During 2019 we want to make dlr Libraries an even friendlier and more accessible place to everyone in our community.  Libraries are often the bustling heart of our communities with lots going on at any given time, from events to book clubs not to mention beeps from IT equipment. We are aware for those with Autism or ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) the noise and sensory overload in many public places, even libraries can be overwhelming. With this in mind are introducing new Autism friendly initiatives in our libraries during 2019.

All tickets for the dlr Book Festival Mountains to Sea 2019 festival are now available to buy including events on International Women’s Day – 8^th March 2019. Amongst the many wonderful storytellers who will visit Dun Laoghaire in 2019 are Margaret Drabble, Michael Holroyd, Sally Rooney, Stephen Rea and Neil Martin, Jess Kidd, Kate Mosse, Tracey Thorn, John Kelly, John Boyne, Sorcha Pollak, Daniel Trilling, Bernard O’ Donoghue, Dervla Murphy, Grace Wells &  Stephen James Smith. For full details and booking , please see here

The theme of the 2019 Festival is ‘Speaking with Strangers’.  It has

Family Day in dlr LexIcon is arriving with the Spring on Saturday 2 February!

This fun filled celebration of the Chinese New Year with a special Irish twist will have parent and toddler yoga, kite making workshops, springtime storytelling, concerts and rhythm workshops, art workshops, virtual reality as well as dragon and lion dancers to celebrate the New Year of the Pig, not to be missed!

As part of the Decade of Centenaries, dlr Libraries and dlr Heritage Office plan to celebrate the centenary of the Dominican Oratory of the Sacred Heart (located along Library Road, Dún Laoghaire) with an exhibition in dlr LexIcon and accompanying publication.

Created to mark the end of WWI and to commemorate the many local Irishmen who had fought and died on the Western Front, the Oratory, built in 1919, was hand-painted by Sister M. Concepta Lynch between the years 1920-36. The stunning result is a highly-regarded masterpiece of the Gaelic Revival style. The windows were provided by the Harry

In the late 1980s, American company Emerald City Productions was set up from scratch in Dún Laoghaire, adjacent to the DART station and under what was then Restaurant na Mara, now Hartley’s. Funded by a grant from the IDA, with the intention of creating jobs during a period of high unemployment, Ireland saw a number of animation studios springing up in Ireland. In 1985 Emerald City Productions was established in Dún Laoghaire and in 1986 Sullivan Bluth set up opposite Phoenix Park on Park Gate Street. In 1989 Murakami Wolf was established in Montague Street in Dublin City.

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dlr Libraries latest programme of events, What's On, April-June 2019 is now available! The programme has a great array of events, talks, exhibitions, workshops and much more, with something that will appeal to all ages.  Look out for some seasonal highlights including One City One Book events during April, Bealtaine events during May, Spring into Storytime in April, many schools events, and we look forward to launching Summer Reading in June. As April is autism awareness month we are delighted to announce some autism friendly and autism specific events as well as exhibitions and resources for

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council invites applications for a Writer in Residence for the period July 2019 to June 2020. This Writer in Residence is managed by dlr Libraries. The residency is open to writers working in any genre (e.g. fiction, non-fiction, poetry, script-writing, etc). The residency this year will focus on the theme of inclusivity and will have a particular emphasis on creativity for 6-12 year olds.