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Kilkenny under lockdown: Council moves services online, museums and galleries close

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council has urged members of the public to avail of their services online as the county enters its first day under the new Level 3 lockdown restrictions. The local authority has urged customers to contact them via phone or email over the coming weeks as the restrictions remains in place. The leader of […]

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Sounds good: 15 million songs available to stream free from new Kilkenny library service

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2020 22

Kilkenny residents missing out on that live music experience are being offered a library of more than 15 million songs to play, and it’s all for free. Freegal Music, described as “Spotify for libraries,” is a free music streaming and downloading service now available from Kilkenny County Council Library Service. Freegal offers access to over 15 million […]

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Extend the branch: Kilkenny libraries ramp-up phased re-opening of services around the county

By Kilkenny Now 7th July 2020 0

The facilities offered by Kilkenny County Council Library Service during lockdown have proved very popular and now they are looking to further extend what they can currently offer to the public. The door-to-door delivery service to those over 70s continues and since it started, the service has made 427 visits across the county and 1,300 […]

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Stars in their eyes: Kilkenny library summer reading programme to go online

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2020 Post a comment

Summer Stars, the national summer reading programme for children that runs nationwide in our public libraries until the end of August, is going online this year. Children throughout County Kilkenny are invited to join the adventure and to enjoy the fun and pleasure of reading and writing over the summer. It is non-competitive and every […]

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Exciting new chapter as Kilkenny libraries invite public to first ever Open Day

By Kilkenny Now 28th February 2020 0

It’s not just all about reading tomes under hushed tones anymore. Kilkenny’s Libraries are about much more than that. Tomorrow Kilkenny Library Services will use the first ever National Library Open Day to invite people to come and see what their local library has to offer. Libraries across the county will host a select showcase […]

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Kilkenny Library Service recognised for efforts in helping people to read

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2019 Post a comment

Kilkenny Library Service has been recognised with an award for its ongoing work to support literacy development. The county library service was presented with the Right to Read Champion Award from Rural Development Minister Seán Canney, at a recent ceremony in Local Government House in Dublin. “Right to Read” supports literacy development for individuals,

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Matter of fact: project teaches Kilkenny students to source historic documents

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A WORKSHOP for  Kilkenny’s Leaving Certificate students, demonstrating how to use primary sources for history projects, is being rolled out around the county. Kilkenny Library has enlisted the help of Finbar Dwyer, creator of the highly informative and popular “Irish History Podcast” to deliver the workshops. Being run as part of the […]

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Stamp duty for iconic Kilkenny building celebrating man who strove to educate the world

By Kilkenny Now 15th August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY AN ICONIC Kilkenny building, built by a man who left a legacy of learning worldwide, is to be immortalised in a specially designed stamp. The Carnegie Library on John’s Quay, Kilkenny will be celebrated in stamp form by An Post, marking the centenary of the death of Scottish philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie’s […]

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Kilkenny’s rich history now available on national archive database

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Library has joined the Digital Repository of Ireland – making Kilkenny’s rich history available to the world at the click of a button. The partnership will see the records currently held by the Kilkenny County Library, including information on the county’s history, geography, antiquities, archaeology, folklore and culture, being added

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New library kits will allow you to carry out free energy audit of your home

By Kilkenny Now 28th February 2019 0

KILKENNY householders can carry out a free energy audit of their home using these new kits thanks to a new green initiative by the local authority. The energy savings kits are available to borrow from your local library as part of an innovative new waste prevention scheme by Kilkenny County Council Under the initiative, library […]