Post Tagged with: "Kerry Library"

THE Department of Rural and Community Development has allocated a grant of €225,000 for a new mobile library  for Kerry. Kerry already has two mobile libraries which serve North and West Kerry and South and East Kerry respectively. The funding will be used to replace one of the existing mobile libraries […]

KERRY Library will be hosting ‘Family History’ workshops at Tralee Library on Saturday, February 18 and at Killarney Library on Saturday, March 4. These ‘Starting Your Family Tree’ workshops will be facilitated by genealogist and family historian, Lorna Moloney. They will run from 10am to 2pm each day. The workshops […]

A NEW reading guide from Children’s Books Ireland celebrating picture books and illustration is now available in every branch library in Kerry. ‘Picture This’ features over 230 recommended reads for children and young people aged 0–18, which have been reviewed by experts in children’s literature. The guide aims to break […]

A FASCINATING part of Kerry’s sporting history in the form of two albums of newspaper cuttings put together in the 1950s by Gillian Mangan, younger sister of the legendary Kerry cyclist Gene Mangan, has been donated to Kerry Library. At an event at Killorglin Library on Tuesday, Gillian donated the […]

OVER €14,000 in funding is to be provided for libraries in Kerry. Government funding of €14,404 is being made available to assist libraries across Kerry to reach out to and improve services for vulnerable and marginalised groups. Welcoming the news, Kerry Fine Gael TD, Brendan Griffin said; “This funding is […]

KERRY Library will be celebrating Ireland Reads Day on Friday, February 25, with a host of online events. Children’s authors, Emma Larkin, and Katie O’Donoghue will present story time sessions which will be made available each day of the week beginning Monday 21st February. There will also be story times from […]

KERRY Library has teamed up with libraries nationwide and some local authors for the ‘Ireland Reads’ campaign, which is part of the government’s ‘Keep Well’ initiative and aims to celebrate reading and all the benefits it can have for wellbeing and enjoyment. The campaign is asking everyone to ‘squeeze in […]

KERRY Libraries are this week donating 1,000 books to children living in Direct Provision Centres in the county as well as children using the services of Family Resource Centres throughout Kerry. The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Patrick Connor Scarteen launched the initiative at Killarney Library on Thursday. The […]

FUNDING totalling €23,534,00 has been announced for Kerry Libraries. The funding, approved by Department of Rural and Community Development, has a specific focus and is aimed to support a wide variety of groups in local communities. ‘Family Time @ your library’  which is part of Kerry Library Services’ Right to Read Programme comprising of online […]

KERRY Library now offers free access for library members to a new eComics service, offering hundreds of digital comics and graphic novels, suitable for all ages. All you need to get started is a Kerry Library membership card. Anyone can register online for this service using their Kerry Library card and […]

THE Summer Stars Reading Adventure is back in Kerry libraries. This is an exciting reading-based programme which is available free of charge to primary school children across Kerry. The Summer Stars Reading Adventure will run during July and August in the Kerry Library Service. Children are invited to register for […]

KERRY LIBRARY will begin operating a new system for checking in and out library books which will result in significant benefits for library users from Tuesday, July 12. Kerry Library’s 22,000 members will be able to request books from libraries in other participating counties as well as use their library card […]

TRALEE Library will host a lecture titled ‘Austin Stack: Portrait of a Separatist’ on Tuesday, May 31, at 7pm. The lecture will be given by historian, Rev. J. Anthony Gaughan, a native of Listowel.  The lecture is based on his biography of Austin Stack.  The lecture forms part of Kerry […]

THE Kerry Library is holding an Open Day in its Local History and Archives section on Saturday, February 13, between 10am and 4pm for donations of family artefacts, photographs and letters relating to the Easter Rising. It will be part of an exhibition that will commemorate the role of the […]

THE Kerry County Mobile Library Service will receive €250,000 as part of the new Library Capital Investment Programme announced today by Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly, T.D. The Department will invest some €22 million nationally in the Library Capital Investment Programme for the period 2016-2021.  The programme will build […]

A FASCINATING exhibition of artifacts tracing the development of the Kerry Surgical Infirmary from the 18th century to date will be on show in Tralee Library from  September 1-14. Researched and collated over twenty years by distinguished local historian and author Dr Bob Fitzsimons, the exhibition has many original articles and […]