Interiors Photography of Marsh’s Library
Written by Deirdre Brennan, Posted in Commercial Photography
I was recently kindly granted permission to photograph the interior of Marsh’s Library in Dublin as part of a documentary project I am working on, revisiting places mentioned in Ulysses. Founded in 1701 by Archbishop Narcissus Marsh (1638–1713) and opened in 1707, the library was designed by Sir William Robinson, the man also responsible for the Royal Hospital Kilmainham . It’s the oldest public library in the country, and contains 25,000 books dating from the 16th to the early 18th century.
In this photograph you can see bullet holes that remain in books from the time of the Easter Rising
The view from the steps of the library
