Dolphin's Barn Library

14/04/2026

Dublin City Council launches Team Dublin Clean‑up 2026! 🌟

Join thousands of volunteers across the city on Saturday 18 April 2026 as we come together to help keep Dublin clean and bright for everyone. 🧹
Whether you’re part of a local group, a school, a business, or just want to help out, everyone is welcome.

Get involved and you could win €1,000 for your Community! 🎉

14/04/2026

As April is Autism Awareness month we'd like to remind you of Dublin City Libraries Sensory Collection: assistive software and sensory toy catalogue

One of the key goals of this collection is to make sensory toys and assistive software more accessible. We understand that this kind of equipment can be expensive. Families can now try out toys and assistive software for free through their local library.

We're proud to introduce our assistive software and sensory toy catalogue.

All items on the Sensory catalogue must be reserved online or ordered in your local library as items are stored off-site in a dedicated locale.

Items are available to reserve from any of our library branches. This exciting collection is designed to support children and adults with additional needs by providing access to a wide range of sensory toys and assistive tools.

This collection offers equipment that aids in developing gross motor skills, fine motor skills, communication, and visual perception.

This is part of a range of library measures supporting the broader Dublin City Council plan to make Dublin an autism-friendly city.

More on Sensory Services.

https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/sensory-collection-assistive-software-and-sensory-toy-catalogue

14/04/2026

😃Calling all young creators!🚵‍♀️🚴

Imagine a world powered by bikes — what does it look like? Now’s your chance to show us!

Dublin City Council are running a Bike Week Art Competition and invite you to bring your cycling ideas to life with colour, creativity, and fun. From bold designs to magical adventures - can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Don’t miss the deadline: April 20th. Grab your pencils and let your imagination roll!

13/04/2026

Make sure you check out all six shortlisted Dublin Literary Award titles before the winner is announced this May! 📚Dublin Literary Award

The wait is over ✨ The 2026 Dublin Literary Award Shortlist has been revealed!

Selected from nominations submitted by libraries around the world, this year’s shortlist celebrates six remarkable works of fiction, including four novels in translation.
Reflecting on this year’s selection, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Ray McAdam, said:
“The 2026 shortlist for the Dublin Literary Award stands as a celebration of the finest qualities of literature at its most international, most ambitious and most humane.”
“With four of the shortlisted works in translation, it speaks to the Award’s enduring belief that great writing belongs not to one nation or one language, but to the world.”
📚 Shortlisted titles:
✨ Gliff – Ali Smith
✨ In Late Summer – Magdalena Blažević (translated by Anđelka Raguž)
✨ Live Fast – Brigitte Giraud (translated by Cory Stockwell)
✨ Perspectives – Laurent Binet (translated by Sam Taylor)
✨ The Emperor of Gladness – Ocean Vuong
✨ What I Know About You – Éric Chacour (translated by Pablo Strauss)
Pictured here are Prof Chris Morash, Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Ray McAdam, and Dublin City librarian Mairead Owens.
Lord Mayor of Dublin Dublin City Council Dublin City Libraries Dublin City of Literature

13/04/2026

13/04/2026

We feel very lucky here at Dolphin's Barn Library to have one of former DCC council staff member Kieran Collin's fabulous murals. His Winnie the Pooh scene/artwork adds so much to our junior library and has enhanced many events and workshops over the years. Míle buíochas Kieran.

09/04/2026

🎬 Free Film Screening: All About Me (Der Junge muss an die frische Luft)

Join us for a heartwarming and humorous German film presented by Dolphin’s Barn Library in partnership with the Goethe-Institut.

📅 Date: Wednesday, 15 April
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
🎥 Director: Caroline Link
⏱ Duration: 100 minutes
🗣 Language: German with English subtitles

Based on a beloved memoir, All About Me tells the touching story of a young boy growing up in post-war Germany, using humor to navigate family life, loss, and self-discovery.

✨ No booking required – just drop in!
🎟 Free admission – everyone welcome (first come, first seated)

Bring a friend and enjoy a wonderful evening of cinema!

31/03/2026

🎬😃 MOVIE showing tomorrow evening at 6pm is 'On Ira - We will go'.🎬😃

In this movie eighty-year-old Marie has terminal cancer and has decided to die on her own terms. She sets off for Zurich in an old camper van with her son, her granddaughter and her carer. Her son and granddaughter don’t know how seriously ill she is and she hasn’t been able to tell them why she is going to Zurich. Instead, she invents an inheritance she needs to recover from a Swizz bank.

Director: Enya Baroux. Duration: 97minutes. Genre: Comedy Drama
French with English subtitles

31/03/2026

Wishing all our borrowers a very Happy Easter. 🐰🐣🌷🍫😀We've a lovely selection of children's books to choose from for the break and a wide range of adults ones too.

30/03/2026

John Banville, author of this year's One Dublin One Book selection Christine Falls, recently featured in .ie's 'My Life in Books'.
Dublin City of Literature has compiled a list of the books mentioned on their website, along with links to reserve your copy.
https://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/.../john-banville...

Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.