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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're looking forward to giving tours of the beautiful Edward Worth Library later today. Tours running at 5.00pm; 5.30pm; 6.00pm and 6.30pm. Come see some of Edward Worth's treasures! #CultureNight #CultureNight2026 #WhatsonDublin #CultureNightDublin

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Autumn is in the air and #swallows are beginning to mass, getting ready for their migration south. Find our more about swallows, martins, and other perching #birds at birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie/perching-bir... @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We still have some places left for our #HeritageWeek event today, which will presented by Dr Marta Soliva Sanchez (Preservation and Conservation, TCD): ‘Watermarks in Arabic Manuscripts’. To book a place see: edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve... @heritagecouncil.ie @chesterbeatty.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Mr Mark Somogyi's presentation today on ‘Conservation Challenges in the Fagel Collection: Balancing Preservation and Access’ is now booked out. This event marks both Heritage Week and the @heritagecouncil.ie award of a Stewardship Grant to the Worth Library: edwardworthlibrary.ie/preserving-o...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Emily Klos's online exhibition about John Aubrey's The natural history and antiquities of the County of Surrey… 5 vols (London, 1718), is now available online: edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-... This marks the 400th of this birth in 2026-see another exhibition @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social also!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We're really excited today because our new environmental monitoring system has just gone live! To find out about how @heritagecouncil.ie has helped us see edwardworthlibrary.ie/preserving-o... and see our events during Heritage Week Details here: edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thucydides is always relevant! edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-... In this blogpost Ms Kayleigh O’ Connor (Ancient and Medieval History and Culture BA, TCD), investigates Thomas Hobbes’ translation of The History of the Grecian War ... (London, 1676). Please repost @tcddublin.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We still have some places left on our 11.00am and 2.00pm tours tomorrow of @edwardworthlibrary in Dr Steevens' Hospital, opposite Heuston Station. Tours are free but please book via info@edwardworthlibrary.ie @culturedated8.bsky.social @libereurope.bsky.social #LAG2026 #LibraryArchitecture #LIBER

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Please notes that Cathy Scuffil's lecture in @edwardworthlib is now booked out!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Ada Sussman's fascinating exhibition on 'Making the News: The Spectator and The Guardian in the Early Eighteenth Century' is now available online: edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-... Please repost @irishtimes.com @thespectator1828.bsky.social @theguardian.com @news.rte.ie @independent.ie

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

All are welcome to join us in @edwardworthlib.bsky.social , between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm today for the opening of Ada Sussman's exhibition, 'Makings the News: The Spectator and The Guardian in the Early Eighteenth Century'. Please note that numbers are limited in the Edward Worth Library..

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Immerse yourself in the world of early eighteenth-century periodicals tomorrow at the opening of Ada Sussman's new exhibition, 'Making the News: The Spectator and The Guardian in the Early Eighteenth Century'. Join us tomorrow, 30 April, between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm. @failte-ireland.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This Thursday, 30 April, 11:00 am-1:00 pm and 2:00 pm-4:00pm in @edwardworthlib.bsky.social come explore the world of eighteenth-century news production with our newest exhibition 'Making the News: The Spectator and The Guardian in the Eighteenth Century'. Please repost @irishtimes.com @news.rte.ie

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Today marks the anniversary of the birth in 1641 of the Scottish phyician and geographer Sir Robert Sibbald. Sibbald was keenly interested in Scotland's natural history and included a section on birds in his Scotia illustrata (Edinburgh, 1684): birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie/waterbirds/w...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Please note change of venue for lecture on 2 April: The lecture will take place at 4:15pm in the Synge Theatre, 2039 Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, rather than the Mediaeval Seminar Room, Phoenix House, 7-9 South Leinster Street, Room PX 2.1 as previously advertised.

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

What is your favourite bird? We'd love to hear which image from Worth's books about birds you like best! See birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie for a host of images! Please repost: @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Find details of @edwardworthlib's 2026 Lecture and Events listing here: edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve... All are wellcome but as space is limited, places must be booked in advance! @visitdublin.bsky.social @failte-ireland.bsky.social @culturedated8.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

How did a ‘Numidian chicken’ make its way to Bologna? Find out at @EdwardWorthLib’s second ‘Bird of the Week’ for 2026 : birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie/land-fowl/ Please repost @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Spring has officially arrived and how better to celebrate than by enjoying @EdwardWorthLib’s first ‘Bird of the Week’ for 2026, a beautiful swan. To find out more see : birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie/waterbirds/s... Enjoy! @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Worth Library's Research Fellowships for 2026 have just been advertised. Find out more at edwardworthlibrary.ie/research-fel... Please repost! @bodleian.ox.ac.uk @cerl-community.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @harvard.edu

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Pierre Daniel Huet's Memoirs sur le Commerce des Hollandois … (Amsterdam, 1717), is the focus of the December Book of the Month, written by Ms Apriliya Rida Nabila (MA in Public History, UCD). Find out more at edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Mary, Queen of Scots was born #OTD in 1542 at Linlithgow Palace.

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Cera Linnell explores the career of Hernán Cortés in México in our November Book of the Month: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-... #Mexico

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Completing a very successful joint-conference with the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance, on the topic: ‘Medical Education in Europe, 1350-1750‘!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

If you missed the segment on #MooneyGoesWild on our newest exhibition 'Birds at the Edward Worth Library' please see the link below. Thanks to all involved!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Looking forward to hearing Professor Pierce Grace (University of Limerick): on the topic ‘Medicine in medieval Ireland, 1200-1650’ this afternoon. Professor Grace is giving the Davis Coakley Memorial Lecture in Medical History and the lecture is booked out.

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie is launched! Thanks to Dr Dominique Crowley (artist), Ms John McGarry and Ms Maria McGarry (Webworks), Mr Paolo Viscardi (Keeper of Natural History at NMI); Dr Elizabethanne Boran (Librarian), Mr Derek O’Reilly (member, BirdWatch Ireland), and Dr Éanna Ní Lamhna.

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

We're really looking forward to hearing more about Grizelda Steevens today when Dr Priscilla Sonnier (University College Dublin) presents on ‘“Of Her Charity”: The Visual and Material Legacy of Grizelda Steevens’. This is the Griselda Steevens’ Memorial Lecture. This lecture is booked out!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Edward Worth Library is delighted to announce that our newest online exhibition, which is on early modern books about birds, is now available: birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie Enjoy and please share! @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We're holding an Open Day today to celebrate Mr William Gawtry’s exhibition on ‘Hannibal and the Second Punic War’. We're open from 11.00am-1.00pm and 2.00pm-4.00pm. We're also launching William's Book of the Month blogpost: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-... #ancienthistory #classics #history

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

You may know Virgil and Homer’s epics But what about Camões of Lisbon? One thousand two stanzas, each artistic Form The Lusiad, to be topped by none.

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Today marks the anniversary of the death of the famous English mathematician, Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), whose Artis analyticae praxis (London, 1631) was collected by Worth. To find out more see mathematics.edwardworthlibrary.ie/notation/har...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Sir William Petty (1623-87) held strong views about taxation in early modern Ireland! Find out more at Ms Maeve Killion's exhibition on his books in @edwardworthlib: edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Join the voyage of Vasco da Gama in June's Book of the Month, delving into The Lusiad. Composed originally in Portuguese by Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas stands against the test of time to still be considered the national poem of Portugal over 450 years later. edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Today is the feast day of #Colum Cille (#Columba) (c. 521–597), founder of the monastery of #Iona. Find out more about him at edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We were honoured to welcome Ms Helen Stokes and the participants of the 2025 HOPE Exchange Programme to the Edward Worth Library this morning!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

We're giving tours of the Library's latest exhibition today at 11.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm and booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou... Please repost @culturedated8.bsky.social @visitdublin.bsky.social @littlemuseumdub.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We're celebrating the beginning of 2025 Culture Date with Dublin 8! Our lecture today is booked out but we have a few places left on our tours on Thursday 8 May and Friday 9 May. Come see our beautiful Library! Booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...

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Tours of the Edward Worth Library | Culture Date with Dublin 8 – Culture, History and Heritage in Dublin 8

Come visit the beautiful Edward Worth Library, a treasure trove in the heart of Dublin 8! Our tours will introduce you to Dr Edward Worth and his beautiful early eighteenth-century...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

It's May Day and the Worth Library is having an Open Day to launch Ms Maeve Killion's exhibition on the works of Sir William Petty in the Worth Library. Our May Book of the Month is his Political Arithmetick - read all about his interesting views on taxation: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Looking forward to our Open Day tomorrow! To mark Ms Maeve Killion's small exhibition on 'Sir William Petty at the Edward Worth Library' there will be an Open Day at the Edward Worth Library on 1 May 2025: 10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm. @dublincityheritage.bsky.social @failte-ireland.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

To mark Ms Maeve Killion's small exhibition on 'Sir William Petty at the Edward Worth Library' there will be an Open Day at the Edward Worth Library on 1 May 2025: 10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm. Please repost!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

For those of you in Ireland, please take part in this Built and Archaeological Heritage & Climate Survey!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Today marks #WorldHeatlthDay so why not find out more about early modern medical treatments? Spas such as Bourbon l’Archambault rose to prominence in 17th century France: thepracticeofmedicine.edwardworthlibrary.ie/locations/sp... #wellness #earlymodernmedicine #spas #health

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Looking forward to hearing Dr Peter Murray Jones (University of Cambridge) give a lecture on 10 April on the topic: ‘Friars and Healing in Fifteenth-Century York’. This is the joint Trinity College Dublin–Worth Library lecture. For details see edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The renowned botanist Charles de l’Écluse (Carolus Clusius) died on this day in 1609. Find out more about his work on plants at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/seve...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'. This beautiful image of aquilegia comes from Worth's copy of Adam Lonicer's Naturalis historiae opus novum (Frankfurt, 1551). Find out more at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/sixt... #botany #beauty #plants #flowers

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Travel back to the 18th century with A VOYAGE TO AND FROM BORNEO IN THE EAST INDIES by Captain Daniel Beeckman! 📌 Curious to learn more? Scan the QR code & uncover the full review! #BookOfTheMonth #bookreview #spicetrade #history #eastindies #banjarmasin #orangutan #eastindiacompany #borneo

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Today's the birthday of the renowned 16th century mathematician and astronomer, Christopher Clavius. Worth owned a copy of his famous commentary on Johannes de Sacrobosco's text on the Sphere. To find out more see astronomy.edwardworthlibrary.ie/astronomy-an...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

On Thursday 27 March at 3.00pm Dr Jason McElligott (Director of Marsh’s Library, Dublin) will be giving a lecture on 'The libraries of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 1684-1929'. The lecture take place in the Worth Library and booking is required. To book please e-mail info@edwardworthlibrary.ie

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