Blogs

Halloween originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.

Recorded on 3 February 2021 as part of our Healthy Ireland at Your Library Online Webinar Series. 

We are pleased to announce that the City Surveyor’s Maps Collection 1695 – 1827 is now available to the public as part of our presence on the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI).

Louise Shanagher is a child therapist, a psychology lecturer and a mindfulness teacher.

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

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

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.

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

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

On 8th July, 1921 a train carrying troops, military supplies, horses and civilians was ambushed by members of the 4th Battalion Dublin Brigade IRA as it passed under the railway bridge near the then rural hamlet of Ballyfermot.