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Marsh's Library is Ireland's oldest public library, built in 1701 by Archbishop Narcissus Marsh beside St Patrick's Cathedral. It retains its original oak bookcases, including three "cages" where readers were locked in with rare books to prevent theft.
Founded in 1701 by Archbishop Marsh and designed by Sir William Robinson (architect of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham), it is one of very few 18th-century libraries to survive with its original interior virtually unchanged.