through public funding and the private donations of generous benefactors. Open to the public, it has particularly rich holdings relating to the history of western European art from the Middle Ages on, and the collections relating to Irish and Italian art are extensive. The collection amounts to over 100,000 published volumes, in addition to significant archival holdings. References Citations Sources Irish Statute Book National Gallery of Ireland Act 1854 National Gallery of Ireland Act 1855 National Gallery (Amendment) Act 1865: see National Gallery of Ireland Act 1928 National Gallery of Ireland Act 1963 National Cultural Institutions Act 1997, Part VI Secondary Raymond Keaveney (2002), The National Gallery of Ireland: Essential Guide. London: Scala Publishers. Homan Potterton (2003), The National Gallery of Ireland in Brian Lalor (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Ireland. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. Homan Potterton, Introduction to National Gallery of Ireland: Illustrated Summary Catalogue of Paintings. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. External links National Gallery of Ireland website The Millennium Wing on Irish-architecture.com Reports of the Director of the National Gallery of Ireland 1883–1920 from EPPI (Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland) Art museums established in 1864 Art museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland Arts in Dublin (city) Irish art National museums of the Republic of Ireland Museums in Dublin (city) 1864 establishments in Ireland Ireland Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media