In case you needed a post-Bloomsday pick-me-up... 📚🧁 The Library's mascot James has been busy baking Ulysses-inspired Banbury cakes. In Ulysses (Episode 8, Lestrygonians), Leopold Bloom buys two Banbury cakes and crumbles them into the Liffey for the gulls:

Happy Valentine's Day

📣 We’re #hiring! AK1 Photographic Collections 📸 The National Library of Ireland is recruiting an Assistant Keeper Grade 1 to help care for and develop our Photographic Collections. 🗓️ #Apply by 3pm, 27 Feb 2026 via our website: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland

#Joyce popped in to #DavyByrnes for his #birthday this year... but he couldn’t decide between a pint of Guinness or Champagne, so he chose both. 🍻 Happy Birthday, Mr. Joyce! (born #OnThisDay 2 February 1882)🍾

"Nora Thornton and Joanne Carroll are @nlireland.bsky.social archivists who combine a personal interest in #food and #foodculture with their professional work..." Learn more about our historic #cookbooks in this @irishexaminer.bsky.social article: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...

🥮 Barm brack is a true #Halloween classic! “Barm” means yeast, and “brack” comes from the Irish breac — “speckled.” 🍞 This 19th-century recipe from NLI MS 9929 swaps dried fruit for fragrant caraway seeds. Fancy baking a vintage favourite? 👉 www.nli.ie/stories/hall...

Cake I made today for #StreetFeast2025

Roses are red Violets are blue Ask your coworker Are you in the union too?

What stories do old #cameras tell? 📷 William Fagan explores a remarkable collection of vintage #photographic equipment from the defunct Photographic Society of Ireland, now preserved in the National Photographic Archive: www.nli.ie/news-stories...

A list of my seven favourite metal band names from around the world… 7. Aggressive Snail Attack (Croatia) 6. Teddy Bear Autopsy (Czech Republic) 5. We Butter the Bread with Butter (Germany) 4. Depressed Mode (Finland) 3. Lobster Apocalypse (US) 2. Bathtub Shitter (Japan) 1. Destiny Potato (Serbia)

We’re at the #UnityAndHope rally! Those spreading fear and division don’t have anything to offer. But we do. We fight for better pay, for your rights, for housing, for public services. Join the side that wants a better Ireland for all, and actually does something about it.