Rathmines Library will be closed to the public from Monday 2 December to Friday 6 December inclusive to facilitate the renovation of the Junior Library. It will reopen to the public on Saturday 7 December.
Watch 2024 Dublin Literary Award Winners in Conversation
Watch the Dublin Literary Award Winners 2024 Mircea Cărtărescu and Sean Cotter in conversation about the novel, with Alex Clark. Recorded at the International Literature Festival Dublin on Friday 24 May 2024.
The bombing of Dublin's North Strand by Nazi aircraft on 31st May 1941 was an assault on Ireland's neutrality. The casualties were many: 28 dead and 90 injured, with 300 houses damaged or destroyed. The North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland seminar featured talks about various aspects of the bombing including censorship, compensation, and the role of the emergency services. This full day seminar to commemorate the tragedy was held at Dublin City Library & Archive on Saturday 29th May 2010.
Playback: One Dublin One Book event The Anatomy of Crime
Author Andrew Hughes and State Pathologist Dr Heidi Okkers and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Jill Roman in conversation with novelist and journalist Conor Brady.
Makerspaces have become one of the primary places to learn crafts, trades, and technology. The Maker Space at Coolock Library is a multi-use, creative and educational community space.
Dublin City Libraries is delighted to partner with the Irish Deaf Society in the ISL StorySign Project, a national project to produce filmed stories for children, signed in Irish Sign Language.
Friday 8th July, 1921 a train carrying British troops; members of the Gordon Highlanders; and military supplies; cars, donkeys, horses, as well as civilians was ambushed as it passed under the railway bridge near the small hamlet of Ballyfermot.