Summer may seem like a long time ago but we hope to brighten up this winter's day with the smiles of this year's Summer Stars reading challenge prize-winners!

We are delighted to announce this year's prize-winners:

5 annual passes to Dublin Zoo:

• William Dong
• Erin Duggan
• Daisy Hooper
• Lily-Rose O'Dowd
• Elliot Wright

35 x €30 vouchers for local retailers - Easons, the Art & Hobby Shop, Nimble Fingers:

• Bhavya Arora
• Aisha Asarap Ali
• Dylan Beirne
• Sienna Blowers
• Mark Byrne
• Alice Dong
• Jude Dunne
• Aoife Ferry
• Annie Fitzgerald
• Vanisha Gajjala
• Isla Graham
• Indie Gray
• Cara Greevy
• Siddharth Sundar Karthikeyan
• Denise Liu
• Wenle Liu
• Ya

In 1821 the name Dunleary or Dun Leary was changed to Kingstown to mark King George IV’s visit to this bustling and rapidly developing town. In 1920 it was officially given the name Dún Laoghaire, referring back to the original Irish name for Dunleary. It was a deliberate political act during the War of Independence, an act of defiance against the old order in Ireland. In the years following the establishment of the Irish Free State, the use of Kingstown gradually diminished and was replaced in the consciousness of visitors and residents of the town by variants of the name – Dunleary, Dun

Take a well-deserved break from all the Christmas preparations, and join us online on the evening of Monday 21 December to celebrate the Winter Solstice with a free concert of stunning music and songs of joy, hope and light. The Winter Solstice falls on the shortest day of the year and is considered a turning point by many, a time of reflection but also of looking ahead. We wish to invite all residents of DLR, whether at home or abroad, to light a candle during this time to remember those we have lost in 2020, and to look ahead with hope to 2021.

Our musical ensemble will be led by cellist

Christmas Opening Hours 2021

Branch emails

Blackrock Library: blackrocklib@dlrcoco.ie

Cabinteely Library: cabinteelylib@dlrcoco.ie

Dalkey Library: dalkeylib@dlrcoco.ie

Deansgrange Library: deansgrangelib@dlrcoco.ie

Dundrum LIbrary: dundrumlib@dlrcoco.ie

dlr LexIcon: dlrlexiconlib@dlrcoco.ie

Shankill Library: shankilllib@dlrcoco.ie

Stillorgan LIbrary: stillorganlib@dlrcoco.ie

Library e-bulletin

Keep up to date with all the news and online events from dlr Libraries with our fortnightly e-bulletin.

Online book club

Join in our book club discussion on the last Wednesday of the month via Zoom. For more information on upcoming titles for

dlr LexIcon’s Local Studies Librarian Nigel Curtin has produced two new informative leaflets for local history enthusiasts. The first, Starter for Ten provides suggestions for a general introduction to the history of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and includes such classics as Peter Pearson’s Between the Mountains and the Sea and Christiaan Corlett’s Antiquities of old Rathdown. Several of the chosen titles include links to the online version of the book, perfect for Lockdown reading!

askabout…dlr gives a handy overview of material relating to this area on the AskAboutIreland website, aimed at both

dlr libraries in conjunction with yoga teacher Tanja Thomas have online sessions coming up:

• Yoga for children with autism on Jan 30th and Feb 20th, both at 11am-12pm
• Yoga and relaxation for parents of children with special needs on Sat 6 Feb, 11am-12pm

Tanja Thomas is a yoga alliance qualified yoga instructor specialising in children's & family yoga as well as therapeutic yoga for children with additional needs, Tanja has trained in Integral Sound Healing, Three in One Concepts - Kinesiology as well as Reiki, Sound Massage and Sound Yoga.

Tanja has a special interest in mindfulness & meditation

Dalkey online folkore exhibition

Take a moment to wander through the folklore of Dalkey, passed on from its inhabitants over ninety years ago. Recorded in the Schools’ Folklore Collection, part of the National Folklore Collection, UCD, the exhibition shares the well-worn stories and social histories passed down through the community. Although only a few Dalkey schools are represented here, the Schools Collection contains "in excess of 750,000 pages of local history and oral tradition" collected from thousands of schoolchildren from across the Republic of Ireland in the late 1930s. Our selection

Keeping the tradition of the St. Brigid's Cross alive through 2021 - Join Wicklow Willow's, Aoife and Pat as they discuss the legends associated with St. Brigid, source reeds and make a traditional Irish St. Brigid's Day Cross. Aoife will provide a how-to video tutorial in making your very own St. Brigid's Cross! Great Fun for all the family - discovering, learning, drawing, colouring and weaving as you find out all about this ancient Irish custom!

Hop over to our Facebook page to see Wicklow Willow's videos on St Brigid and St Brigid cross making.

Who is St Brigid? St Brigid is one of Ireland's