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My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals is the first book in The Corfu Trilogy, the inspiration for ITV's The Durrells.
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22 January 2021

New Library for Finglas

The public consultation phase of our Part 8 Application will launch on Thursday 21st. This will be publicly advertised in the Irish Independent and on Dublin City Libraries website and social media channels.
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21 January 2021

Researching your family history: Irish Army Census Collection 1922

In the last lock-down series we looked at researching our family history by using the online source, www.irishgenealogy.ie The focus in that series was mainly on finding marriage and birth certificates, however, we also looked at the 1911census to find out more about the family.
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21 January 2021

Check out Freegal for tunes

In this crazy absurd existence that we are all living through at the present time, the need for distraction and diversion is essential. Music is something which we can use to relax and keep our sanity. In the e resources at Dublin City Library you can access music for free.
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20 January 2021

The Man Who Didn’t Call

This is the perfect title for the book and I doubt there is a single female out there who hasn’t waited for a call that never came. Well, if you want to be reminded, this is the book for you.
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20 January 2021

Shaping modern Ireland, political biography

In this fascinating, well written and accessible biography, the two authors tell us the remarkable history of Fine Gael, from its origins in the violent struggle of the Civil War years to a century later, being in a coalition government with its sworn enemy Fianna Fáil.
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19 January 2021

Our amazing existence

Professor Luke O'Neill is a rock star of these times so I thought I'd check if he had published any books and was delighted to find "Humanology : a scientist's guide to our amazing existence".
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18 January 2021

A beginner cooking and baking with Mary Berry

When the lockdown restrictions began last year, like a lot of people I made my first tentative steps into cooking and baking from scratch. 
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18 January 2021

Wherever your classroom, use World Book Online

Do you have little ones at home and  are running out of ideas on how to entertain them? Or perhaps older students who are struggling with a project for school? Or maybe you have a curious mind.
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15 January 2021

Icelandic Novel, The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson

This is the final instalment in the Hidden Iceland trilogy series which brings us back in time to 1987/1988, revealing the true start to Hulda’s journey. Anyone who loves crime fiction will absolutely love the subtle, atmospheric writing of these novels with Iceland forming the perfect backdrop for this genre.
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14 January 2021