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Sensory Play Workshops for Parents and Children

Creative Cavan are excited to launch a FREE workshop for parents of children with additional needs (aged 5-7 years) to maximise use of our NEW sensory toy library and provide opportunities for creative play.  Led by Deirdre O’Reilly, a Child and Adult Psychotherapist specialising in Play Therapy there will be 2 session - one for parents only and another for parents and children. Booking essential!

Library branches closed on Wednesday morning, 17 April

To accommodate staff training, all libraries in Cavan will be closed until 2.00pm on Wednesday 17 April. You can login to your library account online to renew or reserve items and use our online library. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Bake Club at Virginia Library

Bake Club for adults meets monthly at Virginia Library to share bakes, recipes and have a chat. Everyone is welcome and the next meeting is on Saturday 13 April. No need to book - just come along with your sweet or savoury bake!

Spring Into Storytime!

Spring Into Storytime is delivered in all libraries across the country in the month of April, with storytimes in the library for preschool and primary school aged children. Cavan Library Service has been alive with storytimes in all our library branches. Check out our Facebook pages for details and dates.

Cavan County Council Gaeltacht scholarships

Cavan County Council is delighted to offer Gaeltacht scholarships for teenagers! Glór Bréifne has sponsored the Gaeltacht scholarships. The closing date for this year's applications is Thursday 11 April 2024. The application form can be accessed on our website and is also available from local Library branches.

Easter Colouring Competition

Details for this year's Easter colouring competition for children!

Ireland Reads Celebrations Enlivens Cavan Libraries

Oral Irish Leaving Cert Exam Practice

Feeling nervous about your Oral Irish exam? There is help at hand in libraries across Co. Cavan. Our very popular Oral Irish Workshops return this year on various dates across library branches. Free of charge!! Book early to avoid disappointed as places are limited.

Ireland Reads at Johnston Central Library!

Join us in Johnston Central Library at 4pm on Saturday February 24th for what is sure to be an illuminating and insightful chat with Writers Michael Harding and Dani Gill!

Ireland Reads at Belturbet Library!

Belturbet Library will be hosting a reading from P.J. Kennedy followed by a brief quetion and answer time on Saturday February 24th from 11am - 12pm. All are welcome to attend.

Get fit with Activator Poles!

You can now borrow a set of activator poles from four libraries in Cavan - Johnston Central Library, Cootehill Library, Bailieborough Library and Virginia Library. To get you started on your 'walking with poles' journey we are hosting pole demonstrations in our libraries in the coming weeks. Check out our events pages for more details.

New clubs and groups at Virginia Library

Virginia Library is delighted to announce that regular programming of events for adults begins this January/February! We are planning to start a number of book clubs including - adult book club, audiobook club & baby book club. We are also inviting people to join an Irish Conversation Group/Club Leabhar. We have plans for Craft Group, Bake Club and Reminiscence Group. So would you like to join in? Everyone is welcome to any of these free events. To register your interest please pop in to see us or ring 049 8548456

Graphic Novels and Comic Collection coming soon!

Delighted to announce that a new collection of Manga, comics and graphic novels will hit library shelves in Johnston Central Library! This will include favourite characters, series and popular titles. Watch this space for details!

Christmas & New Year Opening Hours 2023

All libraries in Co. Cavan will be closed from 4.00pm on Friday 22nd December and will re-open on Tuesday 2nd January 2024. We wish all our customers and friends a happy Christmas and a New Year full of hope and peace.

Family Time at Your Library

Family Time at Your Library is the annual reading initiative held every December. Events and activities take place in all libraries during the month which aim to support a family-focused approach to reading and to promote reading as a fun, recreational activity for children. We’re celebrating on Saturday 3rd December with events at Johnston Central Library, Cootehill Library, Bailieborough Library and Virginia Library – so come along and join the fun!

Cavan Library Service's Centenaries Lecture Series - Autumn 2023

Cavan Library Service's Centenaries Lecture Series in association with Cavan County Council’s Historian-in-Residence programme, takes place each Thursday from 5th October to 9th November 2023. The lectures take place in-person and will be recorded and made available to view online.

Historian-In-Residence New Webisode Series

Cavan County Council's Historian-In-Residence, Dr. Brendan Scott returns on 7th September to deliver four online webisodes all centered on themes and events which occurred 100 years ago, as part of our Decade of Centenaries 2023 programme. Webisode are available online on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm.

Children's Book Review Competition - closing 26th August!

For the month of August we are inviting children to enter our 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!! Call in to Bailieborough Library, Cootehill Library or Johnston Central Library to collect an entry form. Write a review and draw a picture of a scene from the book, return your entries by 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 to be placed in our draw to win a family size bar of chocolate!!

New book available at Cavan Genealogy

'Faith, Hard Work and Endurance: selected tales from the Cavan Diaspora' by Jonathan Smyth (Cavan Library Service). This fascinating book tells the story of the men and women who left these shores to seek new opportunities.