All Westmeath Libraries will be closed to the public from 4.00 p.m. on Friday, 20th December 2024 and will re-open on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31 December 2024 during the hours of 9.40 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. All libraries will be closed on 1st January. Normal opening hours will resume at 9.40am on Thursday 2nd January. The […]
Westmeath Libraries are delighted to announce an opportunity for authors, artists, musicians, climate action educators, STEAM practitioners, and other facilitators to submit proposals for our events programme for 2025. Events can encompass workshops, talks, courses, shows, productions, classes, exhibitions and any other creative enterprises envisioned as a possibility within a public library context. This includes programming […]
'Sustainability Horizons' exhibition was officially opened on Thursday 21st November in Castlepollard Library by local multi-disciplinary artist, Andrea Cullen. Andrea is well known for her work with Cúige Studios in Mullingar, and further afield thanks to her recent success as artistic director for Bressie’s “Where is My Mind’ tour. The works on view in this show […]
Westmeath Libraries is excited to team up with Westmeath Sports Partnership to encourage our community to get walking and stay active. We have added Activator Poles to our Library of Things that you can now borrow from your local library. Using activator poles is an excellent way to enhance your fitness, improve mobility, and boost […]
The Military Services Pensions Collection is the single most important archival collection relating to Ireland's revolutionary period, comprising hundreds of thousands of individual accounts of the activities of nationalists from 1916 to 1923. The collection records the personal commitment and sacrifice by the men and women who fought to gain independence for Ireland. These records […]
Artists, creatives and community groups are invited to Bloomfield Hotel on Thursday 5 December for a day-long networking and brainstorming session. The event will take place from 3pm-8pm. We will be announcing the 2025 Creative Community Grants for Westmeath at the event, and encouraging attendees to think about how they might work collaboratively to bring […]
Beidh Leabharlanna na h-Iarmhí dúnta Dé hAoine 6/12/2024 go dtí 2.00pm Beidh "My Open Library" ar fáil i Leabharlann an Móta Westmeath Libraries will be closed Friday 6/12/2024 until 2.00pm My Open Library will be available in Moate Library. Athnuachan ar líne | Renew your loans online
Athlone Book ClubAidan Heavey Library, Athlone 7th November at 6.30pm This month's book is The Lost Bookshop by Evie WoodsRequest a copy On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found. For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three […]
Introduction The 2024 Westmeath Arts Office Bursary Award commemorates the work of Brinsley McNamara and celebrates the centenary of the 1924 Paris Olympics. 100 years ago, McNamara’s work was included as part of the literature event in the Olympic art competition. The Brinsley McNamara Bursary Awards are designed to help artists of all disciplines to […]
Westmeath Libraries is seeking quotations for a mobile Sensory Unit and a sensory corner including padded seat/plinth with integrated bubble tube and fibre accessories in Kilbeggan Library Kilbeggan Library is currently undergoing extensive renovation works to enhance services to the community including sensory supports for families. The mobile sensory unit will be located in Kilbeggan […]