Charleville Mall Library

We were delighted to help the Intercultural Language Service celebrate 10 years of intercultural storytelling in the inner city with a range of brilliant events during the week. The highlight was definitely the food party with craic agus ceol on Friday afternoon.

"Moored under the trees of Charleville Mall Father Conmee saw a turfbarge, a towhorse with pendent head, a bargeman with a hat of dirty straw seated amidships, smoking and staring at a branch of poplar above him."

June is here and we all know what that means...Join us on June 16 at 3pm for a public script reading of Ghost of Joyce in Charleville Mall in honour of Bloomsday. No booking required! Presented by Uncut Diamonds.

Celebrate 10 years of intercultural storytelling in the inner city with a rich program of poetry, music, food, and a retrospective exhibition in Charleville Mall Library between the 15th and 19th of June, 2026. Presented by Intercultural Language Service.

Monday 15th June, 11am: Portrait Exhibition Launch
Wednesday 17th June, 10am: Creative Plurilingual Writing Workshop
Thursday 18th June, 10am: Storytelling Workshop
Friday 19th June, 2pm: International Food Party

No booking required.

Everyone is welcome to Dubylon, a plurilingual creative writing workshop. Dubylon is a trans-lational, national, lingual project rooted in the language and poetry of Dublin while reaching across the waters and world to bring fresh phrases to the project.

If you are interested in language, if you speak a few, if you’ve come a long way to be here you are welcome to join in. Participants will be translating poems about Dublin, writing new poems about Dublin, and digging down into the mud of Dublin and just making stuff up. Kumonalong and join in the wor(l)d play!

Workshops on June 6 and June 13, 2pm in Charleville Mall Library. No booking needed!

✨✨The Tovertafel is here!✨✨

Charleville Mall Library will host the Tovertafel for the month of June, and we have a number of family slots available!

The Tovertafel provides sensory, cognitive, and social stimulation through a series of games and light projections on a flat surface and is a brilliant resource for children with diverse learning needs, people with intellectual disabilities, and elderly people impacted by cognitive challenges among others.

Please note that the table is suitable for people aged 4+. Minimum one adult per family booking; max. 6 people per booking. Children must be supervised at all times.

Want to know more about the Tovertafel? Follow the link: https://www.tover.care/ie/

To book a family slot, or ask any questions, please email ([email protected]) or ring us (01 222 8411).

Dublin City Libraries

⭐️⭐️Summer Stars 2026 is here!⭐️⭐️

Take part in the Libraries' annual summer reading challenge for children! Collect your reading card, borrow a few summer reads (yes, ebooks and audiobooks count, too!) and collect your rewards from any public library in the country.

Summer Stars runs from June 2 to August 31, 2026. Find some tips to help your children enjoy reading this summer: https://www.librariesireland.ie/services/right-to-read/summer-stars/summer-reading-tips



Keep an eye on our website to hear about all the wonderful family events we are planning in Charleville Mall: https://www.dublincity.ie/libraries/find-library/charleville-mall-library

📽️📽️Don't miss the next instalment of our Movies @ the Mall series!📽️📽️

We have a classic 1950s musical comedy for you this month. Directed by Howard Hawks and featuring an iconic film legend, this film tells the story of two glamourous women chasing love (and luxury!) as they make their way to Paris. If you can't guess what the film is, just ask a member of the Charleville Mall Library team!

June 4, 2026, 2pm. Age guidance is always 18+ for our Movies @ the Mall series. No booking required!

Movies @ the Mall takes place at 2pm on the first Thursday of every month.

Today we celebrate with a peek at our poetry collection(s)- old hand or budding versifier, we have something for you.

[...] I inclined
To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin
Till Homer’s ghost came whispering to my mind.
He said: I made the Iliad from such
A local row. Gods make their own importance.

Patrick Kavanagh, "Epic," 1960

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann Dublin City of Literature