Programme 2026


 

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  • Wed30th Sep
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Katie agus an Pacáiste Rúnda Ceardlann Idirghníomhach le Éadaoin Ní Dhomhnaill
Thursday 05th November @ 11:00 am
Ballyogan Library
  • Irish Language
  • Schools' Programme
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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Gaelach agus Glórach Máire Zepf
Thursday 05th November @ 11:00 am
Raheny Library
  • Irish Language
  • Schools' Programme
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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Fighting Words Story Writing Workshop
Thursday 05th November @ 11:00 am
Cabra Library
  • Schools' Programme
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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The Poem as Breath and Artefact Susan Connolly and Máighréad Medbh
Thursday 05th November @ 12:30 pm
  • Main Programme
  • Poetry
In both Susan Connolly and Máighréad Medbh’s new collections with Macha Press, the forming of words and names is a living, breathing process. Connolly’s Midwinter explores how names proliferate and change while still representing the same physical things. Medbh’s Dwelling explores how names and words gain and lose meaning, and how they are impacted by […]

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The Stained Glass of Earley Studios Walking tour with Michael Earley
Thursday 05th November @ 1:00 pm
St Kevin's Church Harrington Street
  • Art
  • History
  • Main Programme
  • Walking Tour
With its beginnings in 1864, Earley Studios grew to become the largest stained glass studio in Ireland. Aiming to exclusively serve the requirements of Catholic patrons, the studio contributed greatly to the dominant stained-glass aesthetic of Irish stained glass in the early decades of the 20th Century. Stroll through Dublin’s colourful streets with Michael Earley, […]

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Artist Book Introductions at NIVAL
Thursday 05th November @ 1:15 pm
NCAD Dublin 8
  • Art
  • Main Programme
The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), an initiative of NCAD in partnership with the Arts Council, collects materials that document the development of art practice in Ireland from 1900 to now. NIVAL holds the largest collection of unique and handmade artist books in Ireland with 1,600 catalogued online. Explore a selection of these stunning […]

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No One Tells You Lunchtime Talk with Carlo Gébler
Thursday 05th November @ 1:15 pm
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
  • Non-fiction
Join author Carlo Gébler as he explores what sense is one to make of the death of another? Adopt the stoic position, endure and learn? Accept death, whatever else it is, as educational? It often seems that’s what the culture would like us to do but in No One Tells You, the Last Years of […]

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On Sentiment: How to Effectively Navigate Emotions in Our Poetry Workshop with David McLoghlin
Thursday 05th November @ 2:00 pm
  • Main Programme
  • Poetry
  • Professional Development
  • Workshop
Join award-winning poet David McLoghlin for a unique generative course in how to navigate feelings and sentimentality in our poetry. The key in poetry is to infuse work with the right balance of sentiment so that it does not veer into sentimentality. Often, we either have too much feeling in our rough drafts, or not […]

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