On Monday, 23rd January 2012 the fifteenth annual Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture was held at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. Councillor Dermot Lacey, deputising for The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Andrew Montague, was chairman for the evening. City Librarian, Margaret Hayes, welcomed the capacity audience and introduced the Lord Mayor. The fifteenth Gilbert lecture was delivered by Brendan Twomey. Brendan Twomey has published many books on history of Dublin including Dublin in 1707: A year in the life of the city (2009) and Smithfield and the Parish of St Paul, Dublin 1698-1750.

2. Sir John Thomas Gilbert
1829-1898
1829-

21. Richard Stanihurst
De vita S. Patricii, Hiberniae
Apostoli, Antwerp, 1587

22. Bookplate of
John Putland (1709-1773)

23. Bookplate of
George Putland (1745–1811)

24. Bookplate of
Daniel O’Connell (1775–1847)

25. Newenham Pamphlets

26. Inscribed by the author
William Wilde

31. Bookplates of
John T. Gilbert