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Waterford City and County Libraries

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Our Central Library was the first Carnegie library in Ireland – our foundation stone was laid in 1903. The library is built over medieval city gate – uncovered during renovations.

Our libraries are regularly used by 16,000 members and record in excess of 500,000 visits and 500,000 loans annually.

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