{"id":1129,"date":"2019-08-23T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucd.emarkable.ie\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2020-09-04T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T10:34:12","slug":"welcome-to-moli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/2019\/welcome-to-moli\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to MoLI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PICTURESQUELY LOCATED ON<\/strong> the south side of St Stephen\u2019s Green in the beautiful complex of historic buildings where the University was founded, UCD Newman House is soon to be the home of a new landmark institution: MoLI \u2013 Museum of Literature Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1139\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1139\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/james-joyce-credit-Helena-Perez-Garcia-2-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/james-joyce-credit-Helena-Perez-Garcia-2-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/james-joyce-credit-Helena-Perez-Garcia-2-768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/james-joyce-credit-Helena-Perez-Garcia-2-916x1024.jpg 916w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/james-joyce-credit-Helena-Perez-Garcia-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Joyce (by Helena Perez Garcia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A major partnership between UCD and the National Library of Ireland, MoLI draws inspiration from the genius and influence of UCD\u2019s most famous student, James Joyce, and is named after his best- known female character, Molly Bloom.<\/p>\n<p>Opening on Friday 20 September (Culture Night), the Museum of Literature Ireland will celebrate Ireland\u2019s internationally-renowned literary culture and heritage from the past to the present, inspiring the next generation to create, read and write.<\/p>\n<p>Immersive multimedia exhibitions, priceless artefacts from the National Library collections, lectures, performances, cutting-edge children\u2019s education programmes, digital broadcasting, cross-disciplinary artistic commissions and a caf\u00e9 set in one of the city\u2019s most beautiful gardens will make MoLI a major contribution to the local and international literary landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/first-floor-The-State-and-Irish-Writing-1200x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1136\"\/><figcaption>First Floor, The State and Irish Writing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"color-yellow wp-block-heading\">Museum Highlights Include<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"better-ul ul-yellow wp-block-list\"><li>James Joyce\u2019s \u2018Copy No 1\u2019 of Ulysses, the rarest copy of the most  important novel written in the English language, inscribed by Joyce to  his patron Harriet Shaw Weaver.<\/li><li>Joyce\u2019s handwritten notebooks for sections of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, giving insight into his unique creative process.<\/li><li>Rare recordings from the National Folklore Collection.<\/li><li> Exhibitions on Irish writing and writers past and present, including  opening exhibitions on Kate O\u2019Brien, Young Adult Fiction and the State  and Irish Writing.<\/li><li> William Butler Yeats\u2019 Nobel Prize Medal for Literature.<\/li><li> Historic setting in UCD Newman House, where famous Irish writers including James Joyce, Flann O\u2019Brien, Kate O\u2019Brien and Maeve Binchy were students.<\/li><li> Historic ash tree where James Joyce\u2019s graduation photograph was taken in 1902.<\/li><li>Courtyard caf\u00e9 serving local and seasonal dishes.<\/li><li>Beautiful hidden gardens connecting to the Iveagh Gardens, a tranquil oasis in the heart of the city. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"color-yellow wp-block-heading\">Visit MoLI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Open 7 days 10am\u20136pm<em><strong> (From 20 September 2019)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission \u20ac8 |  Concession \u20ac6 | Members go free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MoLI<\/strong> | Museum of Literature Ireland<br>UCD Newman House, 86 St Stephen\u2019s Green, Dublin 2 |  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/moli.ie\" target=\"_blank\">moli.ie<\/a> |  01 477 9811\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PICTURESQUELY LOCATED ON the south side of St Stephen\u2019s Green in the beautiful complex of historic buildings where the University was founded, UCD Newman House is soon to be the home of a new landmark institution: MoLI \u2013 Museum of Literature Ireland. 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