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Children's Book Festival 2011

Casey and Laura make Beast Quest Book Bags

Author and artist Dolores Keaveney visits Hollyhill Library

Where's Wally Month September 2011

Children make Where's Wally magnetic bookmarks in Hollyhilll Library

Summer Festival 2011

Luke, winner of our Football Quiz August 2011

Casey, our Colouring Champion for August 2011

Liam, winner of our Big Big Books Picture Quiz, July 2011

Gavin, our Colouring Champion for July 2011

Superbrain Adam! Winner of our SuperBrain Challenge, July 2011

Two of the participants in our Summer Poetry Tree workshops during July 2011. Pictured with Thomas McCarthy.

Know Your Library Treasure Hunt, 16 April 2011

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Art Exhibition Award Ceremony

 

Winners of the One Book One Community Art Competition with Director of Services, Kevin Terry. To see the winning entries visit www.onebookonecommunity.ie

Angel Crafts

Casey, Lydia, Laura and Shanelle make Christmas Angels in the library.

Elephant Train Workshop

Children take part in an elephant train workshop during October 2010

Children's Book Festival 2010

Casey, Colouring Champion October 2010

Enjoying an art workshop at Hollyhill Library

Old Father Story with a little help from the audience

Cook Up A Comet at Hollyhill Library in association with Blackrock Castle Observatory

Quiz Champion

Johnathon - winner of our Big Picture Quiz 2010

Colouring Champions!

Colouring Champion Summer 2010 - Amy.

Children participating in Hollyhill Library's Colouring Championship August 2010

Hollyhill Book of the Summer eBook

One of the participants in the Hollyhill Book of the Summer eBook project.

Download the eBook by clicking the following link:
Hollyhill Book of the Summer (PDF file 1.1 MB)

Christmas in the Library

Ms. Claus and kids enjoy Christmas stories and crafts

Children's Book Festival 2009

 
Enjoying Glitter na Gig Puppet Theatre

 
Children make scary Halloween mummies.

 
A winner in our Astrosaurs Colouring Competition

 
Fun at the Fancy Dress

Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon, reading to students at Terence MacSwiney Community College 2 October 2009

Super Quiz

 Monique Laing (third from right) represents Hollyhill Library at the Super Quiz in Central Libary, Grand Parade on 28th August 2009

Monique, right, during the Super Quiz.

Our new library      

Hollyhill reader enjoying storytime in the library

Past Events

See the winning entries for our Designs on Reading Book Illustration competition here.

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6 years and under

  
7 - 9 years

  
10 years and over

  

The FAI Cup visits the library

The children of the library meet Cork City FC star player John O'Flynn and get their photographs taken with the FAI Cup. 12 February 2008.   Thanks to Cork City FC for visiting our library.

Chess Tournament

Winners of the recent inter-branch chess tournament, 17 November 2007.  
Left to right: Emmet Cat, Jack Kirby, Stephen O'Brien and David Goldsmith.

Caring For Your Animals

Albert Kleyn of the Animal Care Society speaks to children in Hollyhill Library on Friday, 2 November 2007,
as part of Children's Book Festival activities.

Animal Roadshow

 
A young reader enjoying the Animal Roadshow in Hollyhill Library, 11 October 2007

Bel Mooney

Children's writer Bel Mooney reads from one of her Kitty and Friends book for children at Hollyhill Library, 5 October 2007.

Cork City FC

Cork City FC players Neal Horgan and Sean Kelly visit Hollyhill Library during Soccer Crazy Week in August 2007. 

Dervla Murphy

Renowned travel writer Dervla Murphy visits Hollyhill Library in May 2007. Pictured with writer, Thomas McCarthy. Photograph by kind permission of Ken Lynch.

GMC

Hip-hop artist GMC launches teen music section in Hollyhill Library to celebrate Teen Day on 19 April 2007.
He performed five tracks to a lucky limited audience of local teenagers.

Oisín McGann

Children's writer and illustrator, Oisin McGann, visits Hollyhill Library

Chess

 

Recent chess tournament winner, Aoife Cat. For chess club information, click here.

Paul Tubb

Poet Paul Tubb visits Hollyhill Library for Roald Dahl Day.

Music

 

Hollyhill teenagers spend €4,000 on music CDs on behalf of the library.

Having fun in the Library