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This collection of images from the Fáilte Ireland Photographic Collection, held at Dublin City Library and Archive Pearse Street, highlights the surprising and unimagined day of bright sunshine and blue skies that finally emerged on the bank holiday of Monday, August 3, 1953.

See and Learn kits now available for borrowing from Dublin City Libraries include Saying Words 1, 2 and 3, Combining Sounds, Phrases 1, 2 and 3, and First Counting.

Our new gaming programmes for teens are primarily social events. They are as much about fun, socialising and relationship building as gameplay.

Fifteen separate events with multiple performances of each will be delivered for children by professional artists in our Creative Hubs during July and August. Events are FREE but registration is required.

Summer Stars runs fromthe 3 of June - 30 of August 2025. Get Reading! Now that school is over you can still spark your imagination, join in activities and take part in our exciting Summer Stars challenge.

My Open Library at Drumcondra library is a self-service library available from 8am - 10pm every day of the year!

My Open Library is an unstaffed, self-service library, available Walkinstown Library every day of the year!

My Open Library is an unstaffed, self-service library, available at Raheny Library every day of the year! During My Open Library Hours you can borrow and return items, print, photocopy, use the Internet, access Free Wifi and use our study space.

My Open Library at Pembroke library is a self-service library available from 8am - 10pm every day of the year!

H.T. O’Rourke was City Architect from 1922 until his retirement in 1945 and was responsible for many schemes and works in Dublin including the rebuilding of Upper O’Connell street after the devastation caused by the revolutionary period from 1916 – 1923.