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Since 1951 the academy has been located at 19, Dawson Street in the center of Dublin . Built in c.1750, the building has some fine decorative plasterwork and a handsome meeting room designed in 1854 by Fredrick Villiers Clarendon and now used for conferences, exhibitions and public talks. The academy library holds some important early Irish manuscipts and, in fact, the academy once held many Celtic treasures now in the National Museum Of Ireland . The academy is also know for its publications on Irish material, particularly Biography , History , Geography and Language . The ''Atlas of Ireland'', published in 1979, was a comprehensive altas of Irelands geography, including related Socio-economic thematical information. The academy keeps an extensive library and collection of Irish related material. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |