The Library of Trinity College Dublin serves Trinity College. It is a legal deposit or “copyright library”, under which, publishers in Ireland must deposit a copy of all their publications there, without charge. It is the only Irish library to hold such rights for works published in the United Kingdom.
Founded in: 1592 Size: c. 7,000,000 volumes
Beautiful, but being up on a ladder near the railing to put something away on the top shelf would drive my anxiety through the roof.
…or to the ground