Daily Times

The Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), Ireland’s new landmark cultural institution, is to open its doors for the first time in the historic setting of University College Dublin (UCD), Newman House on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin on Culture Night, September 20, 2019.

A major partnership and creative alliance between University College Dublin and the National Library of Ireland, supported by the Naughton Foundation and Fáilte Ireland, MoLI will celebrate Ireland’s world-renowned literary culture and heritage.

Picturesquely located on the south side of St Stephen’s Green in one of Dublin’s finest historic houses, MoLI draws inspiration from the work of Ireland’s most famous writer, James Joyce, and is named for his best-known female character, Molly Bloom. Advance ticket sales for museum visits from Saturday September 21 at 10am are now live on its website moli.ie.

MoLI will feature dynamic, immersive exhibitions that tell the story of Ireland’s literary heritage from our earliest storytelling traditions to our celebrated contemporary writers. On display will be a host of literary treasures from the National Library collections including the very first copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses, as well as handwritten notebooks for Ulysses and fascinating letters, including one from Joyce to WB Yeats.

UCD Newman House has undergone years of careful restoration and modernisation under the guidance of award-winning architects Scott Tallon Walker. The historic building is the original site of UCD and a place of learning for Irish writers including James Joyce, Flann O’Brien, Maeve Binchy and Mary Lavin.