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Thirty years of Grunge

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.
9 February 2021

More free online home study and reference resources

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.
5 February 2021

Dedicated Follower of Fashion

If you’re an advocate of ‘Dress Up Fridays’, the following reads on Borrowbox might be right up your runway!
4 February 2021

Hopscotch and Queenie-I-O, A 1960s Irish Childhood

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.
3 February 2021

The Hidden Lives of Jack the Ripper's Victims

Their names might not be instantly recognizable, and the identity of their murderer may have eluded detectives and historians throughout the years, but there is no mistaking the infamy of Jack the Ripper.
29 January 2021

My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals is the first book in The Corfu Trilogy, the inspiration for ITV's The Durrells.
22 January 2021

Check out Freegal for tunes

In this crazy absurd existence that we are all living through at the present time, the need for distraction and diversion is essential. Music is something which we can use to relax and keep our sanity. In the e resources at Dublin City Library you can access music for free.
20 January 2021

The Man Who Didn’t Call

This is the perfect title for the book and I doubt there is a single female out there who hasn’t waited for a call that never came. Well, if you want to be reminded, this is the book for you.
20 January 2021

Shaping modern Ireland, political biography

In this fascinating, well written and accessible biography, the two authors tell us the remarkable history of Fine Gael, from its origins in the violent struggle of the Civil War years to a century later, being in a coalition government with its sworn enemy Fianna Fáil.
19 January 2021