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The Library / Boardroom



Capacity: 16-20
Dimensions: 32’ x 20’

Looking for a prestigious venue for your board meeting, conference or training session?
This room is finished to an exceptionally high standard with its white oak board table and chairs by furniture maker Michael Bell. Inscribed on the cornice around the room is “The genius of mankind is the property of the common people” completed by the architectural woodcarver Ben Russell and the fireplace carries the inscription Que sais-je? From Montaigne’s (1533-92) famous dictum: What do I know?

Deirdre Rodgers stained glass windows honour Ireland’s contribution to world literature and bear the names of four Irish Nobel laureates, and the citations (see right)

This room offers exceptional boardroom facilities and can accommodate 20 delegates and has hosted a full meeting of the Northern Ireland Executive; the only one to take place away from Stormont since devolution.

Facilities include:

· Inbuilt overhead projector screen
· Hospitality cabinet
· 12 Networked computer terminals
· Access via lift.

Availability & Cost
For further information regarding the Library please contact the Centre on 028- 71266946 or
e-mail info@verbalartscentre.co.uk.

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The Blue Coat Room
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The Children's Studio
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Other Facilities

Library
Recording studio
Artist's flat
Coffee house
Ulysses art installation

Nobel Laureates
Literature 1923 - Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939)
Citation: ‘for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation’

Literature 1926 - Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950)
Citation: ‘for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty’

Literature 1969 - Beckett, Samuel (1906-89)
Citation: ‘for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation’

Literature 1995 - Heaney, Seamus (b.1939)
Citation: ‘for both works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past’