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.

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!

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

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

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.

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...

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-...

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-...

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-...

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

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

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...

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-...

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

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!

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

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

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...

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...

'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

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

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...

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 [email protected]

To mark the lunar #eclipse why not find out about early modern ideas about the moon? astronomy.edwardworthlibrary.ie/the-solar-sy...

Today's the anniversary of the Dutch mathematician and astronomer Jan Luyts (1655-1721). Worth's copy of Astronomica institutio (Utrecht, 1692) includes this interesting image of famous astronomers: astronomy.edwardworthlibrary.ie/astronomy-an...

In October 2025 the Edward Worth Library will be holding a joint conference with the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance, Pisa, on the topic 'Medical Education in Europe, 1350-1750: Texts, Institutions, Practices'. csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe... Please retweet

The 2025 Edward Worth Library Seminar Series is now available: edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve... Please retweet!

The Worth Library Fellowship scheme is now open: edwardworthlibrary.ie/research-fel... Closing date is 4 April 2025. Please retweet @earlymodhistory.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.bsky.social @historyofscience.bsky.social @royalsociety.org @sshmedicine.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social

Another very enjoyable tour with Dublin City Council's Culture Company's Culture Club! Many thanks to Justine and Christina for organizing it!

Delighted to welcome TCD's History of Medicine module students to the Edward Worth Library this afternoon!

Wishing a happy Lá Fhéile Bríde to all! Find out about seventeenth-century views of St Brigid of Kildare at edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...

Today is International Hot Chocolate Day! Find out more about early modern views of chocolate as a divine gift at edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...

30 January marks the anniversary of the beheading of Charles I (1600-49), King of England, Scotland and Ireland.

For all the scholar librarians, philologists and art historians out there, let's celebrate the birthday of Franciscus Junius the Younger!

Today is the birthday of Henry VII, King of England, who was born #OTD in 1457. Read more about him in Sir Francis Bacon's unusual biography! edwardworthlibrary.ie/2022-august-...

The famous English physician and natural philosopher Thomas Willis (1621–75) was born #OTD in 1621. Find out more about his work on the brain: anatomy.edwardworthlibrary.ie/the-human-bo...

Due to storm Éowyn @edwardworthlib is closed today. Why not take some time to find out about some of the mythical creatures lurking in the pages of our Library? mythicalcreatures.edwardworthlibrary.ie/dragons/wing...

Sir Francis Bacon was born on this day in 1561. Find out more about him at our small online exhibition: edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...

Joining Blue Sky today makes us think about early modern astronomy and Edward Worth's wonderful astronomical books! Find out more about battles over the solar system at astronomy.edwardworthlibrary.ie/the-solar-sy...