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Pop up library
8 August 2025
Dublin City Libraries are delighted to be holding three Outdoor POP UP Libraries in Wolfe Tone Square this August. Join us on the 16th, 23rd and 30th August from 11am to 4pm.

Death and Disease in Dublin: The Black Death

Crisis in a Colonial Capital: The Black Death in Dublin with Dr Simon Egan
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7 May 2021

Thirty-Two Words for Field

Thirty-two Words for Field by Manchan Magan has gone straight in at number nine in the charts - that's the non-fiction hardback charts!
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7 May 2021

Researching your family history: 1841/1851 Ireland Census

Welcome to the ninth week in our second series of Researching Your Family History during Lock-down.
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6 May 2021

Through the eye of a needle

Needlework can be tracked through time from the earliest weaving of grasses and palms to the stitching together of furs and animal hides to today’s high street fashion and haute couture.
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4 May 2021

Green fingers, green thumb

An inspiring friend who has grown the most beautiful forest garden with her partner over the last twenty eight years had saplings ready for me wrapped in paper and plastic bags with a little soil and water to keep them moist.
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29 April 2021

Neapolitan Novels

These amazing reads are a saga about female friendship set against a background of a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples in the 1950s and winds its way through the lives of the characters through the 60s and 70s.
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28 April 2021

A History of Rialto Buildings

Recorded online history talk, jointly hosted by Dolphins Barn and Inchicore Library by Historian in Residence, Cathy Scuffil.
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27 April 2021

How to Grow Anything

With spring finally here, our thoughts will be returning to the garden. It's probably more important than ever now that we find ourselves indoors a lot of the time.
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27 April 2021

Watch concerts and performances for free

The world's leading classical music channel is now available for free with your Dublin City Libraries card. Choose from an extensive selection of concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries and master classes:
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26 April 2021

Death and Disease in Dublin: Soldiers and Sex-Workers

Soldiers and Sex-Workers: Venereal Disease in Early 20th Century Ireland by Dr Susannah Riordan.
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23 April 2021