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๐Ÿ“š ๐—”๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎฬ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚ฬ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ?Tรก ๐— ๐—ฎฬ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถฬ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—•๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—”๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—˜ ar fรกil a...
26/08/2026

๐Ÿ“š ๐—”๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎฬ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚ฬ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ?

Tรก ๐— ๐—ฎฬ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถฬ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—•๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—”๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—˜ ar fรกil anois รณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต!

รirรญtear i ngach mรกla:
๐Ÿ“– Dhรก leabhar atรก roghnaithe go speisialta
๐Ÿ’ณ Cรกrta leabharlainne do phรกistรญ nach bhfuil ceann acu cheana fรฉin
๐Ÿ“š Sealbhรณir cรกrta Mo Leabharlann Bheag
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Leideanna agus acmhainnรญ รบsรกideacha do thuismitheoirรญ

Tรก na mรกlaรญ deartha chun cabhrรบ le pรกistรญ ullmhรบ don scoil agus tรบs a chur lena dturas leabharlainne fรฉin.

๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎฬ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—•๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—”๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎฬ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต.

Tรก na mรกlaรญ ar fรกil i ๐—ป๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ ๐—บ๐—•๐—ฒฬ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ.

๐Ÿ”— Tuilleadh eolais: https://sligolibrary.ie/free-my-little-library-book-bags-for-children-starting-school-in-2026/

๐Ÿ“š ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ?FREE ๐— ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜€ are available now from ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ...
26/08/2026

๐Ÿ“š ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ?

FREE ๐— ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜€ are available now from ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€!

Each bag contains:
๐Ÿ“– Two specially selected books
๐Ÿ’ณ A library card for children who donโ€™t already have one
๐Ÿ“š A My Little Library cardholder
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Helpful tips and resources for parents

The bags are designed to help children prepare for starting school and begin their own library journey.

๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐— ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต.

Bags are available in both ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต.

๐Ÿ”— Find out more: https://sligolibrary.ie/free-my-little-library-book-bags-for-children-starting-school-in-2026/

๐Ÿ“š ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€.Today we join people around the worl...
26/08/2026

๐Ÿ“š ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€.

Today we join people around the world in remembering the incomparable Dolly Parton.

Known and loved by generations for her music, warmth and unmistakable spirit, Dolly also leaves behind an extraordinary legacy as an advocate for childrenโ€™s literacy.

Inspired by her father, who was unable to read or write, Dolly founded the Imagination Library in 1995 with a simple but powerful aim: to inspire a love of reading by putting books into the hands and homes of children. What began in her home county in Tennessee grew into an international programme reaching millions of children around the world, including here in Ireland.

As Dolly herself said:

โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ.โ€

From all of us at Sligo County Libraries, we remember Dolly with gratitude for the joy she brought to the world, and especially for her belief in the power of books to help every child dream a little bigger.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐——๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜†. ๐Ÿ“šโค๏ธ

A big thank you to everyone who joined us at Sligo Central Library today for our Traditional Irish Crafts Presentation &...
21/08/2026

A big thank you to everyone who joined us at Sligo Central Library today for our Traditional Irish Crafts Presentation & Demonstration as part of Heritage Week! ๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿ‘

Special thanks to Mary Cooper of Markree Woolcraft for sharing her wonderful knowledge and demonstrating some of the traditional skills and techniques behind Irish woolcraft.

We hope everyone enjoyed learning more about this fascinating part of our craft heritage. ๐Ÿ’š

The Summer Stars Reading Adventure wrapped up on August 10th! Many of our participants joined us for a medal ceremony w...
21/08/2026

The Summer Stars Reading Adventure wrapped up on August 10th! Many of our participants joined us for a medal ceremony with music, awards for our prize winners, goodies, medals, certificates and more! Children and parents were joined by Leas-Cathaoirleach Cllr. Thomas Walsh, County Librarisn Donal Tinney, and other library staff.

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us on the day, and who came in to the library throughout the summer!

Sligo County Council

๐Ÿงถ Crafting in the Kitchen โ€“ Heritage Week Exhibition ๐ŸงตA big thank you to the wonderful members of our Crafting in the Ki...
20/08/2026

๐Ÿงถ Crafting in the Kitchen โ€“ Heritage Week Exhibition ๐Ÿงต

A big thank you to the wonderful members of our Crafting in the Kitchen group, who meet regularly at the library to enjoy crafting, creativity and, of course, plenty of good conversation!

As part of National Heritage Week, weโ€™re delighted to showcase an exhibition of the groupโ€™s beautiful work and to give visitors the opportunity to see some of the creativity, skill and care that goes into their many projects.

Crafting in the Kitchen meets every Thursday from 10.30am to 12.30pm, and new members are always welcome. Whether youโ€™re an experienced crafter or simply fancy giving something a try, pop by, bring along your current project and join in the fun! ๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿชกโœจ

Ready to turn concern into action? ๐ŸŒOur Over 55s Climate Course will help you:๐Ÿ‘‰ Choose your climate action๐Ÿ‘‰ Put it into ...
19/08/2026

Ready to turn concern into action? ๐ŸŒ

Our Over 55s Climate Course will help you:
๐Ÿ‘‰ Choose your climate action
๐Ÿ‘‰ Put it into practice
๐Ÿ‘‰ Track your progress

Join us and be part of the solution ๐Ÿ’š

๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]

17/08/2026

๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸฆŒ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ“–
TODDLE TIME STORYTIME!

Join us in Sligo Central Library this Friday morning at 10am for our regular baby & toddler storytime session!

Suitable for ages 0-4
No booking required

FREE

๐Ÿงถ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†!Join ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ...
14/08/2026

๐Ÿงถ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†!

Join ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ for a presentation and demonstration exploring the rich heritage of traditional Irish wool crafts, from working with locally sourced fibres to the techniques used in spinning, felting and dyeing.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜
๐Ÿ•ง ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†

Whether youโ€™re a keen crafter or simply curious about Irelandโ€™s textile heritage, this promises to be a really interesting opportunity to see these traditional skills in action and learn more about the craft behind Irish wool.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

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โ˜‚๏ธ๐ŸŒง๏ธThank you for braving the drizzly weather to join us for storytime this morning!
14/08/2026

โ˜‚๏ธ๐ŸŒง๏ธThank you for braving the drizzly weather to join us for storytime this morning!

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