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A Guarded Life
Author: Majella Moynihan with Aoife Kelleher Genre: Adult Non-Fiction Review by: Mairead Monasterevin Library Synopsis: In 1984, Majella Moynihan was a fresh-faced young garda recruit when she gave birth to a baby boy. Charged with breaching An Garda SÃochána’s disciplinary rules – for having premarital sex with another guard, becoming pregnant, and having a child… Read more
Book Review Children’s Non-Fiction
Title: Horrible Histories – The Vile Victorians Author: Terry Deary Genre: Children’s Non Fiction Reviewed by: Aoife, Newbridge library Queen Victoria was the ultimate Victorian, and she was ‘not’ amused. Luckily YOU will be splitting your sides, as you discover how disgusting the Victorians really were! They may have looked all prim and proper, but they were a… Read more
Cruinniú na nÓg CruthaÃm
This is your chance to represent your county and celebrate creativity as part of Cruinniú na nÓg 2021. Meangadh FÃbÃn, in conjunction with Cruinniú na nÓg, TG4 and Cúala4, are excited to announce the launch of a new campaign to find a creative young person from every county in Ireland, along with one young person… Read more
Guide to Downloading Bolinda BorrowBox eBooks to an eReader or PC
Borrowbox eBooks can be used on all eReaders except Kindle eReaders (however Kindle Fire and Amazon Fire Tablets do allow you to download the Borrowbox app and read Borrowbox eBooks). Step 1 Install Adobe Digital Editions To read eBooks on your eReader or PC you will need to install Adobe Digital Editions on your computer.… Read more
Knitted Easter Bunny
By Catherine Hi Everyone, Happy Easter to you all. I was working on this knitted Easter bunny egg cozy for a small chocolate egg and thought it might be a nice Easter knit for this weekend. ‘How to make a bunny egg cozy’ What you need 3: Cast on 4: Knit square Picture 5: Stitch… Read more
Easter Egg Paper Decorations
By Aoife, Newbridge Library You will need: Printable template for Easter eggs (you can find one online) Printer White paper/green paper Colouring supplies (coloured markers, coloured pencils, glitter…..whatever you have) Scissors Glue How to make: This craft starts with a printable Easter egg template. These can be found online from easypeasyandfun.com. *My template has six… Read more
