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Libraries & archives Linen Hall Library - Sightseeing in Belfast - In Your Pocket city guide - essential travel guides to cities in N. Ireland
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The Linen Hall Library is a truly unique institution. Founded in 1788, it is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing library in Ireland. It is renowned for its unparalleled Irish and Local Studies Collection, ranging from comprehensive holdings of Early Belfast and Ulster printed book...
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The Linen Hall Library, Belfast, by Sir Charles Lanyon (1813-1889
. Designed by Lanyon, Lynn, Lanyon in a splendid yellow-grey brick, the building was originally a mere warehouse for the firm of Moore and Weinberg when completed in 1864. The present name recalls the fact that Donegall Square was once named Linen Hall Street, after the edifice that once occupied th...
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Linen Hall Library | Belfast Sights
This gray building on Donegall Square's northwest corner is in fact a comfortable private library, founded in 1788 and designed by Charles Lanyon. The library has an unparalleled collection of 80,000 documents relating to the Troubles. One early librarian, Thomas Russell, was hanged in 1803 for supp...
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Association of Independent Libraries - The Linen Hall Library
The Library contains about 200,000 books and is best known for its Irish and local studies collection including the Northern Ireland political collection, the definitive archive of the recent troubles comprising about 250,000 items. Other important holdings include collections relating to genealogy,...
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