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Last week in the Bureau of Military Archives we saw how Aidan McLeod and his two brothers had made applications to the Pensions Board.

On the morning of Friday, 5th June 2015, a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque honouring footballer and football manager Patrick O’Connell was unveiled in Drumcondra.

When life feels dark and gloomy, it’s important to find a way to lift our spirits.

A short story is a work of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting. There is no maximum length, but the average short story is 1,000 to 7,500 words, with some outliers reaching 10,000 or 15,000 words.

It’s hard to believe that later on this year sees the 30th anniversary of grunge exploding onto the music scene. While all bands on the Seattle scene apart from Pearl Jam had released albums prior to 1991, it was the release of Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana in September of that year that made Seattle the centre of the rock music scene.

Laura Ingalls Wilder can be remembered this month. She was born in the state of Wisconsin.

We had a look last week at a selection of online research and reference tools available for you to use at a time and a place and a pace that suits you, and all for free with your Dublin City Library card.

If you’re an advocate of ‘Dress Up Fridays’, the following reads on Borrowbox might be right up your runway!

As most of us are spending more time at home these days, there is a tendency to reminisce about bygone days and this book fits that bill. A sort of memoir of the 60s, the title of the book refers to the two most common games played by children of that era.

During lockdown many people have spoken about discovering, or rekindling, their relationship with nature. This was very apparent during the first lockdown in
March 2020 as spring was blooming and birds were singing and feathering their nests.