About Museum of Literature Ireland
Perched on St Stephen's Green, a mere canal-crossing from Portobello, MoLI (as locals call it) is a love letter to Ireland's literary giants. Opened in 2019 in the grand Iveagh House, it fuses Joyce, Beckett, Heaney, and more into immersive worlds. Picture climbing into a giant Finnegans Wake bed or whispering lines in the poet's treehouse , sensory storytelling at its finest, with Portobello's creative spirit just a stroll away.
Joint venture between NUI and the National Library, it holds 200,000+ items: first editions, typewriters clacking ghosts of drafts. The Georgian architecture drips history, rooms echoing with recitations.
What to Expect
Exhibits: 'Slieve Bloom' cabin for Yeats; Wilde's quill; multimedia on Ulysses Bloomsday. Café serves literary tipples; shop brims with signed tomes. Touchscreens animate drafts; talks nightly.
Insider Tips
Thu-Fri late opens for atmospheric evenings. €18.50 combo with guided tour , mid-range steal. Link to Portobello's Joyce links (Bloom wandered here). Best museums in Portobello Dublin? MoLI for bookworms. Insider: rooftop for Green views, sunset gin. Families love interactive kid zones.