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| Keywords: RDS arch-Mystery of the Missing Minerva!.jpg This was the entrance arch to Leinster House next door to Library Towers back in the days when it was home to the Royal Dublin Society whose original collections formed the basis of ours here at the National Library of Ireland It looks quite imposing and it's lovely to see the notices for presumably forthcoming lectures etc - a bit blurry but one definitely says BOTANY I had assumed the figure of Minerva had been relocated to the new RDS in Ballsbridge but she's not on any of the buildings there that I could see So where is Minerva now Date 1863-1880 NLI Ref <a href http //catalogue nli ie/Record/STP_1254 target _blank rel nofollow >STP_1254</a> Flickr http //flickr com/photos/47290943 N03/9188656483 Mystery of the Missing Minerva 1863-00-01 00 00 00 National Library of Ireland on The Commons User Flickr upload bot/upload-pd 03 39 3 July 2013 UTC Oaktree b PD-Old Flickr-no known copyright restrictions PD-old-50 Images from the National Library of Ireland RDS Dublin | ||||
