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Waterford City Library, also known as the Central Library, is a public library in
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, Ireland. It was the first to be built of Ireland's many Carnegie libraries. The philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...
, who had previously opened libraries in Scotland and the USA, himself laid the foundation stone in 1903.


Architecture

The classical-style building was constructed on a corner site using Kilkenny limestone. It is a protected structure. In 2004 the library was reopened after having been renovated for its centenary.


Exhibition

Images of the library were featured at the
Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...
of 2008. The title of the exhibition in question, "Lives of Spaces", was intended to elicit multiple interpretations, "suggesting that, while spaces can contain many lives, they can equally live many lives themselves".


See also

Carnegie went on to fund four more libraries in County Waterford: * Ballyduff, *
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, * Lismore *
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References


External links

* http://www.waterfordcity.ie/library/centrallibrary.htm {{Authority control Buildings and structures in Waterford (city) Carnegie libraries in Ireland Libraries in the Republic of Ireland Library buildings completed in 1904