COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
HEADED ITEM NO. 2
LIBRARY NEWS & EVENTS
April 2010
| Branch | Events | Date |
| Ballyroan | Circle Cómhra Irish Conversation group with approx.15 regular attendees | Mondays at 6.45pm |
| English Class for Foreign Nationals | Tuesdays at 10am | |
| Computer Classes Beginner’s Computer classes for older people | Tuesdays at 10am | |
| Shine Mental Health Support Group - Private meeting for members | Tuesdays at 2.30pm | |
| German class | Wednesdays at 11am | |
| Weekly Story Time for Toddlers | Wednesdays at 3.30pm | |
| Improver’s Spanish | Wednesdays at 6.30pm | |
| Age Action Computer classes Beginner’s Computer classes for older people. Run in partnership with Age Action Ireland. | Thursdays at 10am | |
| Writer’s Group. The writer’s group have produced a number of books of short stories. | Thursdays at 10am | |
| Beginner’s Spanish | Thursdays at 3.30pm |
| French Conversation group Language exchange for those with a good knowledge of the language. | Thursdays at 7pm | |
| Parent and Toddler Group | Friday at 10am | |
| Social Club - Southside Intellectual Disability Service New group initiated by HSE and held in Ballyroan library | Thursday 1st, 8th & 15th April at 5.15pm | |
| Housebound Service The Library comes to your door! If a library member is unable to visit the library due to age or infirmity, we select books and deliver them to their door. | Tuesday 6th & 13th April | |
| Easter Arts and Crafts Make you own puppet workshop | Tuesday 6th April at 3.30pm | |
| Knitting Club & Crafts Social Club | Tuesday 6th & 20th April at 4pm | |
| Shine Mental Health Support Group - SHINE supports people affected by metal ill health and their families. Group Public meeting | Tuesday 6th April at 6.30pm | |
| Joe Delaney visit Bestselling author of The Spook’s Apprentice series visits to tell his fans about his characters, spooky ideas and upcoming movie. All 11- 14 year olds welcome | Friday 9th April at 11am | |
| Rathfarnham Guide Book & Map Project A new project for 8-12 year olds. Come along every Saturday afternoon for eight weeks to help create a local guide book and map of Rathfarnham outlining and describing places of interest for all the family. The guide book and map will be produced by South Dublin libraries and children will be exposed to local history, the research process and factual writing. It will be of interest to teachers, students and all who live in the Rathfarnham area. | Saturday 10th, 17th & 24th April at 2pm | |
| U3A University of the Third Age. Self directed learning for older people. Group has twenty members and arrange varied activities, talks and outings. | Monday 12th April at 10.30am | |
| Orchard Book Club Local book club with approx. 12 members | Monday 12th April at 2.30pm | |
| Junior Book Club Approx. 15 members aged from 8-12 years. | Monday 12th April at 3.30pm | |
| Ballyroan Library Reader’s Group - Long established book club with many long term members. | Tuesday 13th April at 7pm | |
| TARA book club Templeogue Active Retirement group book club held in Ballyroan library | Friday 16th April at 2pm | |
| Junior Chess Club for 8-14 year olds | Saturday 17th & 24th April at 10.30am | |
| Eco Week - Environmental Science Workshop for Learn how to look after your environment School class visit | Monday 19th April at 10am | |
| Eco Week - Recycle Magic Children will make crafts from their rubbish! 15 children | Monday 19th April at 3.30pm | |
| Poetry Circle The only poetry in group in Dublin libraries. Approx. regular 10 attendees | Tuesday 20th April at 6.45pm | |
| Community Recycling Initiative From Spin Cycle to Recycle Talk and Workshop. Clondalkin Community Recycling Initiative hosts a talk and workshop on how to recycle your common household appliances. | Wednesday 21st April at 11am |
| Eco Week - Dale Treadwell from RTE’s Kazoo show will bring his unique take on the life to be found in your own back garden School class visits All children welcome to 3pm session – Booking Essential | Friday 23rd April at 9.45am, 11am, 12pm & 3pm | |
| Surviving the Great Recession. Ed Deevy, author and management psychologist will talk about how individuals, families and organisations can respond to the challenges posed by the current recession. | Tuesday 27th April at 7pm | |
| Classic Movie Night Regular attendance of 40-50 people | Wednesday 28th April at 5.30pm | |
| Teen Movie Night Monthly. Regular attendance of 20+ | Wednesday 28th April at 5.30pm | |
| Lunchtime Book club | Thursday 29th April at 1pm | |
| School class visits Library visits by school groups including Ballyroan boys school and Rathfarnham Parish National School with storytime and library tour Regular unscheduled visits from Ballyroan Boys, Rathfarnham Parish National School, Whitechurch National School and Saplings School (for children with autism) School classes also visit for events such as author visits. | School visits for Eco Week events scheduled No other visits scheduled visits for April |
For further information contact 4941900 or www.southdublinlibraries.ie
| Branch | Events | Date |
| Tallaght | FAS E-Learning | Mondays from 11am – 1pm |
| TTRS (Touch Type Read Spell) | Mondays from 2.30pm – 3.30pm | |
| Polish for Beginners | Mondays from 6.30pm – 7.30pm | |
| French conversation for Teens (14-16 year olds) | Mondays from 7pm – 8pm | |
| Irish Conversation Group | Tuesdays from 1pm – 2pm | |
| TTRS (Touch Type Read Spell) | Tuesdays from 6.30pm – 7.30pm | |
| Spanish Classes | Tuesdays from 6.30pm – 7.30pm | |
| Toddler Time | Wednesdays at 10.30am | |
| Beginner English Conversation Group | Wednesdays from 5.30pm – 6.30pm | |
| FAS E-Learning | Wednesdays from 6pm – 8pm | |
| Intermediate English Conversation Group | Wednesdays from 6.45pm – 7.45pm | |
| Computer Classes | Thursdays from 6pm – 8pm | |
| German for Beginners | Thursdays 7pm – 8pm | |
| TTRS (Touch Type Read Spell) | Fridays from 10am – 11am | |
| Exhibition: Tallaght Photographic Society Exhibition | 29th March – 10th April | |
| BRI Support Group Acquired Brain Injury Support Group | Thursday 1st April at 6pm | |
| Adult Book Club Discussing “Once Upon a Hill” by Glenn Paterson and “The Boy with the Topknot” by Sathnam Sanghera. Copies of “Let the Great World Spin” and “Zoli” by Colum McCann and “On Chesil Beach” by Ian McEwan will be distributed. New Members always Welcome. www.tallaghtbookclub.com | Tuesday 6th April from 6.45pm – 7.45pm | |
| Easter Crafts with Yvonne O’Neill for 5 – 8 year olds Booking Essential | Thursday 8th April at 1pm | |
| Easter Crafts with Yvonne O’Neill for 9 - 10 Booking Essential | Thursday 8th April at 3.30pm | |
| Exhibition of Photography Thomas Kiernan | 12th April – 1st May | |
| Exhibition of Photography Dave McManus | 12th April – 1st May | |
| Drug Awareness Programme for Parents with Tallaght Youth Service (5-week course) Booking Essential. | Starts Tuesday 13th from 10am -12noon | |
| Primary School Class Visits | Tuesday 13th April at 10am & 11am | |
| Photography Workshop with Podge Kelly (4-week course) Booking Essential | Starts Tuesday 13th April from 6pm – 8pm | |
| Junior Book Club Booking Essential | Saturday 17th April 11am | |
| Eco Week Storytelling for 5 – 8 yrs Booking Essential | Monday 19th April at 10am & 11.15am | |
| Eco Arts with Yvonne O’Neill for 8 – 12 yrs Booking Essential | Monday 19th April at 3.30pm | |
| Eco Week Exhibition The Race: Red & LB Save our Environment (for Children) | 19th – 24th April | |
| Workshop by the Irish Film Institute Following a screening of Billy Elliot, and Inside I'm Dancing at the UCI, the IFI will conduct a workshop for Leaving Cert students. Class Booking | Tuesday 20th April at 12noon Wednesday 21st April at 12noon (2 groups) | |
| Colum McCann at the County Library to celebrate the launch of the Readiscover programme in association with Bord Gais and An Chomhairle Leabharlanna Booking Essential | Thursday 22nd April at 11am | |
| Creative Writing Session with Fiachra Sheridan (author of The Runners) Killinarden Community School Part of Family Literacy Project | Friday 23rd April at 2pm |
| Information Morning with Tallaght Adult Learning Network | Monday 26th April at 10am | |
| Movie Night Screening “The Lives of Others” | Thursday 29th April at 7pm | |
| Information Evening with Open University | Thursday 29th April at 6.30pm | |
| Tallaght Historical Society | Date and lecture title to be confirmed. |
For further information contact 462 0073 or www.southdublinlibraries.ie
April 2010
| Branch | Events | Date |
| Whitechurch | Library Opening Hours | Tuesday’s 2pm – 5pm & 6pm – 8pm Wednesday’s 10am – 1pm & 2pm – 5pm Thursday’s 2pm – 5pm & 6pm – 8pm |
| Ballyboden Social History Group established since 2001, is open to all with an interest in historical and social issues. There are frequent guest lectures on a wide variety of topics, it features workshop type discussions and it is very informal. You can come for one session that is of particular interest to you, or attend on a regular basis, In co-operation with the WEB Project who organise the outings and indeed the holidays away, refreshments always served in a friendly homely environment. All Welcome. The current work of the group includes helping the research on a book on the history of Whitechurch Library, and 'moments in your life', in conjunction with History Ireland. | Thursdays from 2pm | |
| Money Advice and Budgeting Service MABS MABS a confidential money advice and budgeting service, provide a clinic with friendly experienced staff from their Dundrum office every Friday by appointment only. Contact the library 4930199 or the WEB project 4937218 or MABS directly to arrange an appointment. | Fridays from 10am | |
| Women's Arts and Crafts This project is in co-operation with the WEB Project. The women are making a patchwork quilt to reflect the centenary of Whitechurch Library in 2011. It hopes to reflect in this work of art, the creativity and energy of all those who have used this historic building since 1911. there will be some input from visiting craftswomen, historians and artists to help make this the centre piece of an exhibition in March 2011 new members are always welcome, support and training in the project will be given. Contact Whitechurch Library 4930199 or Meg Murphy telephone 4957171. | Mondays from 2pm (expect Monday 5th April) | |
| Sean Keating in Context with Dr Eimear O'Connor Sean Keating RHA, one of Ireland's most iconic painters lived in Ballyboden. We are delighted to have the distinguished scholar and artist, Dr Eimear O'Connor, to give this talk on his life and work. A particular welcome to people from the Ballyboden area, who may have memories of him. Hosted by the Ballyboden Social History Group and all are welcome. Telephone Breda Bollard in Whitechurch Library 4930199. | Thursday 15th April at 2pm |
| FLAC Free Legal Advice provided by volunteer solicitors is co-cordinated in Whitechurch Library on a strictly appointment only basis. Accessible and confidential contact the WEB project for an appointment. Enquiries to Whitechurch Library 4930199 or the WEB Project 4957171 | Tuesday 6th & 20th April at 7.15pm |
For more information contact 493 0199 or www.southdublinlibraries.ie