Free access to the Irish Cultural Centre Media Library

Name: Acceso libre a la Mediateca del Centro Cultural Irlandés
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Centre Culturel Irlandais

The Media Library is a resource centre for more than 8,000 documents on contemporary Ireland, its history and culture.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

The Irish Cultural Centre Media Library is a resource centre open to all. There are more than 8000 documents in French, English and Irish devoted to contemporary Ireland, its history and culture: books, newspapers and magazines, music CDs, books read, films and documentaries, CD-ROM. In addition, the multimedia hub offers a Wi-Fi network and six computer stations for viewing all audiovisual documents or researching Ireland via the Internet. On-site consultation of books and periodicals is free of charge. It is also possible to borrow documents by registration.

About the location

Centre Culturel Irlandais

5 rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

The first Irish Cultural Centre in the world is located in Paris, in the historic building of the Irish College which was restored for two years and inaugurated in 2002\. From the 16th century onwards, Irish colleges were established in France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Poland, allowing Irish Catholic monks and students to escape the anti-Catholic restrictions in Ireland. In 1677, Louis XIV granted to the Collège des Irlandais of Paris the building of the Collège des Lombards, located rue des Carmes. In 1775, the Irish students moved into a new building, a former mansion, renovated specially to accommodate them by the architect François-Joseph Belanger. At that time the library and the chapel were built. Following the French Revolution, the Irish College changed its destination several times, sometimes becoming a seminary for Irish students. In October 2002, it was restored when the Irish Cultural Centre was created. The Centre now offers an opening on the cultural heritage of