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Events September/October
Edition
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40 years
of service to the music loving public of Cork
8.00 Garth Cartwright; music journalist and author
Garth Cartwright’s book Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy
Musicians has been described as the greatest work exploring the intricacies
of Gypsy music. His most recent book Going for a song; A chronicle of the UK
record shop uncovers a wealth of information on vinyl records and stores.
Garth will be in conversation with Sheena Crowley, Crowley’s Musician Centre
and will read from his new book, with a special focus on Rory Gallagher’s
vinyl.
9.00 Book Launches: James Harpur and John F. Deane
Join us for the launch of The White Silhoutte by James Harpur and Dear
Pilgrims by John F. Deane both published by Carcanet . Music by violinist
Willow Liao.
James Harpur has won a number of prizes for his poetry, including the 1995
Friday 21 September British National Poetry Competition. He has received various awards and
bursaries and has held poetry residencies at the Munster Literature Centre in
Culture Night Cork and at Exeter Cathedral in the UK.
John F. Deane founded Poetry Ireland – the National Poetry Society – and The
Culture Night Poetry Ireland Review in 1979. He won the O’Shaughnessy Award for Irish
The City Library Poetry, the Marten Toonder Award for Literature and poetry prizes from Italy
Cork in 1918 and Romania. In 2008 he became the President of the European Academy of
An exhibition by the Local Studies Department, Cork City Libraries. Poetry.
5.00 pm Alternative techniques for advancing your music literacy; Bishopstown Library
Workshop: Do you have difficulties reading sheet music, but would like to
advance your musical skills to the next level? This interactive workshop will 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm: Teen Music Showcase Extravaganza!
help you discover new ways to approach your musical studies. Tom Mulcahy Culture Night at Bishopstown Library will see Cork’s finest young
( jazz guitarist) will share the strategies he has developed, and you will musicians showcasing their talents in a night of music and song.
also have the opportunity to explore assistive music technology. This free Refreshments provided. All welcome.
workshop is open to all, and may be of particular interest to musicians with
dyslexia. Presented by Music Generation, Cork City, in partnership with Cork
Academy of Music. Hollyhill Library
6.30 Frankenstein: A dramatic excerpt performed by Ocean of Notions 5.45 pm – 6.30 pm: Gamelan Workshop for adults and teens aged 16+ no
Theatre to celebrate the 200 anniversary of Mary Shelley’s book. previous experience necessary, booking essential, Tel 021 4924928 for
details
7.00 pm A reading from Patrick Galvin by Mary Fitz-Gerald Come and enjoy a session of relaxed, inclusive music-making with the Cork
7.15 pm Music session with Ger O’Sullivan Community Gamelan– a collection of Javanese metallophones and gongs,
Cork singer/songwriter Ger O’Sullivan has released 3 albums in the last four at Hollyhill Library. Presented by Music Generation Cork City, UCC and Cork
years. His fourth Love Is Out There will be released in September. City Libraries. No musical experience necessary. Booking recommended:
musicgencc.eventbrite.com
7.45 Cearta scríbhneoireachta do mhná: an troid, 1918 go 2018
Taispeántas trí mheán na Gaeilge a thugann chun suntais 6.30 pm - 8.00 pm Live at the Library with members of the Cork
saothair bhanscríbhneoirí ón gcéad seo caite gur deineadh Songwriter Club
cinsireacht orthu, mar shampla, Maura Laverty, Norah Holt, Kate Come along to hear members of the Cork Songwriter Club perform a
O’Brien agus Edna O’Brien. Beidh sliochta ó bhanscríbhneoirí na selection of their material.
linne seo á léamh agus á chéiliúradh le Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh Booking not essential.
agus grúpa Peann agus Pár.
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Cork City Libraries Presents Contents
The City Library...............................................3
Children’s Book Festival
Music Library...................................................5
Exhibitions.........................................................6
Children’s Book Festival...............................8
October 2018
Online Week.................................................. 10
Bishopstown.................................................. 11
Blackpool........................................................ 11
Douglas........................................................... 12
Holyhill............................................................ 13
Mayfield.......................................................... 14
Tory Top.......................................................... 15
A celebration of books and stories
for children and teenagers
with
engaging Storytellers The City Library Grand Parade
September | Wednesday 5 | 7.00 pm | A writer’s travels in Italy
inspiring Authors A special night with Irish novelist, poet, short story writer and Italophile William Wall who will
share the experience of his travels around Italy and the writers and music that inspire him,
Italian and non-Italian. In association with Irlanda Italiana.
entertaining Puppet Shows September | Monday 10 | 10.00 am | Conversation Café
A new social space in The City Library where people from all communities can come to chat
informative Workshops
on an agreed theme each month. This month’s conversation is: Be mindful of your mental
health and is hosted by occupational psychologist Hugh O’Donovan.
September | Wednesday 12
and much more 2.30 pm | Cork International Short Story Festival
Armel Dagorn: Launch of The Proverb Zoo
September | Wednesday 12
4.00 pm | Cork International Short Story Festival | From the Well Showcase moderated by
Billy O’Callaghan
September | Wednesday 12 | 7.00 pm | Hidden in Plain Site: Nano
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE Nagle’s 18th Century Convent | A lecture by Jessie Castle, Architectural Historian and
Historic Building Consultant, JCA Architects, Cork. The lecture is in association with Cork
Decorative and Fine Arts Society and is supported by Cork City Heritage Grant Scheme.
Please contact your local library September | Thursday 13 | 2.30 pm | Cork International Short Story
to enquire about booking Festival | Fiction at the Friary Showcase
requirements for events September | Thursday 13 | 4.00
pm | Cork International Short Story Festival | The
Stinging Fly: Twenty Years
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September | Thursday 13 | 6.30 pm | Book Launch | Testament October | Tuesday 16, 23 and 30 | 10.00 am – 12.15 pm
Kathy D’Arcy will launch Anne Elizabeth Bevan’s debut poetry collection Testament Paris in the Autumn | 10 week UCC lecture series by Professor Emeritus Éamon Ó
September | Friday 14 | 2.30 pm
Carragáin. Registration shortcourses@ucc.ie
| Cork International Short Story Festival Banshee October | Saturday 20 | 3.30 pm | LGBT+ Book Club | This month the
Showcase book club discusses The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne. Facilitated by writer Kevin
Doyle.
September | Friday 14 | 4.00 pm
| Cork International Short Story Festival | Seán Ó Faoláin Prize Reading October | Tuesday 23 | 6.30 pm | Doire Press Tour: A Crack in
Everything with Susan Lindsay and Louis Mulcahy | In her third collection Milling the
September | Saturday 15 | 2.30 pm | The First Prehistorical Serial Air, Susan Lindsay details the fractures of self amid seismic digital shifts and the flux of
Killer and Other Stories: Writing Noir with Teresa Solana followed by Q&A | Teresa social media, against a landscape of an earth in crisis. Reading from The Potter’s Book,
Solana is one of Spain’s best known crime writers. Her novels are a blend of merciless Louis Mulcahy illuminates creation in his craft, alongside the fallibility and miracle of
satire and detective thriller. A Not So Perfect Crime won the 2007 Brigada 21 Prize for best human nature. And in a poignant debut, Growing up in Colour, Maurice Devitt revisits
noir in Catalan. In association with UCC, Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin the childhood of a vanished Ireland, through the cracked lens of memory and the pain of
American Studies, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. transformation.
September | Tuesday 18 | 7.00 pm | Cork’s Waterways and Canals: October | Wednesday 24 | 6.30 pm | Telling the Truth? Documentary
A chronology in maps | Illustrated talk by Anthony Beese. One of four lectures in the poetry; a discussion with Dr. Robyn Rowland
Mapping the Lee - stories from the river series. Documentary poetry uses evidence in history, past or present, to recall and bring to light
stories that might otherwise remain hidden, voices and experiences that cannot be heard
September | Friday 21 | 5.00 pm to 10.00 pm | Culture Night | in other ways. These poems bring us into the moment of that story. Using poems from her
Workshops, Irish language readings, drama, poetry, author readings, book launches and latest book Mosaics from the Map, which includes work on Hadji Bey’s Turkish Delight,
much more. See Culture Night section. the Titanic, Alcock and Brown and her own family who immigrated from Cork, Robyn will
September | Saturday 22 | 3.00 pm | Cork Deaf Community Choir weave poems into a discussion of history and poetry.
A musical performance to celebrate International Sign Language Day. October | Thursday 25 | 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm | Writing Workshop |
September | Thursday 27 | 6.00 pm | Book Launch Slán abhaile, leaving home, finding home, exile and belonging | In this workshop poet
Robyn Rowland considers the histories of emigration and immigration. It covers the loss
The Fuse Within; A memoir of Seamus Kiely by Audrey O’Riordan of language, issues involved in arriving in a new land are considered, and firmly relate to
September | Saturday 29 | 10.30am | Quintessence Breastfeeding the reasons for departure. It is useful to participants if they can bring an item relating to
the topic, e.g. photos, a piece of lace, music, trinkets, which they can use in an experiential
Challenge | As part of Breastfeeding Week, Friends of Breastfeeding will host the moment within the workshop.
Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge. Mothers throughout Ireland will gather together
Booking required.
in venues across the country as part of this worldwide initiative that aims to highlight the
importance of breastfeeding. Come along to celebrate National Breastfeeding week with
other breastfeeding families.
Also Breastfeeding Week Stand hosted by Cuidiu Cork 1 – 6 October. Music Library
September | Saturday 29 | 3.30 pm | LGBT+ Book Club | This month
the book club discusses Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid. Facilitated by writer Kevin
Doyle.
September | Friday 14 | 11.00 - 12.00 pm. | Some Classic Country
Country Gramophone recital presented by Peter Harrington.
October | Wednesday 3 | 6.30 pm | Book Launch; Soldiers of Liberty September | Friday 28 | 11.00 – 12.00 pm | Autumn Tunes and more
Published by Lilliput Press, Eva O Cathaoir’s new book Soldiers of Liberty is a study of Grampohone recital presented by Denis O’Callaghen.
Fenianism from 1858-1908. It is based on extensive archival research, which rescues from
obscurity the lives of over a thousand Fenians. Launch by Ruan O’ Donnell. October | Friday 6 | 3.00 pm | Tribute to singer Delia Murphy with Carmen
October | Wednesday 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 | 10.30 am Cullen | Folk Festival event. Free
- 12.30 pm | An Illustrated Guide to English Literature | 8 week UCC lecture series. October | Friday 12 | 11.00 – 12.00 pm | Some Modern Country | Country
Lecturer: Mr James Cronin. Registration shortcourses@ucc.ie Gramophone recital presented by Denis McSweeney.
October | Monday 8 | 10.00 am | Conversation Café | A new social space October | Wednesday 17 | 7.00 pm | Trad session | With Johnny McCarthy
in The City Library for people from all communities to come and chat each month on an and Eoin O’ Riabhaigh. Part of the Rory Gallagher Music Library 40 year celebrations.
agreed theme.
October | Wednesday 24 | Time TBC | Jazz Tunes | Jazz Performances
October | Tuesday 9 | 6.30 pm | Book Launch including a lecture by Dr. Ian Darrington, OBE | As part of Cork Jazz Festival
Connolly Books launch The Life and Times of James Connolly, 2nd edition by Desmond C.
Greaves. Edited and launch by Prof. Anthony Coughlan, Trinity College, Dublin. October | Friday 26 | 11.00 – 12.00 pm | Mid-Term Musical Miscellany |
Gramophone recital presented by Joan Kennelly.
October | Tuesday 16 | 7.00 pm | The Significance of Cork City |
Illustrated talk by John Hegarty. One of four one hourly lectures in the Mapping the Lee - November | Friday 2 | 3.00 -4.00 pm | The RGML and IMRO present 50
stories from the river series. years of Loudest Whisper. | Performance and memories. Adm. Free.
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Mayfield library Hollyhill Library
Exhibitions Cork Anti-Poverty Resource
Network
Unfinished Business: A
Century of Women and
September Tuesday to Saturday | 10.00 am - 1.00
pm & 2.00 pm-5.30 pm
Women’s Rights
Tuesday to Saturday | 10.00
This exhibition traces 18 years of this am -5.30 pm
The City Library organisation which has encouraged and
empowered individuals to become involved
This exhibition examines 100 years of women’s rights, from
the suffragettes and the women’s vote through to the
Like Fighting with a Ghost: ‘Spanish Flu’ seventies, when the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement
in shaping their own lives and communities.
A Rare “Ulysses” Exhibition of 1918-1919 | Monday to Saturday | 10.00 Through its domestic violence project Mna was formed, and up to the present day. This exhibition also
Tuesday – Saturday, 10.00 am -5.00 pm am – 5.30 pm Feasa and Write Together, an adult literacy considers Irish female authors including Edna O’Brien and
A 1935 edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses, on This exhibition examines the pandemic that killed scheme, it has made enormous progress in Kate O’Brien, whose work was censored, and prominent
loan to Cork millions of people at the end of the First World War. tackling aspects of Cork society. See how women in Irish politics such as Mary Robinson and Mary
City Libraries, you can get involved! McAleese.”
is on display in
Exhibitions
the Reference
Department. It is
Bishopstown Library
one of only 250 ‘Lifelines’ Art Exhibition
The City Library
October
worldwide, signed Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am – 5.30 pm
by both James Joyce and Henri Matisse and Thursday until 8.00 pm
includes full page etchings, preparatory sketches Rory Gallagher Music Library
Geraldine Mallon Exhibition of Figurative and 1978 – 2018
and publisher’s slip-case. Landscape Oil Paintings
Bishopstown Library Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am –
5.30 pm
Visage: Masks from Around the World Art Exhibition by Mary Sullivan Music and memories; An exhibition
Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am – celebrating 40 years of the Music
Over 25 masks from Cork to the Congo and many 5.30 pm | Thursday until 8.00 pm Library which opened in 1978.
places in between from the personal collection Blackpool Library From October 1 – 20
of Declan Ryan, amassed over 30 years. These
ceremonial masks have influenced many artists Pakey Mahony – the
from Picasso and Matisse up to the modern day. boxer from Blackpool Hollyhill Library Louis Marcus Art Exhibition|
The exhibition will showcase a selection of masks Tuesday - Saturday | 10.00 Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am –
tracing their histories and influences over the years. am - 1.00 pm & 2.00 pm- Texaco Art
5.30 pm
From 3 September 5.30 pm Exhibition Louis Marcus, Irish documentary
An exhibition by students from Tuesday to Saturday filmmaker whose twenty international
St. Aidan’s Community College, | 10.00 am – 5.30 awards include two Academy Award
Dublin Hill, Cork pm | An exhibition Nominations, presents an exhibition
From September 18-29 of award winning of oil paintings on two themes; Art in
Cork in 1918 artworks from the 62nd Action and Cork Cinemas.
Monday to Saturday | (2016) and 63rd (2017) From October 11 to November 12
10.00 am – 5.30 pm Texaco Children’s Art
An exhibition by Douglas Library Competitions Shandon Archives
The Local Studies
Department, Cork City Beatha agus buanna Monday to Saturday | 10.00 am – 5.30 pm
Libraries Pháraic Uí Chonaire Douglas Library Photographer Martin Duggan captures everyday Shandon
life with a compelling collection of portraits and views of
From 17 September Tuesday – Saturday | 10.00 his locality.
am -5.30 pm Unfinished Business: A Century From 24 October – 7 November
The life and literary legacy of of Women and Women’s Rights
Pádraic Ó Conaire; Pádraic Ó Tuesday – Saturday | 10.00 am -5.30
Texaco Art Exhibition
Conaire’s book, Seacht mbua pm Wednesday Mayfield Library
an éirí amach was published until 8.00 pm
Tuesday to Saturday | in 1918. A collection of seven This exhibition The Lady of the Lantern; Nano
10.00 am – 5.30 pm short stories, each is linked examines 100 Nagle and her Legacy
An exhibition of award to the 1916 Rising. This years of women’s Tuesday – Saturday | 10.00 am -
winning artworks from exhibition considers the historical rights including 1.00 pm & 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm
the 62nd (2016) and 63rd and literary importance of Ó Conaire’s Seacht mbua the censorship of Celebrating Nano Nagle’s work, the
(2017) Texaco Children’s Art an éirí amach. It also discusses Ó Conaire’s life and female writers. history of the Nagles and her continuing relevance 300
Competitions other works. years on
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Children’s Book Festival October | Wednesday 3 | 12.30 | Dave Rudden author visit
October | Thursday 4 | 12.30 | Patrick Ryan storyteller
October 2018
October | Friday 5 | 9.30 am | Debbie Thomas author visit Hollyhill
October| Wednesday 10 | 11 am | Valerie Sheehan author visit
October| Thursday 11 | 11 am | Cethan Leahy author visit
October| Tuesday 16 | 12 noon | Arran Towers puppet show
October| Wednesday 17 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust
October| Thursday 18 | 11.30 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller
Grand Parade October| Friday 19 | 10 am & 11.30 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Vicious Vikings and The
Terrible Tudors
October | Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10 am | Deirdre Ryan Story, Rhythm and Rhyme October| Tuesday 23 | tbc am | Christine Hamill author visit
October | Monday 1 | tbc am | Dave Rudden x2 author visit October | Thursday 25 | 10 am | Alan Early presents Thor Blimey! The Secrets of the Vikings and Their
October| Tuesday 2 | 11 am | Cethan Leahy author visit Gods
October | Wednesday 3 | 9.30 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller
October | Friday 5 | 12.30 | Debbie Thomas author visit October | Tuesday 2 | 11 am & 12.30 | Dave Rudden author visit
October | Saturday 6 | 11.30 am | Pete Coe storyteller | in conjunction with Cork Folk Festival October | Wednesday 3 | 11 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller Tory Top
October | Tuesday 9 | 10 am | Ré Ó Laighléis author visit October | Thursday 4 | 9.30 am | Debbie Thomas author visit
October | Wednesday 10 | 10 am & 11.15 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Gorgeous Georgians October | Wednesday 10 | 11.30 am | Ré Ó Laighléis author visit
October | Friday 12 | 11 am | Shane Hegarty author visit October| Thursday 11 | 9.30 am | Cethan Leahy author visit
October | Tuesday 16 | 10 am | Nigel Quinlan author visit October| Thursday 11 | 11.30 am | Judi Curtin author visit
October | Wednesday 17 | 11 am | Valerie Sheehan author visit October | Friday 12 | 12.30 | Shane Hegarty author visit
October| Thursday 18 | 12 noon | Dogs Trust October| Wednesday 17 | 10 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller
October| Friday 19 | 11.30 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller October| Thursday 18 | 10 am | Fiona Boniwell graphic novel workshop
October| Tuesday 23 | tbc am | Christine Hamill author visit October| Friday 19 | 10.30 am | Ann Dalton audio drama workshop
October| Wednesday 24 | 9.30 am | Ann Dalton | audio drama workshop October| Tuesday 23 | 12 noon | Arran Towers puppet show
October| Wednesday 24 | 11.30 am | Ann Dalton | Pakistan- a peep into the melting pot October| Wednesday 23 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust
October | Thursday 25 | 12 noon | E.R. Murray presents West Cork Inspired! October | Thursday 25 | 10 am & 11.30 am | Alan Early presents Scribbles and Screens and Comic
Concoctions
October| Friday 26 | 10 am & 11.30 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Gorgeous Georgians and
Blackpool The Vicious Vikings
October | Wednesday 3 | 11 am | Dave Rudden author visit
October | Thursday 4 | 11 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller October | Tuesday 2 | 9.30 am | Dave Rudden author visit
October | Friday 5 | 11 am | Debbie Thomas author visit October | Wednesday 3 | 12.30 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller Douglas
October | Tuesday 9 | 11.30 am | Ré Ó Laighléis author visit October | Thursday 4 | 11 am | Debbie Thomas author visit
October | Thursday 11| 10 am | Judi Curtin author visit October | Wednesday 10 | 10 am | Ré Ó Laighléis author visit
October | Friday 12 | 10 am & 11.15 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Vicious Vikings October | Friday 12 | 10 am| Judi Curtin author visit
October | Tuesday 16 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust October| Tuesday 16 | 9.30 am| Arran Towers puppet show
October| Friday 19 | 10 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller October| Thursday 18 | 10 am| Iryshe Tudor Companye
October| Tuesday 23 | 9.30 am | Arran Towers puppet show October| Tuesday 23 | tbc am| Christine Hamill author visit
October | Wednesday 24 | 11 am | Valerie Sheehan author visit October | Thursday 25 | 10 am | E.R. Murray presents Ghosts and Gothic Fiction
Mayfield October | Monday 1 | tbc am | Dave Rudden author visit
October | Thursday 4 | 12.30 | Debbie Thomas author visit Bishopstown
October| Wednesday 3 | 9.30 am | Dave Rudden author visit October| Friday 5 | 10 am & 11.45 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye
October| Thursday 4 | 9.30 am | Patrick Ryan storyteller presents The Gorgeous Georgians and The Vicious Vikings
October| Friday 12 | 9.30 am | Shane Hegarty author visit October| Tuesday 9 | 11 am | Valerie Sheehan author visit
October | Tuesday 16 | 11.30 am | Nigel Quinlan author visit October | Friday 12 | 11.30 am | Judi Curtin author visit
October| Wednesday 17 | 10.30 am | Ann Dalton audio drama workshop October| Wednesday 17 | 11.30 am | Paddy O’Brien storyteller
October| Tuesday 23 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust October| Friday 19 | 11.30 am | Dogs Trust
October| Wednesday 24 | 11.30 am | E.R. Murray presents West Cork Inspired! October | Wednesday 24 | 11.30 am | Alan Early presents Scribbles and Screens
October| Thursday 25 | 10 am & 11.15 am | Iryshe Tudor Companye presents The Gorgeous Georgians October | Thursday 25 | 9.30 am | E.R. Murray presents Fact or Fiction? Writing Unreal Stories
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Online Week at Cork City Libraries. Bishopstown Wilton
Your free membership allows access to our online
services, including language learning, digital September | Launch Thursday 6 | 6.00 pm – 7.45 pm |
‘Lifelines’ Art Exhibition: Geraldine Mallon Exhibition of Figurative and Landscape Oil
magazines and Britannica Online. Paintings | Exhibition runs for the month of September
September | Friday 21 | 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm | Culture Night:
Culture Night: Teen Music Showcase Extravaganza | All Welcome
October | Daily 4-26 | Art Exhibition: Mary Sullivan Painting
Exhibition Exhibition runs for the month of October
Mayfield Library
Geraldine Mallon Exhibition (above) Mary Sullivan Exhibition (above)
September | Tuesday 4 | 10.00 am-11.00
am | Newspaper Archive Online
See how easy it is to access the Irish Newspaper
Archive. Delve into Irish history spanning 4
Blackpool Bowler House, Redforge Road, Blackpool
centuries. This free archive is available in any
branch of Cork City Libraries. Bishopstown Library September | Tuesday 18-29 | 10.00am - 1.00 & 2.00-5.30
PC skills required p.m. | “Pakey Mahony – the boxer from Blackpool” | An exhibition by students
September | Friday 7 | 10.00 am-11.00 am | from St. Aidan’s Community College, Dublin Hill, Cork. All welcome.
Douglas Library Free digital magazines
September | Tuesday 4 | 10.00 am-11.00am Try rb digital. Choose from over 300 digital September | Tuesday 4 and 18 | 10.30am - 11.30 noon |
| Irish Times Digital Archive magazines. Free to use anywhere. Bring your Blackpool Adult Writing Circle | Creative writing workshops for budding writers
Explore editions of Irish Times from 1859 onwards. current library card. and those who wish to commit their individual family memories to paper and
This free archive is available in any branch of Cork PC skills required screen, coordinated by experienced adult education tutor, J.P.Cotter.
City Libraries.
PC skills required Blackpool Library September | Tuesday 11 | 2.00pm - 3.00 p.m | Blackpool
Adult Book Club.
The City Library, Grand Parade September | Friday 7 | 10.00 am-11.00 am | All welcome.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
September | Wednesday 5 | 10.00 am- See how easy it is to access vast collections of September | Wednesday 12 | 11.00am – 12.00 noon |
11.00am| Mango Languages Online information with Britannica Online. Bring your Cúinne na Gaeilge | “Mo scéal féin agus cúrsaí staire”. Fáilte roimh cách. Saor
Learn a new language at home or on the go, at your current library card. chead isteach.
own pace. Over 70 free courses to choose from. PC skills required
Bring your current library card. October | Tuesday 2 and 16 | 10.30am - 11.30 noon |
PC skills required Hollyhill Library Blackpool Adult Writing Circle | Creative writing workshops for budding writers
and those who wish to commit their individual family memories to paper and
Tory Top Library September | Wednesday 5 | 2.30 pm- screen, coordinated by experienced adult education tutor, J.P.Cotter.
4.30pm | Dictionary of Irish Biography
September | Saturday 8 | 10.00 am-11.00 Online October | Tuesday 9 | 2.00 – 3.00 p.m. | Blackpool Adult Book
am| Universal Class The Dictionary of Irish Biography is where you find Club. | Author Kevin Doyle will talk about his recently published book” To keep a
Choose from over 400 online courses, including Nano Nagle, George Best, Jack Lynch and Sean bird singing”. Admission free. All welcome.
business, computers and personal development.
Learn at a pace that suits you. Free to use
Ó Riada, together in the one place. It is easy to
use and has over 9,000 entries. Free to use in any October | Wednesday 10 | 11.00am – 12.00 noon | Cúinne na
anywhere. Bring your current library card. branch of Cork City Libraries. Gaeilge | Seoladh an leabhar nua faoin Ath. Peadar. “Mise agus an mac sin”. “I am
PC skills required PC skills required the son”, le Eilís Uí Bhriain and Pat O’Brienn. Fáilte roimh cách. Saor chead isteach.
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Hollyhill Harbour View Road, Knocknaheeny
September | Ongoing | Sensory Friendly visits
Hollyhill library offers families with children with autism or sensory issues a private library visit
with low lights and low noise. Please ring Hollyhill Library on 021 4924928 to book
September | All month | 10.00 am-5.30 pm | 100 years of women
A History is to Blame exhibition on 100 years of women’s progress, from Irish women’s first
vote up to the present day.
September | Tuesday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10.00 am-10.45 am | Storytime
for children | A morning of story, song and rhyme for children from birth to 4 years
accompanied by an adult.
September | Tuesday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10.00 am-11.30 am | Tuesdays
at Ten Guitar Club | Informal guitar jamming session for adults who want to learn new songs
and brush up on their skills. Guitar and a good knowledge of guitar chords needed. New
members welcome, free of charge
September | Thursday 6 | 12.00 noon | Gramophone Recital
Admission free, all welcome
September | Friday 21 | 5.45 pm-8.00 pm | Culture Night
Join us for two free events.
5.45 pm: Gamelan Workshop for adults and teens aged 16+ no previous experience necessary,
booking essential, Tel 021 4924928 for details
6.30 pm - 8.00 pm Concert featuring members of the Cork Songwriter Club
Douglas Douglas Village Shopping Centre September | Saturday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | 10.00am-5.30 pm |
Family Day at the Library | A fun day packed with books, board games, colouring pages and
September | Wednesday 5 | 12.30 pm | Douglas Writers Group a film.
New members welcome Film starts at 2pm
September | Friday 7 | 11.00 am | Gramophone Recital September | Tuesday 4 | 10.30 am | Ciorcal Comhrá
Guest presenter Rosemary Murphy. Admission free, all welcome. Conversational Irish. Have a chat as gaeilge agus tóg go bog é. New members welcome,
admission free.
September | Tuesday 11 | 11.00 am | Hillside Book Club
New members welcome September | Tuesday 5 | Hollyhill Book Club
New members welcome, admission free
September | Thursday 20 | 10.30 am | Tai Chi
Tai Chi in the library for the Young at Heart. Admission free, all welcome September | Tuesday 11, 18, 25 | 11.30 am – 1.00 pm | Ukulele for
beginners | Beginners ukulele for retired people, as part of a programme to promote healthy
September | Friday 28 | 11.00 am | Ciorcal Comhrá ageing, a joint initiative between HSE Primary Care Clinical Psychology Services and Cork City
Enjoy a chat as Gaeilge and stay for a cupán tae, all welcome Libraries. For more information and to book your free place contact 086-7871716.
October | Tuesday 2 | 11.00 am | Social Sketchers October | All month | 10.00 am-5.30 pm | Texaco Children’s Art Collection
Bring your brush and paints and join a group of local artists for the morning Exhibition | A selection of local and regional winning artworks from recent Texaco children’s
October | Wednesday 10 | 11.00 am | Douglas Reading Circle art competitions on display in the Lightwell Gallery
New members welcome October | Tuesday 02, 09, 16 | 11.30 am – 1.00 pm| Ukulele for
October | Thursday 11 | 6.30 pm | Lennox Robinson Tribute beginners
Beginners ukulele for retired people, as part of a programme to promote healthy ageing, a
Evening | An evening of poetry, song and stories joint initiative between HSE Primary Care Clinical Psychology Services and Cork City Libraries.
October | Thursday 18 | 6.00 pm | Creative Writing for fun For more information and to book your free place contact 086-7871716.
New members welcome
October | Tuesday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 | 10.00 am-10.45 | Storytime for
October | Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 6.30 pm | Adult Chess Club Children | A morning of story, song and rhyme for children from birth to 4 years accompanied
by an adult.
New members welcome
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October | Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10.30 am- 12.30 pm | Ageing
Well | Are you over 60 and interested in finding out more about physical and mental Tory Top Tory Top Road, Ballyphehane
health, sleep patterns, everyday activities, ways to overcome loneliness, safety in the home
and community? Ageing Well is an interactive 8 week programme run by Primary Care
Occupational Therapy in Cork. Please contact 021 -4923194 September | Friday 14, 21, 28 and October 5,
October | Tuesday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 | 10.00 am-11.30 | Tuesdays at 12, 19 | 11.00 – 12.30 pm | Intercultural Studies Course | This six week
Ten Guitar Club | Informal guitar jamming session for adults who want to learn new songs course deals with what a country’s culture means to people. Come along and
and brush up on their skills. Guitar and a good knowledge of guitar chords needed. New participate in discovering your cultural identity.
members welcome, admission free Places Limited. Booking essential.
October | Wednesday 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 | 10.30 am | Knitting September | Tuesday 25 | 11.00 | Gramophone Recital
Tory Top Library Gramophone Recital. Admission Free. All welcome.
and Crochet Group | New members welcome, admission free
October | Thursday 4 | 12.30 pm | Gramophone Recital October | Tuesday 30 | 11.00 | Gramophone Recital.
Tory Top Library Gramophone Recital. Admission Free. All welcome.
Free of charge, all welcome
October | Saturday 6, 13, 20, 27 | 10.30 am-5.30 pm | Family day
at the library | Join us for a fun day packed with books, board games, colouring pages
and a Tale at Two. To celebrate Childrens Book Fest, Hollyhill library present a Tale at Two :
a reading of Roald Dahl classics every Saturday in October at 2 pm . Admission free
October | Saturday 6 | 11.00 am - 2.00 pm | Cork Songwriter Club October |
The Cork Songwriter Club are a group of local songwriters who share ideas, collaborate on
songs, listen to original music of members and have fun. All songwriters, from beginners to
Saturday 6 |
10.00 | Signed Storytime
more experienced in whatever genre are welcome to attend. Admission free Storytelling with Barbara for Ages 0-5 years with an emphasis on sensory
experiences. Come join us and awaken the senses. Limited Spaces. Booking
Mayfield Old Youghal Rd, Montenotte
Essential. Phone 021-4924934. This story time will be signed by sign language
interpreter Ray Greene.
September | Saturday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and
September | Wednesday 12 | 11.00 am | Book Club
New members welcome October 6, 13, 20 | 2.30 – 3.00 pm| Colouring Competition
All welcome.
October | Wednesday 10 | 11.00 am | Book Club
New members welcome September | Saturday 29 and October 20 | 9.30
am | Sensory Story time | Storytelling with Deirdre Ryan with an emphasis on
October | Children’s Colouring | Competition throughout sensorial experiences. Come join us and awaken the senses. Fun and games in
the month plenty supply. Limited Spaces. Booking essential.
16 Be a part of this city wide bookclub! One City, One Book Yiyun Li was Born in Beijing. Her first collection of short stories, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the PEN/Hemingway and Frank O’Connor International Short Story awards. She was cited as a writing talent to watch on the New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” list — the stories in her masterful collection, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, often focus with great empathy on older generations who survived the chaos and personal disruptions of the Cultural Revolution. She is Professor of Creative Writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University. Yiyun Li will be in The City Library, Grand Parade on October 10 to launch One City One Book. A number of free copies of the book will be available on the night.
The City Library 57 – 61 Grand Parade, Cork 021-4924900 - libraries@corkcity.ie
Lending Library: 021-4924908 interlibrary@corkcity.ie
Children’s Library: 021-4924903 childrens_library@corkcity.ie
Rory Gallagher Music Library: 021-4924919 music_library@corkcity.ie
Reference Library: 021-4924911 reference_library@corkcity.ie
Local Studies Library: 021-4924914 local_studies@corkcity.ie
Cork City Libraries
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I Blackpool
Library
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I Frank O'Connor
Library, Mayfield
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I Hollyhill
Library
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I CITY
LIBRARY
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I Tory Top
Library
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I Bishopstown
Library
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I Douglas
Library
Bishopstown Library Wilton, Cork - 0214924950 - bishopstown_library@corkcity.ie
Blackpool Library Bowler House, Redforge Road, Blackpool, Cork - 021 4924933 - blackpool_library@corkcity.ie
Douglas Library Douglas Village Shopping Centre, Cork - 021 4924932
Frank O’Connor Library, Mayfield Old Youghal Road, Mayfield. Cork- 021 4924935 - mayfield_library@corkcity.ie
Hollyhill Library Harbour View Road, Knocknaheeny, Cork - 021 4924928 - hollyhill_library@corkcity.ie
Torytop Library Tory Top Road, Ballyphehane, Cork - 021 4924934 - torytop_library@corkcity.ieYou can also read
