John Stacpoole Irish Book Collection
Auckland City Libraries Cataloguing and Conservation Project

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The Ireland Fund of New Zealand has funded the ongoing cataloguing and conservation work being undertaken to ensure an important collection of over 800 Irish books are able to be shared with the Auckland, New Zealand and International public.

The project came about from the 2005 donation of the collection by John Stacpoole, an architect, architectural historian and author. His family originates from Ireland and John had taken more than sixty years to build this collection of Irish books.

The Library initially staged an exhibition titled Ireland: a personal view. Its people and places, literature and arts. The books on display included many first editions and a number of books from the 17th and 18th centuries and this latest project is merely to ensure the collection remains a valuable resource for New Zealand’s literary future.

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For further details:

T - 64-9-977 2251
F - 64-9-977 2256
E - newzealand@irlfunds.org