ANTRIM fit-out firm Marcon has begun the final chapter at one of Dublin’s most anticipated projects in recent years.
UCD Newman House at St Stephen’s is being transformed into the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), an ambitious €10.5m project that brings University College Dublin and the National Library of Ireland together to create a new literary attraction with international appeal.
MoLI’s focus will be on 20th and 21st century writers with a particular emphasis on James Joyce, arguably the university’s most famous graduate.
The museum will also feature other literary luminaries from the past and present, ranging from Newman, Hopkins and Beckett to Donoghue, Tóibín and Meehan.
The facility will be mainly housed in the former Aula Maxima of UCD. The college owns three contiguous buildings on St Stephen’s Green South – the Aula Max, as it was always known to UCD students, and beside it 85 and 86 St Stephen’s Green.
Marcon will work closely with internationally acclaimed museum and exhibition designers Ralph Appelbaum Associates to complete the fit-out of centre.
The firm’s heritage team will be responsible for the manufacture and installation of specialist joinery, display cases, bespoke metalwork, graphics and feature lighting throughout the space. Marcon’s joinery workshop will play a key role in the manufacture of the specialist joinery ensuring the highest standard of finish is achieved.
Martin McErlean, heritage contracts manager at Marcon, said: “We're thrilled to be carrying out the exhibition fit-out within the new museum. It is a wonderful project to be involved in and will allow us to showcase our craftsmanship to the world.”
