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Top 4 Irish titles for Children, Young Adults & Adults on Bolinda Borrowbox
By Lorraine Connolly, Leixlip Library Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! We hope you had a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day yesterday from all of us here in Leixlip library. To celebrate the day that was in it and to keep the celebrations of all things Irish going a little longer I thought I would gather a… Read more
Houseplants and Well Being
by : Adrian ForanNaas Community Library According to Study NASA’s Clean Air Study which was designed to find ways to clean the airin sealed space stations, plants can be effective in absorbing carbon dioxide, releasingoxygen into the air, and removing pollutants like benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene. These chemicals can become concentrated in the home and… Read more
Learn About butterflies Day March 14th 2021
By Elaine Patterson, Newbridge Headquarters Learn about Butterflies Day happens on the 14th March and is the perfect excuse to learn more about the species of butterflies and moths that live in Ireland. There are some helpful websites that you can use to identify the different species of Irish butterflies: Irish Butterflies, National Biodiversity Data… Read more
A Favourite Author
Author: Isabel Allende Genre: Adult Fiction – Historical Fiction  Review by EibhlÃn, Kildare Town Library About Isabel- A bestselling author andNew York Times bestseller. Isabel wasborn in Peru and raised in Chile, she is the author of nine novels, including Inès of My Soul,Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia. She has also written a collection of… Read more
Authors Cethan Leahy and Moïra Fowley-Doyle’s Teen Recommendations
As part of the Ireland Reads series of events with Kildare Libraries, Maynooth Library hosted a Young Adult panel on ‘Books Worth Living For’. The session hosted two wonderful Irish authors for teens, Cethan Leahy and Moïra Fowley-Doyle who shared some of the YA fiction they recommended for getting through lockdown and beyond. Ranging from… Read more
International Women’s Day Book Choices
By Shona Thoma, Maynooth Library Looking for some reading material this International Women’s Day? Why not make it intersectional? Intersectional Feminism repositions feminism at the intersection of all women’s experiences and considers the multiple barriers you encounter if gender isn’t your only disadvantage. Kimberlé Crenshaw first defined Intersectional Feminism in 1989. Watch her briefly explain it in… Read more
