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Library Assistant Vacancies

Dublin City Council invites applications from suitably qualified persons who wish to be considered for inclusion on a panel from which vacancies for Library Assistant may be filled. Deadline 13 Oct. Further details...

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Decade of Commemorations

Dublin Remembers 1916

City Council Programme of Events.
Digital Collections - incl. Elsie McDermid letter, Fire Brigade Logbook, Monica Roberts Collection.
Citizens in Conflict (blog series)
Community Participation

What's On at the Library

Autumn 2016 - Libraries' Programme of Events September - November. Listing the many and varied events taking place in our branch libraries this Autumn.
Dublin Festival of History - Libraries' Programme 24 September to 8 October in various branch libraries. Featuring a wide range of events for history lovers of all ages!
Start Your Own Business 15 September to 20 October in the Central Library. Series of six free talks and workshops.
Exhibitions to View, September Various Libraries Including 'Citizens in Conflict - Touring Exhibition', 'W&R Jacobs and the 1916 Rising' and 'Surgeons and Insurgents'.
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Mobile Library Service Cancellation, 23 September

Mobile library Dublin City Public Libraries regrets that the Mobile Library is unable to provide a service to Drimnagh today, Friday, 23rd September.

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Digital History Magazines

Digital history magazines Did you know you can download digital history magazines for FREE with your library membership? Zinio for Libraries... more

Dressing for History - A Preview

Dressing for History A group of of children visited Pearse Street Library this morning and were enthralled with clothing historian Laura Thorp's... more

History eAudiobooks

Audiobook on the go It's Dublin Festival of History time and to celebrate we've put together a short list of history eAudiobooks that you may enjoy. Now you can satisfy your... more

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Libraries on Twitter

RT @HistFest: Great discussion about the Somme at #histfest2016 with Allan Mallinson & Hugh Sebastian-Montifiore & Jennifer Welli… https://t.co/6ze1j2U1pE — 9 hours 16 min ago
RT @HistFest: Want to win a set of history books from #HistFest2016 authors? @thejournal_ie has a competition https://t.co/OLPADQ5PhG — 11 hours 33 min ago
RT @HistFest: John Bowman talking about his book Ireland: the autobiography with Paddy Geoghegan of @tcddublin at #histfest2016 https://t.co/ZsKKmv1e5P — 13 hours 14 min ago
RT @HistFest: Geoffrey Roberts now discussing Stalin the intellectual with Judith Devlin of @UCDHistory at #histfest2016 https://t.co/SY0jKLX5ao — 16 hours 9 min ago
RT @gutterbookshop: Heading into final day of @HistFest #HistFest2016 at Dublin Castle (Fest continues in libraries!) We have buses & sunshine & free events! — 19 hours 22 min ago
Sunday at 6pm - Furnace of Futility: The Enigna of World War 1 #histfest2016 @ Dublin Castle https://t.co/lvAeHCBM5j https://t.co/nDYL9qmV0X — 1 day 5 hours ago
Sunday at 4pm -Alex Von Tunzelmann on Suez, Hungary & the crisis that shook the world #histfest2016 @ Dublin Castl… https://t.co/LAgxijBu7G — 1 day 5 hours ago
Sunday at 2pm - John Bowman in conversation, #histfest2016 @ Dublin Castle https://t.co/ZUVO6yXcPd https://t.co/jtcYQnp1d0 — 1 day 5 hours ago
Sunday at 12 –Stalin’s Personal Library, with Geoffrey Roberts #histfest2016 @ Dublin Castle https://t.co/kzIWZIuMJ7 https://t.co/lzPmlcU7AY — 1 day 5 hours ago
RT @Roger_Moorhouse: Brilliant, hugely moving talk on #Hillsborough by Phil Scraton and Adrian Tempany at #histfest2016 @HistFest #LFC https://t.co/f8SGangK0P — 1 day 8 hours ago