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Marsh's Library, Ireland's first public library, and its rare books figure in James Joyce's Stephen Hero, Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake. Dr Muriel McCarthy, then its keeper, recounts its intriguing history from 1707, in 'The University of the People' 2002 series, the 100th anniversary of Carnegie Libraries in Ireland.