Athlone

28 August 2023
Library events this week

28th August 2023 Summer Stars is almost at an end, but there is still time to read more. Call in to your local library and sign up today. We also have over 20 events happening around the county. Please click on the links below for more details, and to book your tickets. Remember you can […]

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2 August 2023
Crafternoon at Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone

It was up, up and away for our Crafternoon at Aidan Heavey Library last week. The children made hot air balloons! They turned out beautifully and each child made their own unique creation with different decorations and colours on the balloon. We were delighted to welcome our first cat to the group. Despite being tired […]

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5 June 2023
Library Unbound

Explore your creative side with Westmeath Libraries in 2023. From Creative Writing to Gardening, from children's workshops to adult crafts, there's loads to pick from with your Library Unbound! Funded by Creative Ireland DATE VENUE EVENT BOOKING 25th May 2023 at 6pm Moate Library Memories & Melodies with Jean Farrell Not required 26th May 2023 […]

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1 March 2023
March Book Clubs

A book club is a great way to meet new people, and get some great (or terrible) book recommendations. Why not join your local library's book club? New members always welcome. If you can't make it to any of our in-person book clubs why not join our Facebook group? March 2023 Book Clubs

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14 December 2022
Heritage News and Events 13th December

Waterways Ireland have announced their Heritage in the Community Grants Scheme 2023 is now open! A fund of €20,000 has been allocated to assist community based heritage projects which compliment or fulfil the delivery of the Waterways Ireland Heritage Plan along the Barrow Navigation, Erne System, Grand Canal, Lower Bann, Royal Canal, Shannon, Shannon-Erne, and the […]

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29 November 2022
Christmas Crafts

We kicked off the Christmas season at Athlone Library with the first of our events, Children’s Christmas Crafts. There was a great turn out on the morning despite the Late Late Toy Show being on the night before! The children made 3D Christmas cards and present tags. Even the parents got involved! Each child put […]

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17 November 2022
Christmas events in Westmeath Libraries

This festive season we have lots for you and all the family to enjoy in your local library with a host of Christmas events. Winter arrangement workshops - Join Anna Browne of Big Sky Flowers for a workshop on creating sustainable Christmas decorations. Anna will be showing us how to make foam-free winter flower arrangements […]

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28 October 2022
Join your local book club

Are you interested in joining a book club? Why not investigate your local library and start chatting to other readers, you never know what book you might be inspired to pick up. Athlone Children's Book Club - 5th November at 11.30am. This month's theme is Animals. Athlone Adult Book Club - 10th November at 6.30pm Moate […]

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22 August 2022
‘Tragedy and Shame’: the death of Michael Collins

by Ian Kenneally ‘A thrill of horror’, according to the Westmeath Independent, ‘of shame, of despair, of the deepest distress went through the length and breadth of our land on Wednesday morning last when it was learned that General Michael Collins had been shot dead in Cork. Another great Irishman is gone; another great loss has […]

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17 August 2022
A divided town: part two

Ian Kenneally In the previous article, we explored the circumstances that led to the shooting dead of George Adamson in April 1922. Here, we look in more detail at the subsequent propaganda battle in which both pro- and anti-Treaty forces blamed each other for Adamson’s death. That propaganda battle began with, as discussed in the […]

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