We may not have been able to host events in the library but here in Westmeath Libraries we are still celebrating all the Summer Stars coming through our doors and signing up for their reading adventure. We hope you have already picked up your card from your local library, but if not call in and […]
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The shortlist for this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award has been announced, and the titles up for consideration are The Infinite - Patience Agbabi (Canongate)Search the catalogue : Download the ebook/eAudio The Vanished Birds – Simon Jimenez (Titan)Search the catalogue : Download the ebook/eAudio Vagabonds – Hao Jingfang (Head of Zeus)Search the catalogue : Download […]
Here's a family challenge and the Sky is the Limit... Get together, get thinking, and get creating your very own Dream Machine to reach for the Summer Stars. Show us how you can buy Zero and still be a Summer Stars Hero!Think cardboard, tin foil, markers, paper plates, buttons, elastic, cable ties, who knows what […]
In our second Westmeath County Council Decade of Centenaries podcast, Dr Paul Hughes, Historian in Residence, talks to Dr Marie Coleman, Professor Marie Coleman of Queens University Belfast, about the advent of the Truce between the IRA and Crown forces 100 years ago this week (11 July 1921) in its national and local contexts. Professor […]
by Irene in Mullingar Library Summer is here and that means it’s Jam making time! Fruit picking is a great way to spend time outdoors and all the family can get involved. Strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries as well as black, red and white currants are all ripening and make the most delicious jams, preserves and cordials. […]
On 3rd July 1921 Moydrum Castle was burned in what was one of the key events of the closing stages of the Irish War of Independence in Westmeath. To mark the centenary Westmeath Historian in Residence Dr Paul Hughes wrote this mini-documentary intercut with stills from National Library of Ireland and featuring Frankie Keena Cathaoirleach […]
New books just arrived in the library on 6th July 2021 First off we have some children's books as we are right in the middle of our Summer Stars adventure! I stole my genius sister's brain by Jo Simmons - Request from the library or Download the ebook Pizazz by Sophy Henn - Request from […]
Join us every Wednesday in July at 11am on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/WestmeathLibraries for our Summer Stars Fairy Tale Storytime. You can also join in with our Scavenger Hunt, details available from your local library #RightToRead #SummerStars Libraries Ireland https://westmeathlibrary.com/2021/07/02/summer-stars-fairy-tale-scavenger-hunt/