Franciscan Library

Franciscan Library

The stained glass windows at the front of the building in this picture taken in 1948 have since been placed on the left where the oratory is now situated.

Courtesy of Dun Mhuire

Franciscan Library
Courtesy of Dun Mhuire

Franciscan Library

The stained glass windows at the front of the building in this picture taken in 1948 have since been placed on the left where the oratory is now situated.

Courtesy of Dun Mhuire

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This library was established in 1945 as the main Franciscan library in Ireland, to house manuscripts and rare books then in local friaries, including Dublin. It is the principal repository of information about Irish Franciscans at home and abroad, in colleges in Louvain, Rome and Prague, and also on missions in other countries.  Its manuscripts in Irish, including a copy of the Annals of the Four Masters, together with papers of Eamon de Valera, Sean MacEoin, Muiris O Droighnean and others, were deposited in the 1990s in the Archives Department of NUI Dublin together with 20 incunabula (24, including separate parts) and also some rare books.

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Address:
Dún Mhuire,
Seafield Road,
Killiney,
Co. Dublin

Contact: Fr. Ignatius Fennessy OFM, Librarian
Phone: +353 1 282 6760
email: ignatiusfen@eircom.net / greccio@eircom.net