Schools' Programme

Imeacht Gaeilge é seo a bheidh á reáchtáil i gcomhpháirtíocht le Cumann Múinteoirí Staire na hÉireann. Beidh deis ag daltaí na Sraithe Sinsearaí bualadh le húdair an leabhair An Spórt agus an Réabhlóid in Éirinn (Royal Irish Academy), Cathal Billings agus Paul Rouse, agus iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar na naisc idir an spórt, an pholaitíocht […]

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In this engaging and interactive workshop based on Aga Grandowicz’s Animals of Irish Name and Origin (Natural World Publishing), children will explore how Ireland’s habitats, such as bogs, meadows, limestone landscapes, and coastlines, have shaped the animals that live there – and even influenced their names. Through storytelling, visuals, and a drawing activity, participants will […]

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With photographs, quizzes and lots of interaction, this is the perfect event for any young book or history fans! Travel back to 1950s Ireland as Sarah Webb, author of The Bookshop Sisters (O’Brien Press), describes a time when things were very different, especially for girls and women. Discover some of the amazing writers who lived […]

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Is breá le Katie a bheith ag déanamh obair bhleachtaireachta. Mar sin, nuair a ghoidtear pacáiste óna Daideo, tugann Katie faoin bhfiosrúchán láithreach. Ach an mbeidh sí in ann breith ar an ngadaí? Sa cheardlann seo, léifidh Éadaoin Ní Dhomhnaill caibidil óna leabhar Katie agus an Pacáiste Runda (LeabhairCOMHAR) agus ansin beidh deis ag na […]

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Léifidh an t-údar Máire Zepf óna húrscéal véarsaíochta d’aosaigh óga Dearg (Futa Fata).  Pléifear téamaí agusvéarsaíocht an leabhair roimh sheisiún cruthaitheach ina scríobhfaidh na déagóirí a gcuid filíochta féin i nGaeilge. Beidh na dánta dírithe ar ghlór agus ár gcaidreamh leis – inár gcaidrimh phearsanta trí úsáid na Gaeilge, go polaitiúil, agus go hinmheánach. Bainfidh […]

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Join the Fighting Words team for a fantastically fun and interactive two hour creative writing workshop, facilitated by our team of trained and vetted writing mentors. In the first half we will create characters and start a story together. In the second half, you can use your imagination to finish the story yourself! At the […]

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Magic is everywhere, if you just look hard enough for it! Join us for an immersive event with two authors whose books transport readers to places of magic, mystery, and secrets. In Alex Dunne’s Small Magics (O’Brien Press) Molly must work with her new family, who are anything but ordinary, to defend magical creatures and […]

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Join internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern for a super fun event around the first book from her warm, funny and magical new series. In Detective Thingy Majiggy (HarperCollins Children’s) ten-year-old Mia has just moved to her new foster home with Detective Lucy. And Mia has a secret – she can speak to inanimate objects. That’s […]

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Join bestselling illustrator Karen Harte for a reading and comic drawing around her new book, Effie is Offline (Gill Books). Fifteen-year-old Effie has spent her life in the spotlight as part of a famous Irish influencer family. When a family scandal causes them to relocate, Effie finally has a chance to escape her past! But […]

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Sally loves musical theatre and dreams of a career on Broadway, so writing her own musical seems like the perfect first step to a life of fame and making her dreams come true. But will her performance prove that she’s left her problems behind her? Join Méabh Collins, author of From the Top, Sally Fynn […]

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In Nadia Islam, On the Record (Hodder Children’s Books), aspiring journalist Nadia hates that she’s missing spending Ramadan with her best friend to go to Bangladesh. But the trip unexpectedly puts her reporting skills to the test. Her journalist aunt is there too, to write a story on the increasing climate change problem in Bangladesh […]

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Referred to as the faithful housekeeper of Robert Emmet, Anne was much more than that. Her pivotal role in the insurrection of 1803 led to her spending three years in Kilmainham Gaol. On this, the one-hundred-and-seventy-five-year anniversary of her death in the Liberties area of Dublin, hear all about this remarkable Irish patriot in this […]

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