Linen Hall Library (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

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Name (Latin)
Linen Hall Library (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Other forms of name
Linenhall Library (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Coordinates
-5.93154 -5.93154 54.5974 54.5974 (gooearth )
Type of corporate body
Libraries
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 125125404
Wikidata: Q6553590
Library of congress: n 85261478
Sources of Information
  • Northern Ireland political literature [phase 1] 1968-1972, 1974:t.p. (Linenhall Library, Belfast)
  • Linen Hall review, summer 1986:p. 3 (Linen Hall Library, Belfast)
  • Rare books in Ireland, 1993:facsim. of original t.p. (Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge (Linen Hall Library), founded 1789)
  • Killen, John. A history of the Linen Hall Library, 1788-1988, 1990:p. ix (Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge, official title of the institution more commonly known as the Linen Hall Library; developed from the Belfast Reading Society, f. May 13, 1788) p. 14 (changed name to Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge, Sept. 11, 1792) p. 24-25 (moved to the White Linen Hall, 1802) p. 53 (being called the Linen Hall Library by 1811) p. 55 (adopted present official name, Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge, 1837)
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Wikipedia description:

The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing library in Northern Ireland. The Library is physically in the centre of Belfast, and more generally at the centre of the cultural and creative life of the wider community. It is an independent and charitable body.

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