Catalogue Update: Following the award of a grant by the Heritage Council, under their Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2024, we have been working on the cataloguing of an additional collection of approximately 700 books. These books were donated in recent years and mainly relate to the history and heritage of Dublin and Dubliners. Work on this project has now been completed and the catalogue is available for inspection.
Books and other catalogued material in the collection are available for reference only and may not be borrowed. The catalogue is hosted by the RDS library website. To see the catalogue, please choose ‘Advanced search’ and then tick the box for ‘Old Dublin Society Collection’ at: https://library.rds.ie/
Visitors must email the RDS library for an appointment, indicating the items that they wish to view : librarydesk@rds.ie
We are very grateful to the Heritage Council for funding this project.
Our Library has its origin through the donation of books and other material by members and from review copies submitted to the Dublin Historical Record. In addition the Society archives contain minute books, correspondence and other material going back to our first meeting in 1934. The collection is diverse in nature but with a strong Dublin related theme. It includes items not commonly available in public libraries but also ephemera and pamphlet type material produced for particular occasions or by special interest groups. There are also examples of early Dublin printings of the 17th and 18th centuries. The library welcomes suitable donations from members and friends who wish to support its future development and growth. If you would like to make a donation to the Old Dublin Society, please email: olddublinsociety@gmail.com or librarydesk@rds.ie
Researchers can use JSTOR to access Dublin Historical Record online: http://www.jstor.org/journal/dublhistreco