Toddle Storytime
2024-05-31 10:00 - 10:30 UTC | sligo central
Please join us for Toddle Time Story Time at Sligo Central Library
Friday 31st May @ 10am
Ages 0-4
No Booking Required

Public Holiday Closure
2024-06-01
All Sligo Library Branches will be CLOSED on Saturday 1st June 2024 for the Public Holiday.
Please see individual branch pages for re-opening times.
(Sligo County Museum will remain open on Saturday 1st June)

"Memories In A Box" Bealtaine Workshop
2024-06-06 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-06-13 10:00 - 10:30 | sligo central
Please join us at Sligo Central Library for the “Memories in a Box” Bealtaine Workshop.
The workshop takes place over a course of 3 weeks;

Thursday 30th of May 10am-11.30am
Thursday 6th of June 10am-11.30am
Thursday 13th of June 10am-11.30am

This workshop facilitates in collating your own personal history including mementoes, stories, writing, photographs, tickets stubs, newspaper clippings.
For your own personal keepsake or to present to your loved- ones.
Spaces are limited, so please reserve your space if interested.

Toddle Storytime
2024-06-07 10:00 - 10:30
Please join us for Toddle Time Story Time at Sligo Central Library
Friday 7th June @ 10am
Ages 0-4
No Booking Required

Cruinniú 2024 - T-Shirt/Tote Design - Tubbercurry Library
2024-06-08 10:00 - 11:30
Cruinniú na nÓg 2024 – T-Shirt / Tote Design with Lisa Cannon

Join artist Lisa Cannon for one of two workshops to brighten up your old t-shirt or tote bag. Create your own striking design and then bring home your own piece of wearable art!

Make sure to bring a light coloured t-shirt or tote bag on the day, the rest of the materials will be provided.

Tubbercurry Community Library
Saturday 8th June
10am to 11.30am

Suitable for ages 7+
BOOKING REQUIRED
Contact 071 9111705 or tubberlibrary@sligococo.ie

Cruinniú 2024 - Maker-Meet STEM Make a Paper Circuit - Ballymote Library
2024-06-08 10:00 - 11:30
Cruinniú na nÓg 2024 – Maker-Meet STEM – Make a Paper Circuit

In this workshop, you need to try and save a ship from crashing into rocks you can’t see! Participants will create a circuit to light an LED in a card – all on paper! This is a fantastic project for students to make cards that light up and introduces them to basic circuitry.

Ballymote Community Library
Saturday 8th June
10am to 11.30am

Suitable for ages 7+
BOOKING REQUIRED
Contact 071 9111669 or ballymotelibrary@sligococo.ie

Cruinniú 2024 - Digital Comic Workshop (Part 2/2) - Sligo Library
2024-06-08 13:30 - 15:00
Cruinniú na nÓg 2024 – Digital Comic Workshop with Sarah O’Keefe (Part 2/2)

Over two sessions participants will create their own two-page comic which will be converted into a collaborative digital book! No level of comic experience necessary, just a love for being creative.

**This is a two part event and children who sign up will be required to attend on both dates.**

Sligo Central Library
Saturday 25th May & Saturday 8th June
1.30pm to 3pm

Suitable for ages 7+
BOOKING REQUIRED
Contact 071 9111675 or sligolib@sligococo.ie

Men's Health Drop in Session at Sligo Central Library
2024-06-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Sligo Central Library
SLIGO CENTRAL LIBRARY SUPPORTING MEN’S HEALTH WEEK
DROP IN SESSION
INFORMATION MORNING ON MEN’S HEALTH
TUESDAY 11TH OF JUNE
10AM – 12NOON
For tips, information and advice on your health with a HSE representative, drop by Sligo Central Library on Tuesday morning from 10am – 12Noon for a cup of tea and a friendly chat!
https://mhfi.org/mhw/mhw-2024.html

Toddle Storytime
2024-06-14 10:00 - 10:30 | sligo central
Please join us for Toddle Time Story Time at Sligo Central Library
Friday 14th June @ 10am
Ages 0-4
No Booking Required

Toddle Storytime
2024-06-21 10:00 - 10:30 | sligo central
Please join us for Toddle Time Story Time at Sligo Central Library
Friday 21st June @ 10am
Ages 0-4
No Booking Required

Creative Writing Workshops with Sarah O'Keefe and the Siarscéal Festival
2024-06-22 14:30 - 16:30 | sligo central
FREE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS AT SLIGO CENTRAL LIBRARY

If you are aged between 13-18 and are interested in creative writing, then join Sligo Central Library and the Siarscéal festival for a two-part Creative Writing Workshop this June.

The free workshops takes place on:

– Saturday June 22nd, 2:30 – 4:30

– Saturday June 29th, 2:30 – 4:30

Participants, who must be available for both workshops, will join facilitator Sarah O’Keefe to create work expressing their own unique voice, style and medium.

Spaces are limited to 10 places. Please contact 0719111675 or email sligolib@sligococo.ie to reserve your place.

SiarScéal is an arts and literary festival for young people aged 13-18 celebrating creativity. In lead up to the festival, a series of workshops will be held in Sligo Library, Ballinamore Library, and Roscommon Library.

The workshops will be an opportunity for participants to create a wide range of literary and illustrative work resulting in a collaborative digitally published e-zine.

https://siarscealfestival.com/

The event is an initiative funded by Creative Ireland, in partnership with Sligo County Council, Leitrim County Council, and Roscommon County Council.

Sligo Library Comic Con - Reuben the Entertainer
2024-06-28 11:00 - 12:00
Comedy Magic Show! Ages 4+

Booking Required
Contact 071 911 1675 or sligolib@sligococo.ie

Sligo Library Comic Con - CosPlay Helpdesk
2024-06-28 11:30 - 12:30, 2024-06-28 14:30 - 15:30
Get costume help from a pro! All ages welcome

Two sessions, chose one: 11:30am – 12:30pm or 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Booking Required
Contact 071 911 1675 or sligolib@sligococo.ie

Sligo Library Comic Con - Green Screen Workshop
2024-06-28 11:30 - 12:30, 2024-06-28 14:30 - 15:30
Photos taken in costume! All ages welcome

Two sessions, chose one: 11:30am – 12:30pm or 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Booking Required
Contact 071 911 1675 or sligolib@sligococo.ie

Sligo Library Comic Con - Roleplaying Workshop
2024-06-28 14:30 - 15:30
Mutants and Masterminds Roleplaying Workshop with Wayne O’Connor. Age 7+

Booking Required
Contact 071 911 1675 or sligolib@sligococo.ie

Creative Writing Workshops with Sarah O'Keefe and the Siarscéal Festival - copy
2024-06-29 14:30 - 16:30 | sligo central

Biodiversity workshop - Creating Bug Hotels
2024-07-03 15:00 - 16:00
Help us create our very own bug hotel! Ages 7+

Booking Required
Contact 071 911 1675 or sligolib@sligococo.ie

Summer Stars Storytime
2024-07-04 11:30 - 12:00, 2024-07-11 11:30 - 12:00
No booking required. Ages 5+

Runs weekly from July 4th – August 8th.

Toddle Storytime
2024-07-05 10:00 - 10:30 | sligo central
Please join us for Toddle Time Story Time at Sligo Central Library
Friday 5th July @ 10am
Ages 0-4
No Booking Required

Children's Book Club
2024-07-05 15:00 - 15:45, 2024-07-12 15:00 - 15:45
Runs weekly July 5th – August 9th. Ages 9+

Booking Required
Contact 071 911 1675 or sligolib@sligococo.ie

Sligo Library Dyslexia Club
2024-07-06 11:30 - 12:15
No booking required. Ages 8+

Runs Weekly July 6th – August 10th.

Cairde Event: Oein De Bhairduin, The Slug & The Snail
2024-07-09 15:00 - 15:45
Award-winning author Oein De Bhairduin illustrated a short story about self-acceptance and pride from a member of the Irish Traveller nomadic ethnic minority, drawn from the Irish Traveller oral storytelling tradition, DeBhairduin’s tale, The Slug & the Snail, is a gentle allegory about difference, self-acceptance and different ways of seeing the world.
This inclusive, heartening short story has won Sunday Times Children’s Book of the week, Book Trust Book of the Month and Book Trust Northern Ireland Book of the day.
Oein DeBhairduin is a writer, activist and educator with a passion for preserving the beauty of Traveller tales, sayings, retellings and historic exchanges. He is the Traveller Culture Collections Development Officer with the National Museum of Ireland and seeks to pair community activism with cultural celebration, recalling old tales with fresh modern connections and, most of all, he wishes to rekindle the hearth fires of a shared kinship.

No Booking Required. All Ages Welcome.

Weekly Lego Hour
2024-07-10 15:00 - 16:00
Drop in session – no booking required! Ages 5+

Runs weekly between July 10th and August 7th

Cairde Event: Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh, Libraries & Liberties
2024-07-11 18:00 - 19:10
Rehearsed Reading of new work in progress by Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh.

No Booking Required. Ages 14+

The tormented protagonist, James, cradles a genuine desire to ignite the library. His internal strife, marked by alienation and disenchantment, fuels a visceral hatred within him. Women spurn him. Leftist politics fails to captivate him. Trans people challenge him. The queer community are happier than him. Foreigners have more than him.
The resilient librarian Helen stands sentinel over knowledge, freedom, and enlightenment. Her apprehension of James’ demand for book censorship becomes pivotal in this unfolding drama. Initially, her attraction to James held promise, but his anger and demands evoke echoes of the book burnings of 1939 in Berlin. Helen finds herself at the epicentre of an escalating inferno, entwined with passion and far-right fascism.
Followed by an In Conversation with Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh hosted by academic, researcher and lecturer in social care at ATU Letterkenny David Friel.
With Joshua Donoghue and Aisling Mannion
Directed by Fiona McGeown
Part of the Hereditas Project funded by the Arts Council of Ireland’s Art:2023 Arts Participation Award.

Toddle Storytime
2024-07-12 10:00 - 10:30 | sligo central
Please join us for Toddle Time Story Time at Sligo Central Library
Friday 12th July @ 10am
Ages 0-4
No Booking Required
