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| Book Title | More than concrete blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories : 1900-40 |
| Chapter Title | Case study : Drumcondra Library : Millmount Avenue : Drumcondra : Dublin 9, 1937 |
| Chapter Author | Kelly, Merlo |
| Book Editor | Rowley, Ellen |
| Publisher | Dublin City Council ; University College Dublin ; Four Courts Press |
| ISBN | 9781902703442 |
| Date | 2016 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Page(s) | pp274-281 |
| Content | photos, text |
| Note(s) | This single-room library in the Art Deco style was opened as part of a library building programme following the Great Dublin Act of 1931. The brick exterior is finely detailed, while the interior includes built-in shelves which splay outwards for ease of viewing. |
| Subject(s) | public libraries ; public buildings ; brickwork ; Art Deco ; open plan ; reading rooms ; built-in furniture ; suburbs |
| QUB Location | Search QUB Library Catalogue |
| UCD Location | Search UCD Library Catalogue |