At the Old Library in Trinity College, Dublin the public are granted access to the 65 metre-long Long Room. As with the British Library, Trinity College Library is a legal deposit library so has a right to a copy of every book published in Britain and Ireland. As a result, this impressive vaulted-ceiling room, with dark panelling and marble busts is packed from floor to ceiling with over 200,000 of the library’s oldest books..
I particularly liked the alphabet lettering down the side columns of the shelves.
.
The room was built between 1712 and 1732, and originally had a flat plastered ceiling. However, pressure of storage requirements led to the ceiling being raised and the current barrel-vaulted ceiling and upper gallery was added in 1860.
Access to this gorgeous room is part of the Book of Kells tour.
Posted as part of Frizztext’s Tagged A challenge and ABC Wednesday.
Travel with Intent 
This librarian approves!
ROG, ABCW
LikeLike
I used to be a librarian. I can never resist a good library!
LikeLike
What a gorgeous place! I’d like to visit and take it all in! Thanks for sharing,
Leslie
abcw team
LikeLike
I hope you get there one day.
LikeLike
Imagine if we could absorb their content just by being there!
LikeLike
Reblogged this on *Julianne Fiori *.
LikeLike
I’ve reblogged you via
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/a-is-for-alphabet/
thank you!
LikeLike
Reblogged this on Flickr Comments and commented:
“packed from floor to ceiling with over 200,000 of the library’s oldest books…”
LikeLike
Wonderful post for “A”. Love your images.
LikeLike