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Lunar New Year: The Year of the Snake

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Published on 22nd January 2025

2025 is the Year of the Snake – symbolising wisdom, transformation and resilience – and the East Asian community in Dublin will come together to celebrate from January 25 until February 2.

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Find out what's on for Dublin Lunar New Year.

Browse our adult books for The Lunar New Year. 

We've also picked a selection of picture books to share with your toddlers and preschoolers and chapter books, arts and crafts and non-fiction books for primary school children; as well as some bilingual books to introduce your child to Chinese language. Browse the full list on our catalogue.

Events

Lunar New Year Paper Cutting Workshops: separate sessions for adults and children. 

Lunar New Year Crafts at Walkinstown Library

Lunar New Year craft workshop at Pearse Street

Online Resources

LOTE4Kids: to support kids learning languages, LOTE4Kids offers over 800 book titles in 30 languages including English, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin. 

Learn more: For more information on the Lunar New Year and how it is celebrated throughout the world, check out the online encyclopaedias in Dublin City Libraries’ extensive range of online resources.

  • World Book Kids and World Book Student
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior and Encyclopaedia Britannica Student.
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