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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.

Staff Pick: The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells

Suddenly his meaningless life is turned upside down and he is faced with the biggest questions: what is important to him and what will he take to get it?
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29 October 2024

Change to eNewspapers and eMagazine services

Great news! Media Huis titles are NOW available remotely on Borrow Box. This includes the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Herald, Sunday World, Ireland’s Own and a range of regional and local titles.

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23 October 2024

Fast ladies and freewheeling women in 1890s Dublin

Stumbling across the unexpected is one of the great joys of working at Dublin City Library and Archive. We recently encountered this image of three young ladies in ‘rational’ costume in The Parnellite ‘newspaper magazine’ of February 1895, one of many in our collections of newspapers and periodicals.
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2 October 2024

Libraries: a lifeline for local communities

Libraries are one of THE most important gathering places in our communities. Not only are they places of learning and personal growth but leisure.
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26 September 2024

Borrow C-Pen reading pens from our branches

Make reading easier with a C-Pen, now available to borrow from all of our libraries.
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23 September 2024

New library proposed for Drimnagh / Crumlin

New library proposed for Drimnagh/Crumlin. Dublin City Council wishes to give notice that it intends to initiate the process leading to an application under Part 8 of the Local Government Planning & Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) for the construction of a new public library and renovation of existing building to create a new public amenity on Crumlin Road.
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19 September 2024

Back to college: library resources

We have an extensive selection of resources that third-level students can make use of to get ahead in their learning.
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10 September 2024

Staff Pick: Dissolution

A masterclass in historical fiction, Dissolution is the first in the excellent Tudor crime series starring Matthew Shardlake.
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10 September 2024

Staff pick: Two books on the history of craft

The fascination and the frustration involved in the history of craft.
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9 September 2024

Staff Pick: Dublin: The Making of a Capital City

This book does a brilliant job of tracing how Dublin evolved over the centuries—from its humble Viking beginnings right up to its status as a buzzing European capital.
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9 September 2024