Bhí muid sa leabharlann i bhFionnghlas inniu chun ár gcuntais a aistriú agus tá rogha iontach leabhar Gaeilge acu ann. Bhí leabhragán iomlán ann agus é i lár an aonaigh, seachas cúpla leabhar suarach ar sheilf amháin faoi bhrat dusta ag cúl an tseomra!
MOL will reopen at 1 pm on Saturday, October 25.
📢Last few days to secure your FREE ticket to the OHNI Dublin Festival of History event.
Final tickets remain— book yours today!
🗓️Monday 6th Oct, 6:30-7:30pm
📍Pearse Street Library, Dublin
🎟️Ticket info below.
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Autumn leaves
Beidh Leabharlanna Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath dúnta ón Satharn 25 go dtí an Luan 27 Deireadh Fómhair 2025 (san áireamh).
Atosclóidh brainsí na leabharlanna Dé Máirt 28 Deireadh Fómhair.
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Autumn leaves
Dublin City Libraries will close from Saturday, 25 to Monday, 27 October 2025 (inclusive).
Branch libraries will reopen on Tuesday, 28 October.
More details: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...
Michael speaks to Brendan Teeling of @dublincitylibs.bsky.social about the Dublin Festival of History listenagain.org?p=57326
Kevin Street Library
Open Call for Storyteller in Residence for Children
The closing date for applications is Fri, 17 Oct.
Dublin City Council are hiring a Storyteller in Residence for Children.
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Large sign that reads Polling Station
Gabhaimid ár míle leithscéal as an míchaoithiúlacht.
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Osclóidh an leabharlann arís Dé Máirt 28 Deireadh Fómhair.
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Walkinstown Library
Walkinstown Library will be used as polling stations on Friday, 24 October 2025.
More details: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...
Raheny Library
Raheny Library will be used as polling stations on Friday, 24 October 2025.
More details: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...
BIG NEWS: Dublin, Written In Our Hearts
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is now available as an audiobook! You can access the audiobook via
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BorrowBox online library service 🎧
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Book display
Looking to make small, sustainable changes in your life?
The Positive Change display arrived just in time for Global Goals Week.
Image courtesy of Walkinstown Library
#sustainabledevelopmentgoals #GlobalGoalsWeek #positivechange
An International Writers’ Network Special with Coolock Library Writing Group listenagain.org?p=57283 @dublincitylibs.bsky.social
Books and earphones
National Public Libraries Open Day
Check out your local library on Saturday, September 27, and ‘Take a Closer Look’ at what's on offer.
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Join us for a lively and engaging afternoon of book conversation at this year’s @dublincitylibs.bsky.social Readers’ Day event featuring authors Christine Dwyer Hickey, Miriam O’Callaghan, Joseph O’Connor and David Park 🎟️ bit.ly/4gCodbO
FREE Puppetry and Comic book workshops
Central Library
Fri 19 Sept, 'drop-by' child and family Puppetry and Comic book workshops.
At 3pm - 'Baby Bear goes to Crumlin Hospital'.
3.50-4.45pm - Comic book workshop
Enquiries: info@museumofchildhood.ie
Mugshots of performers
The show will be a 15–20 mins performance by the spoken word artist Geoff Finan (following his “What makes a man” workshops), performance by the hip hop artist Flynn Johnson!
Read-a-thon and the Coombe Hospital.
The Coombe Hospital are encouraging parents in the hospital to read to their babies during the month of September!
Featured – our Librarian Eimear C. who helped set up The Bright Beginnings Library.
Kudos to all the dedicated staff at Coombe Hospital.
Richmond Barracks
Due to essential improvements works taking place in Inchicore Library, there will be restricted access from Mon 15 to Fri 19 Sept.
More info. in our latest blog: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...
Books
Today at 12:30 pm on 103.2 Dublin City FM - Katy from the All About Books Show will be joined by Alison Lyons, Divisional Librarian in charge of Capital Projects from Dublin City Libraries, to talk about the new branch coming to Drimnagh in Dublin 12.
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Book Cover of The Avant Gardists
📚Staff Pick of the Day! Karen recommends The Avant Gardists by Sjeng Scheijen. This is an enthralling, narrative biography of the art movement that transformed the modern world.📚Read the full review: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...
Gaeilge : engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
Dublin City Council, in collaboration with the Dublin City Age Friendly Alliance and the City’s Older Peoples Council’s is carrying out a survey to consult and hear the views of older people (55 years and over) living in Dublin City.
English: engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
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An exclusive peek at Dublin's historic Huguenot graveyard for the launch of The Dublin Festival of History and the Big Weekend.
Tickets are going fast, so book online today: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie
More on Huguenot Cemetery and Irish Literary References: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...
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Librarian holding book
📚Staff Pick of the day! 📚
Sarah recommends The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue. Set over three days in a Dublin maternity fever ward during the Spanish flu outbreak in 1918, this book is heart-breaking, tender and funny.
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