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Events

• Exhibition: Silent Books Collection from IBBY Ireland
• Exhibition: When Cork Drove Fords
• Exhibition: Musical May
• Exhibition: Art from St. Patrick’s College
• Exhibition: Eco Consciousness
• Exhibition: From the Mountains to the Sea : The River Lee
• Lego Time 01/07
• Toddler Music Fun 01/07
• Veeh Harp Group 02/07
• Music Appreciation Society – Brian Wilson’s ‘Smile’
• Ceol Mara 03/07
• Children’s Colouring Competition 05/07
• Creative Movement Workshop
• Trad Music Session 05/07
• Lego Time 08/07
• Toddler Music Fun 08/07
• Veeh Harp Group 09/07
• Frank O’Connor Book Club 10/07
• Ceol Mara 10/07
• Children’s Colouring Competition 12/07
• Live at the Library – Aurora Timón
• Trad Music Session 012/07
• Lego Time 15/07
• Veeh Harp Group 16/07
• Listen Back - Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis
• Borrowbox for Beginners 17/07
• Children’s Colouring Competition 19/07
• Live at the Library – Katie Archer
• Trad Music Session 19/07
• Lego Time 22/07
• Happy Talk 22/07
• Veeh Harp Group 23/07
• Toddler Music Time 25/07
• Kids Summer Book Club 25/07
• The Good Mood Dude book launch with author Andrew Jolly
• Trad Music Session 26/07
• Lego Time 29/07
• Happy Talk 29/07
• Veeh Harp Group 30/07
• Douglas Knitters 30/07
• Duplo Morning
• Exhibition : “Behind the Portrait”
• Summer Colouring Competition
• Toddler Music Time 01/08
• Lego Time 05/08
• Happy Talk 05/08
• Douglas Knitters 06/08
• Duplo Morning 06/08
• Debenhams’ Workers Talk
• Kids Summer Book Club 08/08
• Compost Talk & Seed Library Launch with Soil Savers
• Children’s Colouring Competition 09/08
• Creative Movement Workshop 09/08
• Trad Music Session 09/08
• Lego Time 12/08
• Happy Talk 12/08
• Duplo Morning 13/08
• Douglas Knitters 13/08
• Frank O’Connor Book Club 14/08
• La Dolce Vita Cork style - The Italiano playlist and Tuscan table snacks
• Kids Summer Book Club 15/08
• Exhibition : 'Speaking Through Stone'
• Exhibition: 20 Years of Traditional Lacemaking in Ireland
• Ghastly Gaols and Creepy Castles: A horrible history of Cork!
• Lace Workshop and Fashion Show featuring traditional Irish lace
• Bees, Honey and Beeswax
• Launch of Teen Committee’s Recipe Book
• Children’s Colouring Competition 16/08
• Logainmneacha – Placenames
• Bee Cookie!!
• Trad Music Session 16/08
• Lego Time 19/08
• Happy Talk 19/08
• Behind the Picture – Behind the Portrait
• Across the Bridge: Ramblings in the Early History of Bridges
• Live performance by 'Ukulyptus', and try out a Ukulele for yourself
• Sean Nós Workshop
• Duplo Morning 20/08
• Douglas Knitters 20/08
• The Bridges of Cork City : Heritage Week ‘Search-and-Find’
• Borrowbox for Beginners 21/08
• Ceol Mara - Irish song group and Irish poetry
• Beyond Cork - Music and Dance from around the world
• Billy Goats Gruff Storytime
• Irish & Celtic rock with Denis McSweeney
• Ballads with Jim Mac
• Athenry : An Odyssey of Sacrifice, Survival and Love
• Crafts and Legends: The Children of Lir
• 'Unlocking the Past': Genealogy for Beginners with David Lohan
• Children’s Colouring Competition 23/08
• A Walk Down the Glen: A Guided Visit to a Secluded Cork Oasis
• Farm Life in 1950's Killeens
• Trad Music Session 23/08
• Cór Bláth Oráiste Choir Performance
• Teen Book Club 23/08
• Lego Time 26/08
• Happy Talk 26/08
• Duplo Morning 27/08
• Douglas Knitters 27/08
• Preserving Fruit and Vegetables Talk
• Children’s Colouring Competition 30/08
• Trad Music Session 30/08
• The Bridges of Cork City ‘Search-and-Find’
• Duplo Morning 03/09
• Douglas Knitters 03/09
• Music Appreciation Society – Sly and the Family Stone "There's a riot goin' on"
• Junior Chess 03/09
• Ceol Mara 04/09
• Children’s Colouring Competition 06/09
• Creative Movement Workshop 06/09
• Trad Music Session 06/09
• Derelict Sites Information Session
• Listen Back with Sam Amidon - All Is Well
• Seed Saving Talk
• Duplo Morning 10/09
• Douglas Knitters 10/09
• Junior Chess 10/09
• Jane Austen Book Club 11/09
• Library Storytime 12/09
• Country Music Circle 12/09
• Club leabhar Gaeilge do dhaoine fásta 13/09
• Children’s Colouring Competition 13/09
• Live at the Library – Chien Buggle
• Children’s Chess Club 13/09
• Seed Saving Workshop with Éidín Griffin
• Duplo Morning 17/09
• Douglas Knitters 17/09
• Junior Chess 17/09
• Borrowbox for Beginners 18/09
• Age Friendly Digital Drop-in Clinic 19/09
• Exhibition: Rory Gallagher; Kickback City
• Library Storytime 19/09
• Sean Nós Workshop 19/09
• Irish & Celtic rock for Culture Night
• 'Julio and Grandfather Wind'* and other stories.
• Sorcha de Róiste -Sean nós workshop
• Exhibition: A new series of handmade books created by Caitriona Dunnett
• Amhráin na Mara/ Songs of the Sea for Culture Night
• Postcard Workshop: Messages Across Time
• Local Roots, Global Reach. Exhibition and events in association with Trocaire
• Through the Fairy Door - a Fairy Storytime and Craft Event
• The Ancient Mariner
• Word in Edgeways, reading by Eamon O'Leary.
• This is Folk, with Aine O’Gorman
• Toddler Music Time 20/09
• Saturday Scene 20/09
• Lego Time 20/09
• Children’s Colouring Competition 20/09
• In Other Worlds Book Club
• Children’s Chess Club 20/09
• Douglas Knitters 24/09
• Junior Chess 24/09
• Ciorcal Comhrá 25/09
• Gramophone Circle 26/09
• Library Storytime 26/09
• FoodCloud Talk for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Week
• DJ Workshop for Teens
• Public Libraries Open Day event: “A Patchwork of History”
• Lego Time 27/09
• Frank O’Connor, A Birthday Tribute
• Children’s Colouring Competition 27/09
• Live at the Library – The Prairie Jaywalkers
• Gramophone Circle 30/09
• Junior Chess 01/10
• Co-operative Scrabble 02/10
• Elder Writers 02/10
• Ciorcal Comhrá 02/10
• Margret O’Driscoll Poetry Collection Launch
• Conversations that matter: informing infant feeding choices
• Library Storytime 03/10
• Lego Time 04/10
• The Poet’s Library with Róisín Leggett Bohan
• Children’s Colouring Competition 04/10
• “A Fairy House in Mayfield” 04/10
• Tuesday Adult Book Club 07/10
• Tuesday Adult Book Club 04/11
• Adult Chess 07/10
• Mayfield Library Chess Academy 07/10
• Ciorcal Cainte 08/10
• Non-Fiction Writers 09/10
• Ciorcal Comhrá 09/10
• Craft & Chat 10/10
• Peann agus Pár 11/10
• Club leabhar Gaeilge do dhaoine fásta 11/10
• Gardening for Biodiversity 11/10
• Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen Press
• “A Fairy House in Mayfield” 11/10
• Adult Chess 14/10
• Online Poetry Workshop with Poet-in-the-Community Jenny Mitchell.
• Mayfield Library Chess Academy 14/10
• Cork International Short Story Festival Southword Showcase
• Cork International Short Story Festival -The Lonely Voice
• Poetry and History - A Celebration
• Neu-Words. Neurodiverse Adult Creative Writing Group 16/10
• Co-operative Scrabble 16/10
• Elder Writers 16/10
• Cork International Short Story Festival - Claire-Lise Kieffer & Vanessa Onwuemezi with Beverly Parayno
• Cork International Short Story Festival- Rosemary Jenkinson & Kirsty Logan with Clíona Ní Ríordáin
• Age Friendly Digital Drop-in Clinic 17/10
• Cork International Short Story Festival- David Butler & Celia de Fréine with Clíona Ní Ríordáin
• Cork International Short Story Festival- From the Well Showcase
• Toddler Music Time 18/10
• Video Game Club 18/10
• Children’s Colouring Competition 18/10
• “A Fairy House in Mayfield” 18/10
• Poems Lost and Found Launch
• Teen Book Club 18/10
• Out-Lit Book Club 18/10
• Adult Chess 21/10
• Mayfield Library Chess Academy 21/10
• Slow Camera Exchange Induction Session
• Ceol Mara 23/10
• Women of Jazz
• Non-Fiction Writers 23/10
• Women in Jazz
• Tulca Band
• Black Works
• Craft & Chat 24/10
• Great Names that have Shaped Jazz
• New York Brass Band
• Adult Chess 28/10
• Gramophone Circle 28/10
• Library Art Group 28/10
• Mayfield Library Chess Academy 28/10
• 45 Club 29/10
• Ceol Mara 30/10
• Poetry in Conversation
• Halloween Storytime
• Gramophone Circle 31/10
• Pageturners Junior Book Club 31/10
• Toddler Music Time 01/11
• The Poet’s Library with Anton Floyd
• Gardening for Biodiversity 01/11
• Cork Songwriter Club Performance 01/11
• Library Trad Music Group 01/11
• Ceol Mara 06/11
• Elder Writers 06/11
• Peann agus Pár 08/11
• Club leabhar Gaeilge do dhaoine fásta 08/11
• The Deco is in the Detail - Talk and Short Walking Tour
• Media Literacy and Misinformation Clinic
• Library Trad Music Group 08/11
• Music Appreciation Society - Buckingham Nicks
• Ceol Mara 13/11
• Non-Fiction Writers 13/11
• Craft & Chat 14/11
• Toddler Music Time 15/11
• Cork ETB School of Music Performances 15/11
• Library Trad Music Group 15/11
• Neu-Words. Neurodiverse Adult Creative Writing Group 20/11
• Ceol Mara 20/11
• Elder Writers 20/11
• Age Friendly Digital Drop-in Clinic 21/11
• Peann agus Pár 22/11
• Library Trad Music Group 22/11
• Wednesday Adult Book Club 26/11
• Ceol Mara 27/11
• Non-Fiction Writers 27/11
• Craft & Chat 28/11
• Toddler Music Time 29/11
• Children’s Colouring Competition 29/11
• Library Trad Music Group 29/11
• Out-Lit Book Club 29/11
• Symposium : Joseph Higgins - Life and Legacy
• Jane Austen Book Club 11/12
• Christmas Ringo Music Bingo
• The World of Jane Austen 16/12
• Andrea Mara Author Visit
• Neu-Words. Neurodiverse Adult Creative Writing Group 18/12
• Tuesday Adult Book Club 06/01
• Jane Austen Book Club 08/01
• Toddler Music Time 10/01
• Club Leabhar Gaeilge do Dhaoine Fásta 10/01
• Toddler Music Fun Music Making Session 10/01
• Children’s Chess Club 10/01
• Ciorcal Cainte 14/01
• Caint & Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 15/1
• Toddler Storytime 16/01
• Story Song and Rhyme with Deirdre Ryan 16/01
• Age Action Digital Classes 17/01
• Children’s Chess Club 17/01
• Junior Chess 21/01
• Caint & Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 22/01
• Toddler Storytime 23/01
• Toddler Music Time 24/01
• Cork ETB School of Music Performances 24/01
• Age Action Digital Classes 24/01
• Teen Book Club 24/01
• Wednesday Adult Book Club 28/01
• Junior Chess 28/01
• Junior Book Club 28/01
• Caint & Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 29/01
• Toddler Storytime 30/01
• Children’s Chess Club 31/01
• Trad Music Session 31/01
• Tuesday Adult Book Club 03/02
• Irish language conversation – Gaeilge labhartha 04/02
• Junior Chess 04/02
• MTU String Quartet 05/02
• Toddler Storytime 06/02
• Toddler Music Time 07/02
• Age Action Digital Classes 07/02
• DJ Workshop for Teens 07/02
• Toddler Music Fun Music Making Session 07/02
• Free Yoga Session 07/02
• Children’s Chess Club 07/02
• Ciorcal Comhrá at tosnú 10/02
• Ciorcal Cainte 11/02
• Junior Chess 11/02
• Jane Austen Book Club 12/02
• Toddler Storytime 13/02
• Age Action Digital Classes 14/02
• Club Leabhar Gaeilge do Dhaoine Fásta 14/02
• City Hall Singers 14/02
• Children’s Chess Club 14/02
• Ciorcal Comhrá at tosnú 17/02
• Junior Chess 18/02
• Caint & Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 19/02
• Ceol Mara 19/02
• Toddler Storytime 20/02
• Toddler Music Time 21/02
• Age Action Digital Classes 21/02
• Toddler Music Fun Music Making Session 21/02
• Trad Music Session 21/02
• Gramophone Circle 24/02
• Ciorcal Comhrá at tosnú 24/02
• Wednesday Adult Book Club 25/02
• Junior Chess 25/02
• Junior Book Club 25/02
• Toddler Storytime 27/02
• Gramophone circle 28/11
• Age Action Digital Classes 28/02
• Children’s Colouring Competition 28/02
• Children’s Chess Club 28/02
• Trad Music Session 28/02
• Tuesday Adult Book Club 03/03
• Toddler Storytime 06/03
• Toddler Music Time 07/03
• CETB Concert 07/03
• Cork Sisters of the Revolution 1913 -1923 presented by Anne Twomey
• Children's Storytime 07/03
• Children’s Colouring Competition 07/03
• Children’s Chess Club 07/03
• Seachtaine na Gaeilge Special with Gaelscoil Uí Riada Grúpa Traid
• Dylan Connor Community Concert
• Ciorcal Cainte 11/03
• Down Memory Lane 11/03
• Toddler Storytime 13/03
• Club Leabhar Gaeilge do Dhaoine Fásta 14/03
• Can Linn
• Gentle singing & movement as Gaeilge for Adults 14/03
• Children's Storytime 14/03
• Children’s Colouring Competition 14/03
• Children’s Chess Club 14/03
• In Other Worlds Bookclub Meeting 14/03
• Music Book Club – The Soundtrack Society 14/03
• Tots Time with Louise! 19/03
• Toddler Storytime 20/03
• Alone Awareness Talk - Bank Fraud Awareness
• Capturing the stars through photography 20/03
• Toddler Music Time 21/03
• Cork City Music College Concert 21/03
• Toddler Music Fun Music Making Session 21/03
• Seoda na Maidine - Children's Trad Session 21/03
• Astronomy Week: Astrophotography
• Children's Storytime 21/03
• Children’s Colouring Competition 21/03
• Children’s Chess Club 21/03
• Our Galaxy and Beyond: Deep Space Photography 21/03
• Wednesday Adult Book Club 25/03
• Ceol Mara 26/03
• Tots Time with Louise! 26/03
• Toddler Storytime 27/03
• An introduction to Astronomy
• Children's Storytime 28/03
• Children’s Colouring Competition 28/03
• Children’s Chess Club 28/03
• Trad Music Session 28/03
• Gramophone Circle 31/03
• Exhibition: Land
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 01/04
• Listen Back Series 01/04
• Junior Chess 01/04
• Caint agus Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 02/04
• Ceol Mara 02/04
• Tots Time with Louise! 02/04
• Caint is comhrá 02/04
• Jane Austin Book Club 07/04
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 08/04
• Music Appreciation Society 08/04
• Junior Chess 08/04
• Caint agus Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 09/04
• Ceol Mara 09/04
• Tots Time with Louise! 09/04
• The Thursday Book Club 09/04
• Caint is comhrá 09/04
• Country Music Circle 10/04
• Children's Storytime 11/04
• Children’s Colouring Competition 11/04
• Trad Music Session 11/04
• Glad Book Club 13/04
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 15/04
• Duplo Club 15/04
• Caint agus Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 16/04
• Ceol Mara 16/04
• Caint is comhrá 16/04
• Library Storytime 17/04
• Lego Time 18/04
• Seoda na Maidine - Children's Trad Session 18/04
• Exhibition launch of A Journey through the Mangala
• Children's Storytime 18/04
• Children’s Colouring Competition 18/04
• Live at the Library with Ciarán Treacy
• Trad Music Session 18/04
• Teen Book Club 18/04
• One Book, One Community: Closing Ceremony
• Art Group 21/04
• Chess Academy 21/04
• Ciorcal Comhrá 21/04
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 22/04
• 45 Club 22/04
• Langers and Lashes: A Compendium of Cork Slang
• Duplo Club 22/04
• Finding Your Ancestors using Free online resources with Helen Sisk
• Happy Talk 22/04
• Junior Chess 22/04
• Caint agus Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 23/04
• Mayfield Learning Neighbourhoods: Celebration of Learning
• Ear Acupressure for Stress, Sleep & Calm
• Ciorcal Comhrá 23/04
• Everyday Yoga with Liagh
• Caint is comhrá 23/04
• Library Storytime 24/04
• Gramophone Circle 24/04
• Lifelong Learning Storytime
• A musical journey: The explorer, the rookie and the young fella
• The Pageturners 24/04
• Lego Time 25/04
• ‘1916 in Cork: Order, Counter Order and Disorder’
• Intentional Breathwork Workshop for Adults 25/04
• Western Front Association presents ‘Slaughter on the Somme’
• Children's Storytime 25/04
• Children’s Colouring Competition 25/04
• Let’s Fold! - Origami
• Trad Music Session 25/04
• Toddler Music Time 25/04
• Cuidiú Breastfeeding Group 28/04
• Ringo Music Bingo 28/04
• Land: An Art Talk
• Chess Academy 28/04
• Ciorcal Comhrá 28/04
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 29/04
• 45 Club 29/04
• As Many Sides as Shandon
• Duplo Club 29/04
• Happy Talk 29/04
• Junior Chess 29/04
• Caint agus Comhrá – Irish Conversation Group 30/04
• Ceol Mara 30/04
• Sing For Your Life! Cork International Choral Festival
• Ciorcal Comhrá 30/04
• Caint is comhrá 30/04
• Exhibition: Cork Faces and Places
• Exhibition: As Many Sides as Shandon
• Library Storytime 01/05
• Gramophone Circle 01/05
• Cork International Choral Festival presents Emotio Taldea (Spain) in Douglas Library
• Cork Choral Festival Performance
• Chess Academy 05/05
• Ciorcal Comhrá 05/05
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 06/05
• 45 Club 06/05
• Duplo Club 06/05
• Irish language conversation – Gaeilge labhartha 06/05
• Happy Talk 06/05
• Junior Chess 06/05
• Ciorcal Comhrá 07/05
• An Evening with John Connolly
• Library Storytime 08/05
• Lego Time 09/05
• Children's Storytime 09/05
• Children’s Colouring Competition 09/05
• Toddler Music Time 09/05
• Cuidiú Breastfeeding Group 12/05
• Frank O’Connor Writers Group 12/05
• Chess Academy 12/05
• Ciorcal Comhrá 12/05
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 13/05
• 45 Club 13/05
• Duplo Club 13/05
• Frank O’Connor Book Club 14/05
• Ciorcal Comhrá 14/05
• The Thursday Book Club 14/05
• Library Storytime 15/05
• Lego Time 16/05
• Children's Storytime 16/05
• Children’s Colouring Competition 16/05
• Art Therapy 16/05
• Toddler Music Time 16/05
• Teen Book Club 16/05
• Cuidiú Breastfeeding Group 19/05
• Have your say in the Cork City Local Safety Plan!
• Chess Academy 19/05
• Ciorcal Comhrá 19/05
• Hillside Book Club for Adults 20/05
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 20/05
• 45 Club 20/05
• Duplo Club 20/05
• Junior Chess 20/05
• Ciorcal Comhrá 21/05
• Library Storytime 022/05
• Join singer songwriter and musician T.J Manning
• Down Memory Lane 22/05
• Lego Time 23/05
• In Other Worlds Book Club 23/05
• Children's Storytime 23/05
• Children’s Colouring Competition 23/05
• Toddler Music Time 23/05
• Cuidiú Breastfeeding Group 26/05
• Art Group 26/05
• Chess Academy 26/05
• Ciorcal Comhrá 26/05
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 27/05
• 45 Club 27/05
• Down Memory Lane 27/05
• Duplo Club 27/05
• Junior Chess 27/05
• Ciorcal Comhrá 28/05
• Library Storytime 029/05
• Brian Health Information talk by the Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland
• Exhibition: Where Love Rests
• Ciorcal Comhrá 02/06
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 03/06
• Duplo Club 03/06
• Irish language conversation – Gaeilge labhartha 03/06
• Story Song and Rhyme with Deirdre Ryan 05/06
• Author Patrick Holloway book reading, followed by Q&A
• Crinniú na nÓg Festival : Puppet Making Workshop
• Children's Storytime 06/06
• Children’s Colouring Competition 06/06
• Cuidiú Breastfeeding Group 09/06
• Ciorcal Comhrá 09/06
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 10/06
• Duplo Club 10/06
• Junior Chess 10/06
• Story Song and Rhyme with Deirdre Ryan 12/06
• Children's Storytime 13/06
• Children’s Colouring Competition 13/06
• Cuidiú Breastfeeding Group 16/06
• Ciorcal Comhrá 16/06
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 17/06
• Hillside Book Club for Adults 17/06
• Duplo Club 17/06
• Story Song and Rhyme with Deirdre Ryan 19/06
• Yoga and guided meditation for adults
• Children's Storytime 20/06
• Children’s Colouring Competition 20/06
• Teen Book Club 20/06
• Cuidiú Breastfeeding Group 23/06
• Ciorcal Comhrá 23/06
• Knitting and Crochet Group for Adults 24/06
• Duplo Club 24/06
• Story Song and Rhyme with Deirdre Ryan 26/06
• Children's Storytime 27/06
• Children’s Colouring Competition 27/06
• Ciorcal Comhrá 30/06