 Old Library?
43 in Dublin altogether. The nearest are 1937 Reading Room on Library Square, Lecky Library and Eavan Boland Library on New Square.
How do you get to Old Library without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Nassau Street, 150 m away in a straight line, and buses F1, F2, F3, 24 and 23 call there, run by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus. 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/44075406, and can be corrected there.
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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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