Glorious Exploits
"Bizarre, funny, and original. This is a book that grabbed me and pulled me out of a short reading slump. It is set in Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, yet the characters talk in Hibernian English. It is in the running to become the best book by an Irish writer I have read this year.'
Milk - On Motherhood and Madness
'This is a book of a mother's disjointed thoughts. She writes these down during pregnancy and then maternity leave. Ireland's history plays in her mind. In particular, how mothers were treated in the past compared to how they are treated now. She questions her new role in society. It's thoughtful and poetic.'
Family Time at Your Library this December 2024!
Family Fun at Your Library this December!
This December, libraries across the country are hosting fantastic family-friendly events to celebrate the joy of reading together.
Library Ireland Week 2024
Library Ireland Week runs from Sunday 1 December to Saturday 7 December, and this year’s theme is
“Where Ideas Matter… The Freedom to Think, to Discover, and to Be Yourself.”
The Big Houses of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
The Big House formed the private domain for generations of the political, military and financial elites of Ireland and while it was largely removed from the everyday experience of Irish men and women, it often stood at the centre of the local economy, providing employment for those living in the area. The world of the Big House became increasingly unsteady as Ireland tilted towards independence and the grand houses that survived the fires of the 1920s faced further change during the twentieth century. Many of them were adapted and changed for use as convents, hospitals and schools.
This
The Wager; A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The latest epic, novelistic piece of history writing from Killers of the Flower Moon author David Grann, The Wager follows the eponymous British naval vessel on its ill-fated mission to raid Spanish colonial possessions in South America as part of the now largely forgotten War of the Austrian Succession. Sailing from England in 1740 with the intention of rounding Cape Horne and intercepting Spanish trade in the Pacific, it would be over two years before survivors began to trickle back to Europe, having come through storms, scurvy, starvation, shipwreck, and mutiny on their epic and singularly
The City and the Pillar
The City and the Pillar is considered to be “ the first book by an accepted American author to portray overt homosexuality as a natural behavior” and caused a lot of controversy upon it’s release in 1948. To this day it’s still a very divisive novel, yet in my opinion, it’s also a very important one. It is certainly not an easy read – be prepared for frank and honest depictions of human relationships, and a frankly reprehensible “protagonist”. Despite these negative aspects, I think this book is still well worth the read. The themes of internalised homophobia and self-hatred are sadly still
dlr Libraries Christmas Opening Hours 2024
Happy Christmas from dlr Libraries!
Dundrum Library Temporary Closure Jan 2025
On Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 January Dundrum Library will be closed to facilitate the laying of new flooring.