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&#60;![CDATA[Colum Kenny hat letztes Jahr ein Buch über die Verkäufe aus einer Rechtsbibliothek in Dublin publiziert.Kenny recounts a major cultural controversy that marked the recognition of the King's Inns Library as an important partof the heritage of modern Ireland. In 1972 thousands of non-law books from King's Inns were sold at Sotheby's inLondon. The row that ensued involved many well-known people including Cearbhall Ã? DÃ¡laigh, Mary Robinson andCharles J. Haughey. The sale was criticized as the 'random dispersal of an irreplaceable collection' and it raises vitalquestions about the proper care of libraries, about the relationship of general knowledge to professional expertise andabout the problematic nature of Irish identity in a post-colonial era. The books were sold because King's Inns was in financial difficulty, a difficulty exacerbated by the fact that thebenchers had recently renovated their kitchens. The government was kept informed by the benchers of their plans butfailed to respond to a proposal that might have resulted in all of the volumes remaining in Ireland. Kenny suggests meansof avoiding acrimony or major controversy in connection with any possible disposal of books by King's Inns Library inthe future. (Werbung).]]&#62;