By Censored books spanning 1926-96 contained themes ‘likely to corrupt or deprave’, or references to contraception or violence
For almost a century, an Irish government building in the heart of Dublin has hosted a secret sanctum: the banned books room.
The department of justice, on St Stephen’s Green, did not grant public access, because the shelves contained 12,000 books deemed indecent or obscene.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/13/ireland-banned-books-room-censorship
