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'Easter 1916'
Lecture series commences 8.00pm on Thursday 12th January.
Poetry Workshop
with prize-winning poet, Mae Newman, on Friday 20th January 11am-1pm. Booking essential
Community Tips workshop
First of a series of 4. Starts at 8pm
Acrylics Painting workshop
2.30-4.30pm
'Maidin Caife'
A coffee morning 'as Gaeilge' on Thursday 23rd February at 10.30 am in conjunction
with Aontas Adult Learners’ Festival.
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It's the Library's Centenary!
All the groups associated with the WEB Project will be having their own special celebrations during Whitechurch Library's Centenary Year.
The Centenary Quilt took centre stage on Wednesday 16th March when members of the local community came to 'put a stitch in the quilt' as it nears completion. The centrepiece is an embroidered panel made here, at a sewing class in the library, over eighty years ago. The Quilt, pieced by members of the Women's Arts and Crafts Group, is currently on display here in the Library.
On March 31st a new exhibition on the life of TJ Byrne, the architect who designed Whitechurch Library, was launched. This exhibition is currently on display in the Library.
Some of the photos taken on the 16th March.
Left: WEB Project Manager, Meg Murphy, pictured with Cllr. Cait Keane.
Right: Cllr. Emma Coburn with Alex White T.D
If you would like to know more about any of the events planned, please don't hesitate to contact us on 01-4952020, 01-4957171, 01-4930199 or info@webproject.ie
A huge THANK YOU to all who supported the Web Project by voting for our video in the recent 'Better Together' competition. Unfortunately, we were not successful on this occasion in being shortlisted for the prize money, however, there's always next time with your continuing support!
Photo: Betty Walsh working on the Quilt.
Librarian Breda Bollard is working on a book about the history of Whitechurch Library and this will be published during the Centenary Year.
The Jan/Feb edition of the WAG MAG is now available. Copies are currently being delivered door to door locally and are also available in Whitechurch Library, local shops, community centres etc.
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CELEBRATING A HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY
Above: Blacksmith Matthew Caffrey and family.
The Forge was next door to the library.
Photo courtesy of his granddaughter Marie Hopkins.
Whitechurch Library is celebrating its centenary in 2011, and South Dublin County Council intend to publish a commemorative book to mark the occasion. The grandparents and great-grandparents of many ‘Old Ballyboden’ families would almost certainly have been living locally when the Library officially opened its doors to the public for the first time on St. Patrick’s Day, 1911.
We’re looking for your help in locating old family photographs which will enable us to build a picture of what life was like in Ballyboden over the past hundred years.
Contact: Breda Bollard at 4930199 or Miriam Moffitt at 4952020 or 4957171 for details.
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