Library Events 2005

Special Events

Annual Christmas Craft Fair
5th - 10th December 2005 incl. in Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon.
All items are hand crafted by local craftspeople.
Writers in Libraries Programme - Reading by Michael O'Siadhail, Poet
Thursday, November 24th at 7.30 p.m.
Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge
Roger Casement Exhibition - selection of papers of Irish nationalist, Roger Casement.
de Valera Public Library, Ennis: 14th - 28th November
Spoken English Classes by Clare Reading and Writing Scheme in Sean Lemass Public
Library, Shannon for adults whose first language is not English.
On Thursday mornings 10.30 am to 11.30 am
Commencing on Thursday 27th October and continuing to the 15th December inclusive.
Roger Casement Exhibition - selection of papers of Irish nationalist, Roger Casement.
East Clare Heritage Centre, Tuamgraney: 26th October - 9th November
Craft Fair meeting in Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Tuesday 25th October 2005 at 7.00 pm.
For craftspeople interested in participating in the Annual Christmas Craft Fair.
Literacy Tutor Training by Clare Reading and Writing Scheme in Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon on Wednesday mornings 10.00 am to 12.00 noon
Commencing on 12th October and continuing to the 30th November inclusive
Roger Casement Exhibition - selection of papers of Irish nationalist, Roger Casement.
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon: 10th October - 24th October
Writers in Libraries Programme - Reading by Macdara Woods, Poet and Translator
Friday, October 7th at 7.30 p.m.
Kilrush Public Library
Writers in Libraries Programme - Reading by Mary O' Donnell, Poet
Wednesday, September 14th at 7:30 p.m.
Kildysart Public Library
An Information Display relating to Public & Voluntary Services provision in South County Clare
From 23rd - 30th September 2005 at Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Information Morning for Public and Voluntary Service Providers
Thursday 22nd September 2005 at 10.30 a.m. at Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon.
Public and voluntary service providers in the Shannon, Newmarket-on-Fergus and Sixmilebridge areas will meet, identify and learn about each others services and generate ideas for the development of the community of South County Clare which they serve.
This is an inter-agency event organised by Sean Lemass Public Library and the Clare Adult Basic Education scheme.
For further information telephone Carmel Daly, Sean Lemass Public Library 061-364266.
Roger Casement Exhibition - selection of papers of Irish nationalist, Roger Casement.
Kilrush Public Library: 21st September - 5th October
Life in a Shell
From 19th September - 8th October 2005 at Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
(An ENFO exhibition, supported by the environment section of Clare County Council)
An exhibition by the Irish Wildlife Trust on shells (bivalves and gastropods), outlining the biodiversity of sea shells, their evolution, habitats and identifying key points such as natural heritage, conservation and the interaction between wildlife and people.
Roger Casement Exhibition - selection of papers of Irish nationalist, Roger Casement.
Ennistymon Public Library: 5th - 19th September
Education Information Exhibition outlining courses available or accessible in the Mid West. Courses included are part-time, day and evening, distance and online and of various durations.
From 1st to 30th September
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Play Hour for 3 - 6 year olds
Wednesday 31st August 2005 at 3.00 - 4.00 pm.
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Book Club for Adult readers
Tuesday 30th August 2005 at 7.00 pm
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Art Workshop for 8 - 12 year olds with Alan Shoosmith
Thursday 25th August 2005 at 4.00 - 5 .00 pm.
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
A lecture given by Thomas Lynch and Book Launch of 'Booking Passage' - We Irish and the Americans Wednesday, 24th August 2005 at 8pm
Sweeney Memorial Library, Kilkee
Play Hour for 3 - 6 year olds
Wednesday 24th August 2005 at 3.00 - 4.00 pm.
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Art Workshop for 3 - 7 year olds with Alan Shoosmith
Tuesday 23rd August 2005 at 3.00 - 4.00 pm.
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
A lecture given by Criostoir McCarthy - History of Currachs
Wednesday, 17th August 2005 at 8pm
Sweeney Memorial Library, Kilkee
Play Hour for 3 - 6 year olds
Wednesday 17th August at 3.00 - 4.00 pm.
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Art Workshop for 8 - 12 year olds with artist Leonard Graham
Thursday 11th August 2005 at 4.00 -5.00 pm
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Play Hour for 3 - 6 year olds
Wednesday 10th August 2005 at 3.00 - 4.00 pm.
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
A lecture given by Dick Robinson - Shipwrecks off Kilkee & the RNLI
Wednesday, 10th August 2005 at 8pm
Sweeney Memorial Library, Kilkee
Open Evening with a representative from National College of Ireland
Tuesday 9th August 2005 at 5.30 - 7.30 pm
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Art workshop for 3 - 7 year olds with artist Imelda Greene
Tuesday 9th August 2005 at 3.00 - 4.00pm
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Writers in Libraries Programme - Reading by Gabriel Rosenstock
Thursday, August 4th at 3 p.m
Newmarket on Fergus Public Library
Exhibition of Cross stitch craftwork by Inna Pestova
2nd August - 20th August 2005
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
A lecture given by Tom 'Tash' Byrne - Vignettes of Victorian Kilkee
Wednesday, 3rd August 2005 at 8pm
Sweeney Memorial Library, Kilkee
Storytelling for Kids with Ruth Marshall
Wednesday, July 27th 2005 at 3 p.m.
Kildysart Public Library
A lecture given by John Murray - Birds of the Loop Peninsula
Wednesday, 27th July 2005 at 8pm
Sweeney Memorial Library, Kilkee
A Piano & Cello Recital - Darina Gibson & Jane Hughes
Wednesday, 20th July 2005 at 8pm
Sweeney Memorial Library, Kilkee
Information display depicting services provided by Clare Supported Employment Service to people with a disability, whether physical, sensory, intellectual, or hidden.
From 11th - 20th July 2005
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
A lecture given by Dick Cronin - Protecting our Built Heritage
Wednesday, 13th July 2005 at 8pm
Sweeney Memorial Library, Kilkee
Craft exhibition featuring cross-stitch craft work in pictures and gift cards, by Russian native Inna Pestova. Inna Pestova is a native of Russia now living in Clare.
From 6th - 30th July 2005
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Writers in Libraries Programme - Reading by Anthony Cronin Wednesday, July 6th, at 7.30pm at Sweeney Memorial Library, Kilkee
De Valera Public Library, Ennis, Children's Summer Project: 5th - 15th July, 2005
Clare County Library - Children's Summer Reading Scheme 2005
1st July 2005 to 31st August 2005
In all branch libraries
Local author Christine Breen, who has just published a book entitled So Many Miles to Paradise: From Clare to There about her nine-month adventure around the world with her husband and their two children will speak
Kilrush Library on Friday, 24th June at 6.30pm.
Children's author Vincent McDonnell will read from his books and talk to children aged 9-12
Wednesday, June 22nd, Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge at 11 a.m. and
Killaloe Public Library at 1.30 p.m.
Advance booking required for this event.
Shannon town Council will hold a presentation to acknowledge the contribution of the Society of Care to the Shannon Community from 1969 - 2005. The presentation of the Meara Bhaile's awards for 2005 will also take place.
Tuesday, June 21st at 8.30 p.m.
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
2005 Bisto Book of the Year award winner Kate Thompson will read from her books and talk to children aged 10-12
Tuesday, June 21st, Ennistymon Public Library at 11 a.m. and
DeValera Public Library, Ennis, at 1.30 p.m.
Advance booking required for this event
Well-known sports commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh
will speak and read from his recent book From Dún Síon to Croke Park
Monday, June 20th in Sean Lemass Library, Shannon at 1pm and
DeValera Library, Ennis at 5.30pm
Local author Christine Breen, who has just published a book entitled So Many Miles to Paradise: From Clare to There about her nine-month adventure around the world with her husband and their two children will speak at Kilkee Library on Monday June 20th at 7pm.
Book Promotion: Eureka - A Popular Science Book Promotion for Adults
From 1st June 2005 to 31st August 2005
Killaloe Public Library
Book Promotion: Eureka - A Popular Science Book Promotion for Children
From 1st June 2005 to 31st August 2005
Killaloe Public Library
Writers in Libraries Programme - Reading by Anne Haverty
Wednesday, June 1st, 7 p.m.
Corrofin Public Library
Writers in Libraries Programme - Reading by Jennifer Johnston
Friday, May 20th 7.30 p.m. at Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Audio Visual Presentation on the life and work of photographer Dorothea Lange by her son Daniel Dixon
May 12th 2005 at 7.30 p.m. at DeValera Public Library, Ennis
Bealtaine sa Chláir
An exhibition of work done by older people of Clare supported by the County Arts Office. Featuring work from Miltown Malbay Daycare Centre; St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis; Ennistymon Community Hospital and Raheen Hospital, Tuamgraney.
9th – 27th of May, library opening hours.
Venue: Gallery at De Valera Public Library, Ennis
Book Promotion: Wonderfully Wild – Books on the Biodiversity of Clare
From 1st May 2005 to the 31st July 2005
DeValera Public Library, Ennis
Book Promotion: BOOX - Teenage Book Promotion
From 1st May 2005 to the 31st July 2005
Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge and Corrofin Public Library
Book Promotion: The Modern Library – The Best Novels in English published in the 1950s
From 1st May 2005 to the 31st July 2005
Tulla Public Library
Book Promotion: Blúrín Gaeilge – Irish Language Book Promotion for Adults and Children
From 1st May 2005 to the 31st July 2005
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Book Promotion: The Modern Library – The Best Novels in English published in the 1960s
From 1st May 2005 to thel 31st July 2005
Newmarket-on-Fergus Public Library
Book Promotion: The Modern Library – The Best Novels in English published in the 1990s
From 1st May 2005 to the July 31st 2005
Kilmihil Public Library
Book Promotion: Changing Faces, Changing Places - A Multicultural Book Promotion for Children
From 1st May 2005 to the 31st July 2005
Sweeney Memorial Public Library, Kilkee
Book Promotion: Picture This - A Picture Book Promotion for Children
From 1st May 2005 to the 31st July 2005
Kildysart Public Libary
Book Promotion: The Modern Library – The Best Novels in English published in the 1970s
From 1st May 2005 to the 31st July 2005
Scariff Public Library
Book Promotion: The Modern Library – The Best Novels in English published in the 1980s
From 1st May 2005 to the 31st July 2005
Dr. Patrick J. Hillery Public Library, Miltown Malbay
Coping with Exams
Month of May
An information display by the Shannon Youth Office offering exam guidance, preparation and revision tips.
Book Promotion: Contemporary Irish Fiction – A Selection of the Best in Contemporary Irish Fiction
From 1st April 2005 to the 30th June 2005
Kilrush Public Library
Art Exhibition by Leonard Graham.
Sean Lemass Public Library Shannon from the 1st to the 30th April 2005.
Leonard is a visual artist who qualified in the Limerick School of Art & design, and has had solo exhibitions around Ireland and Europe. The exhibition comprises of colourful landscapes in mixed media.
St.Patricks Day Crafts for 4-10 year olds
Thursday 10 March at 4pm, Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge
Seachtain Na Gaeilge, March 5th-17th
Prós á Léamh ag Ré Ó Laighléis
Tuesday, March 15th at 1.30pm, Séan Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Prós á Léamh ag Ré Ó Laighléis
Monday, March 14th at 10.30am, Killaloe Public Library
Women in Art – Book Display for International Women’s Day
March 7th – 12th, DeValera Public Library, Ennis
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Friday, March 11th at 11am, Corofin Public Library
Prós á Léamh ag Ré Ó Laighléis
Friday, March 11th at 10.30am, Ennistymon Public Library
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Thursday, March 10th at 3pm, DeValera Public Library, Ennis
Prós á Léamh ag Ré Ó Laighléis
Thursdsay, March 10th at 1.30pm, Kilrush Public Library
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Thursday, March 10th at 1pm, Lisdoonvarna Public Library
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Thursday, March 10th at 10.30am, Ennistymon Public Library
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Wednesday, March 9th at 1.30pm, Tulla Public Library
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Wednesday, March 9th at 1pm, Séan Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Launch of Irish Language Book promotion entitled Blúirín Gaeilge for
Adults and Children by Ré Ó Laighléis
Wednesday, March 9th at 12.30am, DeValera Public Library, Ennis
Prós á Léamh ag Ré Ó Laighléis
Wednesday, March 9th at 10.30am, DeValera Public Library, Ennis
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Wednesday, March 9th at 10.30am, Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge
Poetry Reading by Ruth Marshall
Tuesday, March 8th at 4pm, DeValera Public Library, Ennis
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Tuesday, March 8th at 1pm, Kildysart Public Library
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Tuesday, March 8th at 10.30am, Kilrush Public Library
Scéalaíocht do dhaoine óga
Monday, March 7th at 11.30am, Killaloe Public Library
Book Review Competition for Children
World Book Day, Thursday 3rd March is celebrated in Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon, with a Book Review Competition for Children. Prizes will be sponsored by McLoughney's Newsagents, Shannon Sky Court, Shannon. Children are requested to choose one book to review from a selected list and submit their entry to the Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon, or to mailbox@clarelibrary.ie with the heading ' Shannon Book Review Competition', on or before Friday 11th March 2005. Further details and competition entry forms are available in the library.
Book Promotion: Eureka – A Popular Science Book Promotion for Adults and Children
From 1st March 2005 to the 31st May 2005
Ennistymon Public Library
Shannon Scouts Club 40th Anniversary.
The Shannon Scouts Club is Celebrating its 40th Anniversary with an Expo in Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon, from 14th - 28th February 2005. The Expo will include photographs, kerchiefs, fireblankets, charts of leaders, and memorabilia of their activities and adventures since the club's origin. A representative will be in attendance in the Library each afternoon to meet parents or children and answer any questions and provide information.
Writers in Libraries - reading by Carlo Gebler
Saturday February 5th, 12 noon, Killaloe Branch Library
Artist in Schools Scheme: An exhibition of work celebrating Clare County Council's Artist in Schools Scheme featuring various schools and artists. 17th - 29th January 2005 at De Valera Public Library, Ennis.
Original Cartoons, an exhibition by Vincent Hunt - from 20th December 2004 until early January 2005, at Ennistymon Public Library.

Ongoing Events

de Valera Public Library, Ennis
Kilkee Public Library
Kilrush Public Library
Sean Lemass Public Library, Shannon
Kilfinaghty Public Library, Sixmilebridge