Dublin City Libraries

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.

#OralHistory #DublinFestivalOfHistory #PearseSt #OHNI @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

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...

Lifeline : Dublin Festival of History 2025 – Near FM – Listen Again

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
@dublincityoflit.bsky.social
is now available as an audiobook! You can access the audiobook via
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social
BorrowBox online library service 🎧

🔗 dublin.borrowbox.com/product/SFA_...

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

International Writers Network: Coolock Library Writing Group – Near FM – Listen Again

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...

Listen back here: dublincityfm.ie/shows/all-ab...

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...

#agefriendly

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#TakeACloserLook #MyDublinLibrary

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...

Oral History: A Personal Insight into the Past Join members of the Oral History Network Ireland at this free Dublin Festival of History event.

🎟️Free tickets at EVENTRITE eventbrite.ie/e/oral-histo...

Further info at dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

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@dublincitycouncil.bsky.social

#OralHistoryNetworkIreland #OralHistory #DublinFestivalOfHistory #Dublin #SharedStories #PearseStreetLibrary #DublinCityLibraries

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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From Byway to Highway – Near FM – Listen Again

Douglas Appleyard was recently at Coolock Library for Heritage Week. He is also included in parts 1 and 2 of Byway to Highway, our history of the Hole in the Wall Road listenagain.org?cat=9953 @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

Tombstones

The Huguenot Cemetery and Irish Literary References
 
The name Du Bedat or Dubedat appears in Irish literary references, most notably in George Bernard Shaw's play The Doctor's Dilemma (1906) and James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
 
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We're here until 4 pm!

Outdoor POP-UP Library.