Marsh's Library, The Prettiest & Oldest Public Library in Ireland | solosophie

This post may contain affiliate links. Please check out my privacy policy and disclosure for more information.In the heart of Dublin, there’s a place where Bram Stoker once studied, James Joyce once researched, and where Jonathan Swift was known to frequent from time to time. Nestled down a small side street filled with cherry blossom trees, Marsh’s Library is the prettiest, quirkiest, and oldest public library in Ireland… A quick history of Marsh’s Library First opened to the public in 1707, the library was constructed at the behest of Narcissus Marsh, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin at the time. Marsh donated many of his personal collection in order to grow the library and is now interred in the graveyard of nearby St Patrick’s Cathedral. The first librarian was a certain Dr Elie Bouhereau, …

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