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Gardening tips for the month of March

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021

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 …

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Andrew Carnegie: The Man And His Libraries

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

By 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 …

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Sheila Forsey: Writing the Forgotten Irish.

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

‘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) …

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In Praise of Comics

February 27, 2021March 2, 2021

I 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 …

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Laois Library Film Club: ‘Kiss of Death’ (1947)

February 25, 2021March 6, 2021

The 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 …

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Tuesday’s Writer: David Delaney

February 23, 2021March 6, 2021

Interviews 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 – …

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Sink your Teeth into a “roarsome”Dinosaur Book

February 20, 2021March 6, 2021

By 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 …

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Laois Library Film Club: ‘Night and the City’ (1950)

February 18, 2021February 24, 2021

Article 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 …

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Pat Ingoldsby: Poet, playwright, legend.

February 16, 2021February 27, 2021

  I 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 …

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Gardening tips for the month of February

February 13, 2021February 24, 2021

Now 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 …

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Laois Ladies Senior Football All Ireland Champions 2001

February 12, 2021February 20, 2021

By 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 …

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Laois Library Film Club: ‘The Woman in the Window’ (1944)

February 11, 2021February 20, 2021

Few 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 …

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Tuesday Author: Tony Morrison and ‘Beloved’.

February 9, 2021February 20, 2021

Toni 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 …

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Laois Library Film Club’s Spring Season of Classic Films: ‘The Stranger’ (1946)

February 4, 2021February 13, 2021

The 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 …

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Springing into Creativity

February 2, 2021February 13, 2021

Finding 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 …

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‘Brigid brings the Spring’: St Brigid’s Day Traditions in Irish Folklore.

January 30, 2021February 13, 2021

  by 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 …

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The Fight of the Century: Ali v Frazier I, 1971

January 28, 2021February 13, 2021

By 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 …

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Eavan Boland – 1944 -2020

January 26, 2021February 2, 2021

  ‘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 …

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Meet the Reader- Betty

January 20, 2021January 31, 2021

MEET 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 …

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Napoleon: Personal Reflections on the Bicentenary of his Death

January 19, 2021January 31, 2021

By 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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