About the Library
About the Met Éireann Library
When the Irish Meteorological Service was founded in 1936 it inherited a small collection of technical books and weather records. This, together with a collection of early meteorological books that had been bequeathed to Valentia Observatory by R.H. Scott in 1916, formed the origins of the Met Éireann Library. Today, the Met Éireann Library is the central repository for meteorology-related publications in Ireland.
The Collection
Our primary subject areas are Meteorology, Climatology, Climate Change, Atmospheric Physics and Information Technology. Our collection includes:
- Books
- Journals
- Met Éireann publications
- Organisational reports (e.g. WMO, National Meteorological Services, ECMWF)
- Reference Works
- Theses
- Conference Proceedings
- Special Collections
Access & Borrowing
Met Éireann staff members are our primary users but the library and is currently not open to external users due to COVID-19 restrictions on visitors to Government offices (2020).
Copyright Regulations
The Met Éireann Library adheres to Irish copyright legislation, the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000. For further details see here.
Copying of published material is restricted to one article or chapter from any journal issue or book title. The library supports research or private study for non-commercial purposes only. You will be asked to sign a copyright declaration form for any material provided by the library.
Contact information
The library is based at the Met Éireann HQ in Glasnevin, Dublin 9 and is currently not open to the public as outlined above.
You can contact us here