Explore more than two centuries of Irish literary output with our exclusive exhibition catalogue, Irish Literature: History & Myth Since 1798. Truly a treasure trove! Discover the manuscripts, plays, rare books, broadsides, ephemera, printed artworks that provide a model for why art matters in times of crisis, how it functions as an agent of political transformation, and what power it holds to craft alternative historical trajectories.
Irish writers—based in Ireland and across the diaspora—turn to mythmaking as they wrestle with questions of exile, national belonging, and identity. The exhibition catalogue celebrates how such writing plays an integral role in the formation of ideas about Irish history, myth, nationhood, and cultural renewal. With essays by Roy Foster, Renée Fox, Margaret Kelleher, Greg Londe, Fintan O’Toole, Robert Spoo, and Colm Tóibín.
Irish Literature: History & Myth Since 1798, an exhibition of treasures from the Leonard L. Milberg Collections of Irish Literature, is on view September 18, 2026 - January 17, 2027.
