Libraries Events

If you feel the need for speed, join Coding Ireland for a workshop like no other!

You will be split into teams and learn how to program robot cars to drive around a track. Each team can improve the code so their car will go faster without crashing off the track.

Join children's author and librarian Amy Bond to explore creativity, writing and imagination.

In this workshop, Amy will share insights into her book Morgana Mage in the Robotic Age, and its inspiration and themes.

Come and join us in Blanchardstown Library for an amazing event with author Shane Hegarty on Crunniú na nÓg!

What are the ingredients for a great story? Can you come up with your own sweet idea?

Join Sarah Sparkles for Toddler Time at Blanchardstown Library, giving babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers an interactive and exciting introduction to libraries.

With the help of Sarah’s cheeky bird, Wally

Comic Capers with Alan Nolan

Ever wanted to be a comic creator? Join author, illustrator and comics fanatic Alan Nolan in Blanchardstown Library as he brings you on a tour of favourite comics from the Beano to superhero comics to manga.

Computer Graphics & a Bit of Coding in Scratch.

Are you creative? Do you like computers? Then combine the two and learn how to design and animate your own graphics in Scratch!

Computer Graphics & a Bit of Coding in Scratch.

Are you creative? Do you like computers? Then combine the two and learn how to design and animate your own graphics in Scratch!

Join Karen Donnellan from Musical Tots for a fun and lively musical workshop that your little one will love. Children learn tunes and rhymes before they learn to speak

Have you ever wondered how you could acquire some super-human/extra-ordinary skills? Or perhaps you lie in bed at night dreaming of patterns and counting numbers back and forth in multiple ways. Or maybe you have thought about how you could build and run your very own circus … have you? If so, then this project most definitely is for YOU!

Join Karen Donnellan from Musical Tots for a fun and lively musical workshop that your little one will love. Children learn tunes and rhymes before they learn to speak. Singing is invaluable in the development of children from a very young age.

Join puppeteer Michael Phelan and storyteller Simone Schuemmelfeder for this exciting sock-puppet workshop. Listen to stories and learn how to turn your (hopefully not smelly!) socks into amazing puppets.

Join puppeteer Michael Phelan and storyteller Simone Schuemmelfeder for this exciting sock-puppet workshop. Listen to stories and learn how to turn your (hopefully not smelly!) socks into amazing puppets.

Join artist John Carpenter for a Manga art workshop. You will learn to create your own Manga characters during this beginner's workshop for teens. It will be a fun and interactive workshop.

Join artist John Carpenter for a Manga art workshop. You will learn to create your own Manga characters during this beginner's workshop for teens. It will be a fun and interactive workshop.

In a fun, interactive talk, bestselling author Shane Hegarty uses his brand new book, The Shop of Impossible Ice Creams, to show young writers how to find terrific tales and fantastic characters all around them. 

The storytrail consists of timber posts dotted along a route in Kenure park, each of which has a page of the Lonely Beast recreated on it. Children can follow the trail as the story unfolds. This is a set of permanent structures accessible to all. Open all the time through a publicly accessible park.

A writing workshop tailored to teens to help explore and celebrate creativity in a safe and fun writing circle with Orlaith.

Practical exercises to fire creative energy and a space to share and reflect. All teens are welcome & no experience is needed.

A writing workshop tailored to teens to help explore and celebrate creativity in a safe and fun writing circle with Orlaith.

Practical exercises to fire creative energy and a space to share and reflect. All teens are welcome & no experience is needed.

Join artist Kim Jenkinson for this 'Under the Sea' children's art workshop, where we will be creating a world of underwater sea creatures using fun printing and collaging processes.

Join historian and genealogist Declan Brady for a month by month chronological account of life in Fingal in 1921.

Dr. Cormac Moore looks at how Ireland was partitioned 100 years ago, in 1921.

This talk with Lou Boland will look at how we lived, learned and worked in Fingal in 1921.

We hope you enjoy this selection of music for the Fingal Festival of History.

In this video for Fingal Festival of History, Brian Hanley presents “Endgame? War of Independence and Truce.”

This talk by John Dorney looks at the compromises and renegotiation of core aims made by both sides that culminated in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. 

This talk by Bernard Kelly will examine the events and personalities during the truce in Fingal from July 1921. 

The Fingal IRA were very active in the concluding months of the War of Independence establishing a base in Mooretown/Oldtown.

The Civil War in Dublin is the backdrop against which Brian Gallagher’s characters live their lives in his popular children’s novel, Taking Sides.

This presentation by Siobhan Osgood  will explore the architecture of the former Great Northern Railway and the historic events which took place at its stations at the beginning of the 20th century.

When the Coastguard Station at Robswall was attacked and destroyed during the War of Independence, it brought to a close the Coastguard presence in this area and elsewhere, which had reached back to 1822.

Bernard Kelly discusses the Irish anti-vaccination movement in the revolutionary period. 

Learn how to sign up for free online coding lessons!

Lexia is a fun, computer-based program that helps students improve their literacy skills.

Learn how to use Freegal with this easy tutorial.

There are lots of great tutorials for Fingal Libraries’ eservices on our YouTube channel!

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Watch Wicklow Willow as they forage for materials in this event for the Bealtaine Festival. https://youtu.be/Ckn-dkvAXt4

Learn how to knit in this bilingual (English/Irish) knitting class for Bealtaine. Part 1: https://youtu.be/l8xFrTzKyQs. Part 2: https://youtu.be/sh66RnEceRQ

In this video for the Bealtaine Festival, Wicklow Willow show how to make a May Garland.

Explore the History, Tales and Traditions of Mayday and Bealtaine with Wicklow Willow. https://youtu.be/Hg4mPqYvE80