Morning Closure Library 13 November 2025
2025-11-13 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
The Library will be closed this morning, Thursday 13 November 2025, for a Morning on the Hill school visit.

Afternoon Closure Library 17 November 2025
2025-11-17 10:00 - 14:00
The Library will be closed this afternoon, Monday 17 November 2025, due to a group visit.

Morning Closure Library 27 November 2025
2025-11-27 10:00 - 14:00
The Library will be closed this morning, Thursday 27 November 2025, due to the quarterly Governors and Guardians meeting taking place in the Long Room.

Rokeby Lecture 2025 | The Other Bishop's Library: Thomas Percy's Books, Ballads, Elks and Pikes
2025-11-27 19:30 - 21:00
The Rokeby Lecture 2025, The Other Bishop’s Library: Thomas Percy’s Books, Ballads, Elks and Pikes, by Dr Frank Ferguson, will be held on the first day of the Georgian Festival, Thursday 27 November 2025.

In this talk, Dr Ferguson will explore the impact of Bishop Thomas Percy of Dromore, County Down. History has not been kind to Percy. He has not enjoyed the same renown as Archbishop Robinson of Armagh or Bishop Hervey of Downhill. However, it could be argued that Percy’s literary endeavours as collector, editor and patron shaped the cultural landscape of Ireland and Britain in multiple and profound ways.

Frank Ferguson will suggest that Percy’s work and approach, set amid a time of political upheaval in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century in Ireland, offered a means to use song and poetry as a means to find common ground, religious tolerance and reconciliation.

Frank Ferguson is the Research Director for English Language and Literature at Ulster University. An experienced researcher in Irish literary studies, he has written and edited a number of publications on Irish and Northern Irish literature including, Ulster-Scots Writing, an Anthology, (Four Courts, 2008) Revising Robert Burns and Ulster: literature, religion and politics, c.1770-1920 (Four Courts 2009) John Hewitt, A North Light (Four Courts, 2013. He is the editor of Balancing Acts: Conversations with Gerald Dawe on a Life in Poetry (Irish Academic Press 2023). He has managed a number of major projects on Irish writing. He is the current Chair of the John Hewitt Society, a Governor of the Linen Hall Library and a Committee Member of the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund.

Georgian Day 2025
2025-11-29 11:00 - 17:00
The Georgian buildings of the Library and No 5 Vicars’ Hill, the former Registry, will be open for Georgian Day on Saturday 29th November 2025.

Both buildings were part of Archbishop Robinson’s plans for Georgian Armagh. The Library was built in 1771 as a public library and is the oldest library in Northern Ireland. The 1772 Registry used to hold precious documents and records, on Georgian Day you can learn about Wax Sealing. Armagh Robinson Library will also be open on Sunday 30th November from 2.00pm to 5.00pm.

All events are drop in – no booking required – free of charge, donations welcome.

Library staff and volunteers will be to answer any questions about the Library’s treasures. They will have help from one of our Georgian characters, Mrs Smith.

A Georgian Caricaturist will be in the Library to capture your character between 12 noon to 4.30pm.

St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral will host Choral Evensong at 5.00pm in the Cathedral.

Georgian Festival 2025
2025-11-30 14:00 - 17:00
Armagh Robinson Library will be open for the Georgian Festival on Sunday 30th November 2025.

The building was part of Archbishop Robinson’s plans for Georgian Armagh. The Library was built in 1771 as a public library and is the oldest library in Northern Ireland. All events are drop in – no booking required – free of charge, donations welcome.

Library staff and volunteers will be to answer any questions about the Library’s treasures. They will have help from one of our Georgian characters, Mrs Smith.

A Georgian Silhouette cutter will be in the Library to capture your silhouette between 2 and 4.30pm.

Armagh Robinson Library and No 5. the former Registry will also be open on Georgian Day, Saturday 29th November, from 11.00pm to 5.00pm.

Christmas Closure 2025
2025-12-25 10:00 - 2026-01-01 16:00
Christmas closure 2025 | The Library will be closed from Thursday 25 December 2025 until Thursday 1 January 2026 inclusive.
