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The Children enjoyed a lovely morning on Thursday ,with Rachel Burke doing some screen printing for Halloween. This even...
02/11/2026

The Children enjoyed a lovely morning on Thursday ,with Rachel Burke doing some screen printing for Halloween. This event was part of the Home of Halloween Festival organised by Kilkenny County Council, so a big thank you to them.

Winter is officially upon us, and the nights are drawing in. Why not embrace the season by taking part in our book quiz ...
01/11/2026

Winter is officially upon us, and the nights are drawing in. Why not embrace the season by taking part in our book quiz featuring titles inspired by winter weather?

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🎃💀 Happy Halloween Midterm to all our lovely junior patrons! We hope you are all brimful of goodies and Halloween happin...
31/10/2026

🎃💀 Happy Halloween Midterm to all our lovely junior patrons! We hope you are all brimful of goodies and Halloween happiness. Kilkenny’s Home of Halloween thanks you for your festive energy and continued commitment to our library events. 🎃💀

Fortune telling and herbal lore were in full swing at Loughboy Library during Ellen Ryan’s visit, where she shared a rich and informative new volume in her beautiful book collection, *They Called Us Witch*.

Students from Presentation Secondary School enjoyed discovering whether they would make their fortune, travel, or share a great love story.

Then out came the herbs! The library was filled with the scent of vervain, meadowsweet, and dandelion, with mixed and animated responses from our audience! 😍😵‍💫

Rachel Burke’s workshop had spooktacular results! 👻🎃 Children designed and cut spooky stencils, using screen-printing techniques to print onto card. Some brought along a plain T-shirt to print their design onto fabric and took home a wearable Halloween creation. 👻🎃

🎃👻 Happy Halloween from Mayfair Library! 👻🎃We had great fun yesterday making spooky witches’ cauldrons and ghostly creat...
31/10/2026

🎃👻 Happy Halloween from Mayfair Library! 👻🎃

We had great fun yesterday making spooky witches’ cauldrons and ghostly creations at our Halloween craft session. Take a look at some of the fantastic work our young crafters made! 🧙‍♀️✨

Have a fun-filled Halloween and stay safe if you're out trick-or-treating tonight! 🎃🍬🦇

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Bhain daltaí ó Scoil Mhairéad Loreto úsáid as éadaí Oíche Shamhna chun bualadh le húdair Ellen Ryan le déanaí i Leabharl...
30/10/2026

Bhain daltaí ó Scoil Mhairéad Loreto úsáid as éadaí Oíche Shamhna chun bualadh le húdair Ellen Ryan le déanaí i Leabharlann Mayfair. Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh go léir!

Did you know that John's Bridge is haunted?John's Bridge is one of two main bridges in Kilkenny City. When standing on J...
29/10/2026

Did you know that John's Bridge is haunted?

John's Bridge is one of two main bridges in Kilkenny City. When standing on John's bridge you can see Kilkenny Castle to one side and Green's bridge to the other. The bridge was first built in the 1200s and has been rebuilt many times, mostly recently in 1910. For people nowadays, the bridge is taken for granted and used as a way to cross the city, without anyone ever thinking twice about it. However, in the 18th century it was part of a tragedy that still haunts the city to this day...

In 1763, Green's Bridge, a short distance away from John's Bridge, collapsed due to the forces of nature. A small group of spectators were on Johns Bridge at this time, and watched the collapse of Green's Bridge, just a few minutes walk away. Little did they know, John's bridge would be next to collapse, and it plunged all who stood on the bridge into the river. 16 people died

Since that day, locals and visitors have reported seeing ghostly figures on or near the bridge, leaning by the walls of the new bridge looking towards Green's bridge, or have seen faces in the water. They also claimed to have seen ghostly figures scrambling in the water, attempting to get to the banks of the river..

Could we be looking at a future librarian? 📚We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Imelda to Callan Library for a job...
28/10/2026

Could we be looking at a future librarian? 📚

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Imelda to Callan Library for a job site visit in conjunction with the My Dream Job Programme.

Imelda was keen to discover what working in a library is really like, so we gave her a taste of the day-to-day work and showed her the ropes.

She took to it like a natural! Imelda hopes to pursue a career as a librarian, and we wish her every success in making that dream a reality.

Many thanks to Amanda and Anne for arranging the visit and accompanying Imelda.

We were delighted and honoured to welcome An tUachtarán Catherine Connolly to Thomastown Library this week. Her visit ce...
28/10/2026

We were delighted and honoured to welcome An tUachtarán Catherine Connolly to Thomastown Library this week. Her visit celebrated the vital role public libraries play in supporting literacy, lifelong learning, culture, creativity and community connection.

It was a wonderful opportunity to showcase our beautiful new library and the many people who make it such a vibrant community space, including members of Thomastown Scouts, Thomastown Knitters Group and Thomastown Men’s Shed.

Thank you to President Connolly for taking the time to visit and for her support of libraries across Ireland.

Kilkenny County Council
📸 Dylan Vaughan

Please not that due to essential maintenance Online services will be unavailable from 10pm on Monday 26th 2026 for up to...
26/10/2026

Please not that due to essential maintenance Online services will be unavailable from 10pm on Monday 26th 2026 for up to 4 hours. Apologies for the inconvenience.

26/10/2026

Why not sign up now for our Adult Reading Challenge. Borrow and read four books to be in with a chance to win some great prizes. Here's an idea of what the staff at Graiguenamanagh Library have read and are currently reading .
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