Emile in Ireland is directed by Mayo County Library, www.mayolibary.ie Mayo County Library provides a library service for Mayo, Irelands third largest county. The service is provided through a network of seventeen branches and a mobile service. The library holds an extensive collection of material on the history of the county at its Local Studies library in Castlebar. This includes books, journals, maps, photographs, videos, slides and other items covering all aspects of the county’s heritage and history. Mayo was one of the counties worst affected by emigration in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Between 1841 and 1851 the population declined from 388,887 to 274, 830 and has continued to fall ever since. It was only towards the end of the twentieth century that the decline was halted and the numbers began to increase. Today with a population of 117,446 Mayo is a prosperous and vibrant county, but its turbulent history is preserved in the archives of Mayo County Library. EMILE LAUNCH IN IRELAND The EMILE exhibition will be launched in Ireland on Friday, September 16th 2005 by the Mayor of Mayo, Councillor Henry Kenny. The launch will take place in Castlebar Library at 4.30 pm. Local musicians will play some songs of emigration at the launch.