Events

Booking from Monday 17th September, 9.45am. Contact the library.

Sinéad O’Hart’s debut novel for children, The Eye of the North, was published in 2018. It tells the story of a friendless girl and a nameless boy who must work together to defeat a terrible creature at the heart of a glacier. Sinéad was born and raised in the sunny South-East, but now lives with her family in Meath. She prefers to spend her every free second with her head in a story.

Suitable for 3rd – 6th class.

If you have done this course before, please wait until Monday 17th September to book, to give new people a chance to participate. Thank you.

Basic Irish needed. 10-week course, starting Thursday 27th September.

(No class on Thursday 1st November).

Booking from Monday 10th September, 1.30pm, via https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-for-parents-of-children-learning-irish-tickets-49086876168

This 10-week course is suitable for beginners who have not attendended beginner's classes previously.

Classes will be held on Thursdays from 6pm-7pm, starting on Thursday, 27th September.

Booking essential on www.talib.eventbrite.ie from Monday, 10th September.

Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

All welcome.

Booking from Monday 17th September, 9.45 am. Contact the library.

Sheena Wilkinson has won many awards for her fiction including five Children’s Books Ireland Awards, most recently the Honour Award for Fiction for 2017’s Star By Star, which was also shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. Described in The Irish Times as ‘one of our foremost writers for young people’, Sheena received a Major Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 2013. She teaches creative writing in settings ranging from universities to prisons and runs a young writers’ group in Belfast. Sheena lives in County Down.

Suitable for 3rd - 6th class and Junior Cycle Students.

This talk will cover how apps for iPad and tablets can be used as a cheap and user-friendly way to help people with dyslexia. We will discuss apps that help children, young adults and adults.

Booking essential at www.talib.eventbrite.ie

Touch-Type Read Spell is a multi-sensory course that teaches touch-typing to help children with their reading and writing skills. It is particularly helpful for children with dyslexia and literacy issues. Minimum  8 years of age.

Please contact the library at 01-6216422, email lucan@sdublincoco.ie, or call in to enquire about availability.

Stories, songs and nursery rhymes. Enjoy some fun with your little one!

All welcome.

Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

All welcome.

Booking from Monday 17th September, 9.45am. Contact the library.

Class visit only.

Tatyana Feeney grew up in North Carolina, where she spent much of her childhood reading and drawing. This developed into a love of art  and particularly illustrations in children’s books. Tatyana now lives in Trim. She has illustrated several Panda books with The O’Brien Press and is also the author and illustrator of Small Bunny’s Blue Blanket, Little Owl’s Orange Scarf, Little Frog’s Tadpole Trouble, Small Elephant’s Bathtime and Socks for Mr. Wolf.

Suitable for Junior or Senior Infants.

Booking from Monday 10th September, 9.45am. Contact the library on 016216422, email: lucan@sdublincoco.ie or call in.

10-week course, starting Tuesday 25 September.

(No class on Tuesday 30th October).

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been postponed to a later date.

As part of our support for Senior Cycle students we are delighted to offer free maths grinds for Leaving Cert students. These sessions will take place weekly in our Maths Support Centre where experienced tutors will deliver grinds to small groups of Leaving Cert students.

Suitable for honours and pass students. Booking essential at www.talib.eventbrite.ie

Storytime every Tuesday at 3:30 pm in the Junior Library. All welcome! No booking necessary.

Suitable for ages 3-6. Listen to stories and then do some arts and craft activities connected with the stories. All welcome. There is no need to book.