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===Personal archives and papers=== The National Library of Ireland houses collections of archival papers, including personal notes and work books, of eminent writers including: * [[Roddy Doyle]]<ref name=seamus_heaney_declutters/> * [[Seamus Heaney]]<ref name=seamus_heaney_declutters>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/arts/seamus-heaney-declutters-home-and-donates-personal-notes-to-national-library-2970392.html|title=Seamus Heaney declutters home and donates personal notes to National Library|date=21 December 2011|access-date=21 December 2011|first=Lyndsey|last=Telford|work=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|archive-date=2 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802045337/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/arts/seamus-heaney-declutters-home-and-donates-personal-notes-to-national-library-2970392.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Michael D. Higgins]]<ref name=seamus_heaney_declutters/> * [[James Joyce]]<ref name=seamus_heaney_declutters/> * [[Edna O'Brien]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crowley|first=Sinéad|date=10 September 2021|title=Edna O'Brien archive acquired by National Library of Ireland|publisher=RTÉ Culture|url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0909/1245719-edna-obrien-archive-acquired-by-national-library-of-ireland/|access-date=16 September 2021|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916113605/https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0909/1245719-edna-obrien-archive-acquired-by-national-library-of-ireland/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Colm Tóibín]]<ref name=seamus_heaney_declutters/> * [[Una Troy]] * [[Sheila Wingfield]] * [[W. B. Yeats]]<ref name=seamus_heaney_declutters/> The National Library of Ireland houses the Sheehy Skeffington Papers, a collection of articles, books, poems, and other materials of Irish writers and activists, [[Francis Sheehy-Skeffington|Francis Sheehy Skeffington]], and [[Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington|Hanna Sheehy Skeffington]]. These writings offer an understanding into the influence of the Francis and Hanna Skeffington in early 20th Century Irish culture and thought as well as insight into their family life.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Culhane|first=Dara|date=2015|title=The Sheehy Skeffington Papers: Treasure Hunting at the National Library of Ireland Archives|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24635400.|journal=The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies|volume=39| issue=1 |pages=50–63| jstor=24635400 }}</ref> The library also holds the Cooper Collection. Austin Cooper (1759–1831) was a [[County Tipperary]] clerk who produced numerous sketches of Irish antiquities which were preserved by his great-grandson.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Harbison|first=Peter|date=2001|title=Irish Artists on Irish Subjects': The Cooper Collection in the National Library|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20493166|journal=Irish Arts Review Yearbook|volume=17|pages=61–69| jstor=20493166 |access-date=25 April 2021|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425180643/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20493166|url-status=live}}</ref> The Cooper Collection also contains drawings by other artists including [[Francis Wheatley (painter)|Francis Wheatley]].<ref name=":0" />
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