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Spring into Storytime 2025

31 March 2025
Spring into Storytime is a national story-time initiative in public libraries which is running during the month of April.
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Researching your family history: Irish men who fought in WW1

Welcome to the 4th week in this second series. Last week we looked at the McLeod brothers from Gorey and how the Irish Army had awarded them medals for the part they played in the War of Independence.
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The Hugh Lane Gallery

Planning visits to Art Galleries became something for us to look forward, and over the years we have been lucky enough to have been to see Van Gogh in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, The Louvre in Paris, and The Lowry in Manchester.
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Researching your family history: Bureau of Military Archives

Last week in the Bureau of Military Archives we saw how Aidan McLeod and his two brothers had made applications to the Pensions Board.
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DCC commemorative plaques: Patrick O’Connell

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.
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Researching your family history during lockdown

Welcome back. Last week we accessed the website, www.irishgenealogy.ie and by clicking on Useful Links we were able to find the 1922 Irish Army census. The record entry we highlighted was for Aidan McLeod from Gorey.
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DCC commemorative plaques: Leo Whelan

On Friday, 2nd October 2015, a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque honouring artist and portrait painter Leo Whelan was unveiled in Dublin 7.
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Mental stimulation for puppies, the doggie blog

Last time, we spoke about physical exercise for puppies, and how moderation was key. Anyone with a puppy will know however, that they can be really full of beans! So what can you do if your puppy still has lots of energy to burn after they’ve done their quota of physical exercise?
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New Library for Finglas

The public consultation phase of our Part 8 Application will launch on Thursday 21st. This will be publicly advertised in the Irish Independent and on Dublin City Libraries website and social media channels.
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Researching your family history: Irish Army Census Collection 1922

In the last lock-down series we looked at researching our family history by using the online source, www.irishgenealogy.ie The focus in that series was mainly on finding marriage and birth certificates, however, we also looked at the 1911census to find out more about the family.
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Knocking Nelson Off His Pillar: Writers and the Meaning of Statues

Free Online lecture. The 3rd Annual Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Lecture 2021, presented by Professor Chris Morash. Booking required.
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