
Gardening tips for the month of March
Longer sunnier days usually arrive by mid-March and we have more opportunities to get into the garden and perform some much-needed tasks. March is the time when growth begins, and …
Read MoreLonger sunnier days usually arrive by mid-March and we have more opportunities to get into the garden and perform some much-needed tasks. March is the time when growth begins, and …
Read MoreBy Walter Lawler Kilkenny’s Carnegie Library I begun my library career with Kilkenny Libraries in June 2003. I needed work experience before I started my postgrad in Library and Information …
Read More‘There are so many untold stories that need a voice and a light to be shined on them, this keeps me going, I need to tell these stories.’ (Sheila Forsey) …
Read MoreI was having one of those “beached whale afternoons” over the recent festive period. You all know the one: sprawled across the couch, totally stuffed but still managing to find …
Read MoreThe fourth and final film in our online season of classic films is the 1947 crime thriller ‘Kiss of Death’. Arguably (in this writer’s opinion at least!) the best film …
Read MoreInterviews with Irish Writers by Niamh Boyce. I’m delighted to welcome David Delaney, author of Reaching Eden to #TuesdaysWriter today! Living in Laois – David is multi-talented and dynamic – …
Read MoreBy Karen from Portlaoise Library “What do you call a blind dinosaur?” A Do-you-think-he-saurus. What do you call a blind dinosaur’s dog? A Do-you-think-he-saurus Rex. If you’re of a certain …
Read MoreArticle by Tommy Scott, Portlaoise Library. The third film in our season of online classic films is the 1950 gangster thriller ‘Night and the City’. Starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney …
Read MoreI first became aware of Pat Ingoldsby in the 1980s, through his TV shows Pat’s Pals, Pat’s Hat and Pat’s Chat. He stood out from the other presenters of …
Read MoreNow that spring has sprung it’s time to get busy in the garden and although it’s still wet and cold, there are a lot of jobs that can be done …
Read MoreBy Walter Lawler September 2001 will be remembered globally for the 9/11 terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York. This was the main headline story of the month …
Read MoreFew other films of the 1940s better set the template for film noir than the 1944 Fritz Lang directed ‘The Woman at the Window’. One of the giants of early …
Read MoreToni Morrison 1931 -2019 “It’s impossible to actually imagine the American literary landscape without a Toni Morrison. She is our conscience, she is our seer, she is our truth-teller.” Oprah …
Read MoreThe first film in Laois Library Film Club’s Spring season of classic films is the 1946 film noir thriller ‘The Stranger’. ‘The Stranger’ was directed by Orson Welles, and he …
Read MoreFinding inspiration in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic. By Niamh Boyce It’s February, month of snowdrops, new growth, longer days and farewell to winter! This new season finds me thinking about …
Read Moreby Erika from Portlaoise Library. February 1st marks the festival of St Brigid or Lá Fhéile Bhríde in Ireland. It was seen as the turning point in the year …
Read MoreBy Walter Lawler The first time I heard of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was in the early 1980s, when I was 6 or 7. The names didn’t mean …
Read More‘She wrapped her hands around the tree of Irish poetry and shook it to its foundations.’ Imagine a poet – what do you see? In a recent editorial …
Read MoreMEET THE READER This is the first in the series created by Eilish from Portarlington Library where we get to find out more about our lovely library members! Betty is …
Read MoreBy Walter Lawler On the 5th of May 1821 Napoleon died on the island of St. Helena deliriously whispering “France, Army, At the Head of the Army, Josephine”. Not bad …
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