PAX The Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of The Central Catholic Library Association (the “Company”) will take place in the library at 74 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 beginning at 19.00 hrs….

PAX The next video Bible course “David the King” presented by Bishop Robert Barron will take place on May 9th and 16th 2026 from 11.15 – 2.00. The cost will…

Our most successful ever Christmas Carols event was held in the Library on Saturday 3rd January 2026. Children from the Piccolo Lasso Singers, under the baton of Dr. Ite O’Donovan,…

PAX Dr. Fearghas Ó Béara, Head of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland, shared his reflections on his recent travels in Turkmenistan. The talk, entitled A hermit kingdom on…

Notre Dame research students, Matthew Lad and Jonathan Karr, presented a paper “Equivocation and Erosion: How LLMs Undermine Catholic Religious Discourse” on Thursday 6th November @ 6.00 p.m. in the…

On Wednesday 8th October, Poet in Residence and volunteer librarian, Brid Fitzpatrick, delighted us by reading selections from her published books of poetry. There followed a very lively and engaged…

2025 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell. To mark this anniversary, two events were held in the Library on Saturday 20th September. Patrick Hugh Lynch, our…

The Library welcomes members and visitors at the following times: Wednesday:   10.30 – 5.00 Thursday:       13.00 – 18.00 and Saturday:        11.00 – 4.30 Please note that the Library is closed…

Raphael’s World

A talk by Fr. Michael Collins

All are welcome to view this account of the library’s history.