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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.

Tinseltown's Unlikely Revolutionary

Hollywood producers and executives treated the screenwriter as an indentured servant until a hirsute Hungarian started making a whole lot of Chicken Mole for Hollywood. As described in Hollywood Animal, Joe Eszterhas changed the dynamic of the relationship between producer and screenwriter.
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27 September 2021

Sustainable Construction

Part of the Climate, Energy, and Sustainability Collection from Kevin Street Library.
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19 September 2021

Water Conservation

Part of the Climate, Energy, and Sustainability Collection from Kevin Street Library.
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17 September 2021

Building Healthy Home

Building Healthy Homes, written by Joseph Brady and Ruth McManus, and published by Dublin City Council, is a commemoration and an analysis of the early schemes from the 1880s to the late 1920s.
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16 September 2021

Sustainable Living

Part of the Climate, Energy, and Sustainability Collection from Kevin Street Library.
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15 September 2021

Learn to paint and draw with our online resources

Whether you’re an absolute beginner or already confident in your artistic skills, we have something here for you. Our amazing array of digital resources includes a wide selection of free courses, a comprehensive choice of magazines and books and, for the student of art and art history, an in-depth and authoritative range of reference resources.
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13 September 2021

Energy

Part of the Climate, Energy, and Sustainability Collection from Kevin Street Library.
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13 September 2021

Grow houseplants from leftover greens, pits, and seeds

With school now in full swing, growing houseplants from kitchen scraps makes a fun science project to enjoy with your kids or grandkids.
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3 September 2021

Anthony Bourdain: food poet

Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian, who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition.
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2 September 2021

Oxford English Dictionary Online

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, giving you not only the latest content from the full Oxford English Dictionary but also the Historical Thesaurus of the OED
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26 August 2021