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Official Twitter account for Fingal County Libraries. With a network of 10 branch libraries, mobile & housebound services & a local studies & archives section.
Fingal North County Dublin
Joined December 2009
@conor_pope With Coding classes, Touch typing, Creative Writing, Music for Tots, Community Meetings, Storytelling, Language Conversation Groups, and jam packed computer pods and study desks, with the 3d printer on the go in the background; all in one week's schedule; very relevant!
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Saw this lovely seal at Skerries Harbour this morning. It's great to live in Fingal #BeautifulFingal @Fingalcoco
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Fingal Libraries is proud to support our #frontlineheroes. Our 3D printers are being used to produce face shields for use in hospitals, care homes & by GPโs.This project will be featured on@rtenews this evening. @AnnMari92672817 @LibrariesIre @HSELive . #flattenthecurve #covid19
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Fingal Local Studies and Archives have re-opened as of today in our new building at 46 North Street, Swords ๐ฅณ๐ #lovelibraries #twitterstorians
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@conor_pope As well as a steady buzz of wonderful borrowers using our self-service machines, printing documents, and being assisted by our fantastic friendly staff :) #Loveyourlibrary #FingalLibraries #TakeaCloserLook.
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@EVENTSinFingal Popular titles on Borrowbox for July. Check them out All you need is your library card no. and PIN
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I said earlier that our new mobile library would brighten up the day. How right we were! The new van looks fantastic in the Oldtown sun. #librarylife @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin
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#BookGiveaway. Our friends from Dublin City Libraries have kindly gifted us with signed copies of The Coroner's Daughter by #1Dublin1Book author Andrew Hughes ๐๐. To enter the #competition, please. โ
Follow us.โ๏ธ Like this post.โ
Tag a friend. Closing date 24 April @ 12pm โ
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Did you know that LGTBQ+ rights were made legal in 1993? The #LivingwithPride Exhibition has finally arrived to the Blanchardstown Library. This is your chance to learn more about the journey of Pride in Ireland! @Fingalcoco @DublinPride @FingalPride #eddiemcguinness
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HUGE excitement @fingallibraries as we get ready for the 1st Fingal Festival of Children's Literature ๐. All events are booked out but drop by as we have @Fanzinis @Bricks4KidzCorp @KidsBooksIrel's Book Clinic & @orlaith ๐ฅณ๐. Brought to you @Fingalcoco | Funded @creativeirl
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The Fingal Mobile Library recently received a brand new electrical vehicle for our Housebound service to replace our old Diesel van. ๐ It is already in use making deliveries to residents of Fingal who are cocooning at home. #LeapintoLibraries
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Amazing news!!! ๐๐๐.It's now possible to join the library online & use @BorrowBox straight away!.Just go to complete the registration, set a PIN and you'll be able to log in to Borrowbox with those details to download eBooks and audiobooks !
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It's finally here!! Take our fantastic new story walk through the forest trail in the stunning surroundings of @ArdgillanCastle from 11am today. Follow the adventures of 'The Ravenous Beast' by Niamh Sharkey and enjoy a great day out for the whole family. ๐ฅณ #cruinniรบnanรณg2021
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Fingal County Council Chief Executive @paulreiddublin speaking about the importance and value of the mobile library service at today's launch of our 3 new vans. #librarylife @Fingalcoco
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Are you looking for a quiet room to hold meetings or to study in? The Cube in Balbriggan Library is a modern soundproof booth equipped with charging points for all your needs. All you need to do is book at the Ref Desk! #TakeACloserLook #LeapInToLibraries #BalbrigganLibrary
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We had an extraordinary morning at Malahide Library for the #1Dublin1Book event. @SineadCrowley chatted with fellow authors @And_Hughes & @Nicola_Cassidy_ about creating compelling female characters in historical crime fiction ๐. @Fingalcoco @dubcilib @1dublin1book
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Shhhhh. The lights are turned down low and quiet time is about to start in Malahide Library ๐คซ๐คซ As part of our sensory friendly programme, quiet time will take place every Wednesday evening 6.30-7.30 pm #quiettime #sensoryfriendly #takeacloserlook #librarylife
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#Competition time!.@Fingalcoco @fingallibraries & @DublinLitAward are giving away 3 complete sets of this year's #DubLitAward shortlist!.To enter, just LIKE & RETWEET this post! .Winners will be selected on Friday 11/06/21 @ 12pm.Visit Shortlist,
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As part of the Culture Night celebrations in Blanchardstown Library, there will be a Lego Exhibition from the Irish Lego User Group on Friday 23rd Sept from 5.30pm on wards. @Fingalcoco @CultureNight @EVENTSinFingal
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We have an all-star line-up of @doyle_cat @sharkeytweets & Owen Churcher, @donnellypa @Eve_Mc_Donnell , @sinead_moriarty , @SMooreFitz Kim Jenkinson, the @KidsBooksIrel Book Clinic, Sarah Sparkles storytime, art workshops, @Bricks4kidzF Harry Potter Lego and so much more.
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Michelle from Blanchardstown Library is squeezing in a read of The Octopus Man by Jasper Gibson, which is the Fingal Libraries nomination for the #DubLitAward. @Fingalcoco @LibrariesIre @DublinLitAward .#squeezeinaread #irelandreads
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Looking for ways to improve your health?.#Blanchardstown Library now has a selection of books chosen by healthcare professionals as part of the @HealthyIreland initiative. @Fingalcoco
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Ag lorg rud รฉigin le lรฉamh? Nรก dearmaid go bhfuil rogha mรณr leabhair Gaeilge ar fรกil i do leabharlann รกitiรบil, le aistriuchรกin ina measc @CnaG @PobalGaeilge15 @popupgael
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A big welcome to Ivor & Ronan Browne currently in Blanchardstown Library sharing memories . #Sรฉamus100 @tsecc @Fingalcoco @fingalarts
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The War of Independence in Dublin by John Dorney brought to you by Fingal Libraries as part of the Fingal Festival of History 2020.Fingal County Council Fingal Libraries CreativeIrl @HistFest #HisFest2020 #SackofBalbriggan.
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Michaelangelo and Picasso, aka Fergus and Pat, are giving #MalahideLibrary a facelift #ourcouncilday @Fingalcoco
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Balbriggan library is looking for spooky ๐จartwork to display this Samhain!! They welcome any scary arts and crafts for their library!!. #Samhain #SpookyArt #halloween2021 @Fingalcoco @LibrariesIre @emerogorman
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Would you like to take a tour inside the brand new Fingal Mobile Library van? Of course you would! Let's go. @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin @NuTrackLtd #librarylife
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What a fantastic time we had this morning at the LGBTea Q&A in Blanchardstown Library. Come up for a cuppa and scone at tomorrow's Q&A in Balbriggan at the Flemington community center at 11 am! @Fingalcoco @FingalPride @eddiemcguinness @DublinPride @LibrariesIre @emerogorman
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Viking invasion in Baldoyle today!!โ๏ธ๐ช. #BaldoyleLibrary #VikingFestival #Vikingbooks #LeapintoLibraries
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The Fingal Libraries Online Book Club will be reading 'Leonard and Hungry Paul' by @MumblinDeafRo ahead of next month's @1dublin1book festival. You can download this wonderful book @BorrowBox and also book a place at our Live Webinar with Rรณnรกn Hession at
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Congrats to @SkerriesHarps on their GAA Healthy Club launch ๐ We were delighted to be there to create public awareness about #healthyirelandatyourlibrary ๐& to forge alliances with local groups . @HealthyIreland @pobal @librariesireland @officialgaa @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin
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We spied with our little eyes something beginning with F! Great view of the fireworks at Fingal Festival of Fire from outside #Blanchardstown #Library tonight. Great end to a day of #Halloween fun @Fingalcoco @EVENTSinFingal
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Children from Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigรญn walked to Balbriggan Library this morning to promote Fingal Libraries Healthy Ireland at your Library programme. @EVENTSinFingal @HealthyIreland @HSEschoolsteam @Fingalcoco
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Celebrating the launch of the H.E.L.L.O Campaign at Balbriggan Library with Our Balbriggan, Ardgillan Community College choir and the Mayor of Fingal. #BalbrigganLibrary #ourbalbriggan @HealthyFingal @hellohowareumhi @fingallibraries
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It's robot boxing at 'Cruinniรบ in the Castle' with Mechatrons. Come on the girls!! #cruinniutocreate.#mycruinniu
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Nรญl ach 3 lรก fรกgtha. only 3 days to go until โBlas Baile Bhlainsรฉirโ, a day-long celebration of the #Irish language in #Blanchardstown. Whether you are fluent in Irish, or you have no Irish at all, come along! Bรญgรญ linn! @gaeilge2018 @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin @CnaG @gaeilge24
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No long until your brand new Blanchardstown Library opens up its automatic doors to you! @Fingalcoco @emerogorman @LGMAIreland @LibrariesIre @AnnMarieFingal
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Stay healthy and happy this Winter โน๐พ ๐ ๐ ๐.Visit #fingallibraries today & discover our new health & wellbeing initiative -"Healthy Ireland at Your Library". All of these services are available FREE of charge @HealthyIreland @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin
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Fingal Libraries are offering a delivery service to Fingal residents cocooning at home. Please contact us on 01 8906719 or email cocooning.library@fingal.ie for more information. Our drivers are making deliveries every day this week ๐๐
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Balbriggan Library are pleased to announce the installation of a new Office Pod and dedicated hub. Drop in and take a look!! @fingallibraries @Fingalcoco @BalbrigganIF @OurBalbriggan @balbriggansport @FingalAES @ForoigeB @BalbrigganNews @balbrigganyr @Balbrigganinfo
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Give me a pen, give me a brush or maybe a Laser cutting machine? The Blanchardstown Library was delighted to host an open night of discovery of its Makerspace where our talented community will be able to build, create and explore. @LibrariesIre @creativeirl @MCreateInnovate
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Conor Kostic speaks at the Fingal Festival of History in the beautifully restored chapel in Swords Castle @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin @dubcilib
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A wonderful postcard of the original Dublin Airport terminal building from the collections of Fingal Local Studies & Archives #LocalHistory #DublinAirport #LeapIntoLibraries #TakeACloserLook @DublinAirport #DUB80
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Senior Executive Librarian Lilian Whelan, Mayor of Fingal Cllr. Adrian Henchy, County Librarian Betty Boardman, Senior Librarian Ann Byrne and Librarian Marc McCluskey at the launch of the Fingal Libraries sensory backpacks. @fingalcoco #CommunityRecognitionFund
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We are just delighted with our new 3D printer in Blanchardstown library. Another great service from Fingal libraries @SurfBoxEurope @paulreiddublin
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The Halloween season has started in Fingal Libraries. We have books and DVDs for all ages and tastes. But they are haunting the library now. Please help us and take them home with you! @Fingalcoco @LibrariesIre @LGMAIreland @AnnMari92672817 #takeacloserlook #childrenbooksfestival
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The Alzheimer Society of Ireland's information bus has arrived at Howth Library! This amazing information and support service will be outside the library until 2pm today if you'd like to call in for a chat!.#HealthyIreland @alzheimersocirl
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Emma from Rush Library recreated the North Pole! Watch along to find out she did it! . @Fingalcoco @LibrariesIre . #Christmas2022 #RushLibrary
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Would you like to play robot football? Of course you would! Come on down to the Fingal County Council offices at Blanchardstown today for a day of STEM fun. We have robots , coding and Lego from 10am until 4pm. @creativeirl @scienceirel @paulreiddublin #CreativeFingal
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Our amazing new #mobile libraries are almost ready to rock! The staff in #Blanchardstown got a peek at the new vans last week and we're so excited for everyone to see them on Tuesday, January 23 at their official launch. Watch this space for exclusive pics and launch details :D
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Our driver Declan is loading up his van with deliveries of books for the #Fingal #library branches #OurCouncilDay @Fingalcoco
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Malahide Library is open! You are welcome to drop in and browse through our collection of new books. We look forward to seeing you. #MalahideLibrary #KeepWell
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Mobile library van driver Greg with Stephen from Oldtown NS demonstrate the wheelchair lift our new mobile library van. #librarylife @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin @NuTrackLtd
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The Fingal Mobile Library service is back visiting schools and creches all over Fingal and we had a busy morning getting ready to go out on the road #BackToSchool2018
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Happy 80th Birthday @PresidentIRL ๐ฅณ we will always appreciate your kind words and support for us;. "Libraries are the oxygen of public life, and most important are the library staff" . Tune into @TG4TV tonight for at 9.30pm for music, song & poetry honouring #MichaelD80. ๐ถ๐ถ
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Come and join us for more Makerspace open nights on November 10th, 17th and 24th from 6pm-7pm at the Blanchardstown Library. Do not miss out on this amazing experience! @Fingalcoco @MCreateInnovate @creativeirl @LibrariesIre @LGMAIreland @emerogorman
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Do you struggle with motivating yourself to keep to your healthy new year resolutions?.Coach, trainer & author, Eoin Ryan will be discussing motivation & change within your life at Blanch Library on 23 January at 6.30pm.#newyearsresolutions @EVENTSinFingal @HealthyIreland.
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The sun is shining and the ceol and craic is truly underway here with #Letsplayrush in #rushlibrary #fingallibraries #rushtidytowns #craic #ceol .Nollag shona do cรกch
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With the announcement of her latest novel #Freckles due out in September take a deep dive into her whimsical back catalogue and bring some magic to life โจ. @Cecelia_Ahern books available for loan on #BorrowBox ๐. #KeepWell #LoveYourLibrary
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The Raven has Landed!!! The first of 3 new mobile libraries has been delivered to our depot in Coolmine. The new vans will be launched in January. @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin @NuTrackLtd #librarylife #mobilelibrary #drivinghomeforchristmas
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Your brand new Blanchardstown Library will feature high tech screens to keep you up to date with library information, events and brand new services! @Fingalcoco @LGMAIreland @AnnMarieFingal @LibrariesIre @emerogorman
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To celebrate #CruinniunanOg a very special delivery was made to the children of Skerries Educate Together. The children received a goodie bag and their very own copy of 'The Ravenous Beast' to read!๐๐๐๐คฉ #creativeireland #CruinniunanOg
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All Teddy Bears in Baldoyle are invited to a library sleepover on 26th April at 4pm. Weโll read bedtime stories & tuck them in. Our library cameras will record what they get up to overnight! Call back at 4pm the next day to find out!.#BaldoyleLibrary #SpringIntoStorytime
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Hello from #HowthLibrary! We're so happy to see you again! Things look a little different now with hand sanitising stations, perspex screens, and social distancing reminders, but we're delighted to see you again - and the books are too! ๐๐.#YourCouncilDay #dolasachomhairle
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Best of Luck to all of our diligent exam students @fingallibraries and thank you to @emma_okelly for visiting Blanchardstown library today ๐๐๐.
@rtenews met busy #LeavingCert students at a jam packed Blanchardstown Library today. They love its calm yet communal space. Report on 6.1.
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We were delighted to welcome Joe Joyce to Howth Library today! Joe is the author of Echoland, this year's choice for #1city1book @1city1book
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๐Staff Recommendation๐ "a beautifully haunting piece of literature, a love story to poetry and to the Irish language. " Follow the link to read our review of #AGhostintheThroat by @DoireannNiG
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#Scrabble as #Gaeilge ar siรบl gach Ceadaoin รณ 7.00 a chlog i Leabharlann Domhnach Bata @ansiopaleabhar
http://t.co/ArRjPuPzTR.
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Happy #Pride to all attending the @DublinPride march today. If you're in the area please drop by for a peek at our display of #LGBTQ books in #Blanch #library. Remember, all these titles and more are available to order to any library in Ireland @LGBT_ie #DublinPride #librarylife
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You never know who you might meet along our new Story Walk in Ardgillan Castle. Here's 'The Ravenous Beast' himself with Fingal Libraries staff member Emer Sharkey. ๐๐พ#creativeireland #cruinniรบnanรณg2021 #fingallibraries #storywalk
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Be part of the #SummerStars at your Library, read as much as you can and fill in your Summer Stars card before dropping it to your local Library. Don't forget to request your good bag! @Fingalcoco @LibrariesIre #RightToRead
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We were so pleased to see Baldoyle Library get a special mention in the acknowledgements of Leonard and Hungry Paul, the latest novel by Dublin author Rรณnรกn Hession. You can read our review here: #leonardandhungrypaul #irishwriters #fiction
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Fingal Libraries are thrilled to partner with @dubcilib & @1dublin1book to host this great event at Malahide Library on Saturday, 22 April at 11am ๐. Andrew Hughes will chat to fellow authors @Nicola_Cassidy_ & @SineadCrowley . email malahidelibrary@fingal.ie to book your place!
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It was such a pleasure to take part in the Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival this year. We had brilliant fun with Sarah Sparkles, and enjoyed crafts, games and storytelling in Donabate Library. A huge thank you to everyone involved in the festival. โจ๏ธ @EVENTSinFingal @Fingalcoco
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Book recommendations go leor this morning from the Book Clinic in Balbriggan Library! @fingallibraries @Fingalcoco @BalbrigganIF @OurBalbriggan @BBTidyTowns @FingalAES @balbrigganyr
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Today's recommendation is this gorgeous, funny, sad at times,heartwarming read #FingalStaffSuggestions๐
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Discover the joy of speaking Irish in this 8-week course by DDLETB. Please contact Rush Library to reserve your place at 01 8708414 / rushlibrary@fingal.ie . @Fingalcoco @EVENTSinFingal @ddletb
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Coming to a Fingal Library near you! .We have new @HealthyIreland books, arriving in library branches very soon#healthyireland #healthyirelandatyourlibrary. All books free to borrow from your Fingal Library!.@LibrariesIre @pobal @Fingalcoco @paulreiddublin @karlhenrypt
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We had a very special chess club in #Blanchardstown Library today, where Barry taught us how to play the ancient early medieval game of Fidchell. Our pieces were 3D printed here in the library, from scans of the real 12th/13th century Lewis chess pieces #ancientchess #3Dprinting
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