Lunar New Year: The Year of the Snake
Published on 22nd January 2025
2025 is the Year of the Snake – symbolising wisdom, transformation and resilience – and the East Asian community in Dublin will come together to celebrate from January 25 until February 2.
Find out what's on for Dublin Lunar New Year.
Browse our adult books for The Lunar New Year.
We've also picked a selection of picture books to share with your toddlers and preschoolers and chapter books, arts and crafts and non-fiction books for primary school children; as well as some bilingual books to introduce your child to Chinese language. Browse the full list on our catalogue.
Events
Lunar New Year Paper Cutting Workshops: separate sessions for adults and children.
Lunar New Year Crafts at Walkinstown Library
Lunar New Year craft workshop at Pearse Street
Online Resources
LOTE4Kids: to support kids learning languages, LOTE4Kids offers over 800 book titles in 30 languages including English, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin.
Learn more: For more information on the Lunar New Year and how it is celebrated throughout the world, check out the online encyclopaedias in Dublin City Libraries’ extensive range of online resources.
- World Book Kids and World Book Student
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior and Encyclopaedia Britannica Student.