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Kathleen Clarke served as Lord Mayor for two terms, standing down as a councillor in 1941 on the grounds of ill health. Continuing to live an active public life until her death on 29th September 1972, she received a State funeral, the third of only three women to be so honoured.

Dublin City Libraries is delighted to partner with the Irish Deaf Society in the ISL StorySign Project, a national project to produce filmed stories for children, signed in Irish Sign Language.

Raheny Librarian Aisling shares her thoughts as the Library celebrates its milestone 50th birthday. 

Dublin City Council is delighted to announce the commencement of works to deliver a Public Library in the heart of Finglas village. The new Library will be located on Seamus Ennis Road, on the site of a former An Post sorting office, which was acquired by Dublin City Council in 2020. 

The topic of women in music has historically been a somewhat fraught one, for various reasons

If you are a member of Dubllin City Libraries you can borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks for free, from Borrow Box. This guide takes you through the steps necessary to download eBooks to a computer, and transfer them to an eReader.

His videos have hundreds of thousands of views across YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, though he had never heard of any of them. He has inspired a whole new generation of social historians that were born after he died.

Watch a recording of Dr Sylvie Kleinman's talk "Daniel O'Connell and Dublin City Council". Part of the Dublin Transcription Project Webinar series.

The module looked at collections as creative resources, with a focus on digitised collections of the partner institutions

Friday 8th July, 1921 a train carrying British troops; members of the Gordon Highlanders; and military supplies; cars, donkeys, horses, as well as civilians was ambushed as it passed under the railway bridge near the small hamlet of Ballyfermot.