Cruinniú na nÓg 2025

31/05/2025 - 07/06/2025 10:30am-5:00pm Draíocht, Blanchardstown. Over 6 days, participants will attend daily morning dance classes in contemporary dance, improvisation skills and breakdance. Collaborate with professional dancers in a creative and inspiring environment; then perform live alongside the professionals as part of Cruinniú na nÓg!

 07/06/2025 12:00pm-5:00pm Draíocht. Booking essential.  An immersive dance theatre experience to enjoy outside Draíocht, starring young people from Dublin 15!  OutWall is a dance theatre performance for public spaces, that explores architecture, movement and the concept of self-isolation. 

Draíocht Blanchardstown. Age: 12 – 18 years. Maximum capacity is 14. Booking essential.  Over two Friday evening workshops on the 9th & 16th May, participants will learn street art and graffiti techniques with the Waterford Walls artists. Design, create and work together to create an original outdoor piece of art. If you don’t secure a spot, join us for drop-in sessions on June 7th and get involved in the creativity.

Launching on 7th June for Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 and continuing for the summer months, visit our Shapes & Structures - Creative Response Space. Designed by artist Sarah Ward, this creative space provides a relaxed environment that will help you and your child to further explore and engage in creative play, independently, or together with an artist.

Celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg with Sarah Sparkles!  Visit Blanchardstown Library's Carnival of Curiosity for this special celebration with your baby, toddler or preschooler 11am-12pm

Paint a Pooch! Come along to Blanchardstown Library's Carnival of Curiosity 12:00pm-2:00pm and discover new ways to be creative with award-winning author/illustrators Mary Murphy and Jennifer Farley.

Blanchardtown Library 1pm-2.15 Suitable for age 8-12 years. Booking essential. Create a comic strip from your favourite song! From The Beatles to Beastie Boys and from K-Pop to Kylie, everyone’s got a tune they just can’t get out of their heads! 

Blanchardstown Library 2pm-3pm. Suitable for age 12-16 years - booking essential. In this hands-on workshop, students will program a microbit computer to control LED light strips,

10:30am-11:15am Blanchardstown Library Makerspace. Suitable for age 7-11 years. Booking essential Add a touch of colour to your life with an art experience that creates joy and brings a smile to everyone. 

11:30am-12:15pm Blanchardstown Library Makerspace. Suitable for age 7-11 years. Booking essential Add a touch of colour to your life with an art experience that creates joy and brings a smile to everyone. 

12:30pm-1:15pm Blanchardstown Library Makerspace. Suitable for age 7-11 years. Booking essential Add a touch of colour to your life with an art experience that creates joy and brings a smile to everyone. 

10:30pm-12:30pm Balbriggan Library. Booking Essential. This workshop is designed for budding podcasters aged 12-16 and is perfect for those looking to make their voices heard. 

2:30pm-3:30pm Balbriggan Library. Suitable for age 6+ / families welcome. Booking essential. In this session, we’ll tap into our creativity to write (or draw) our own stories.  Great to enjoy as a family. This event is part of Balbriggan Library's Carnival of Curiosity. 
 

2:00pm-4:00pm  Balbriggan Library. "Roll up, roll up!" to Balbriggan Library's Carnival of Curiosity, where face-painter extraordinaire, Romina Roe, will transform your little ones into pretty princesses, cute animals and superheroes. Suitable for all ages. No booking required. 

11:00am-12:00pm Balbriggan Library. Suitable for all ages / families. Booking essential. Don't miss this hilarious high-energy Comedy Variety Show! Reuben the Magician will have everyone in stitches with his magic, puppets, funny toys, daft voices and bendy body! 

2:30pm-4:30pm Balbriggan Library. Suitable for age 10 – 16 years. Booking essential. With fun exercises and plenty of opportunity to use your imagination and create your own stories, Conor will cover topics like creating engaging characters and wicked villains, setting scenes, writing dialogue, delivering a satisfying ending, and more. 

9:45am-12:00pm  Malahide Library. Suitable for all ages!  Booking essential. "Step right up!"  Street Art Ink are bringing their graffiti spray workshops to Malahide Library's Carnival of Curiosity, where you will learn how to spray multiple layers, using stencils to create your own artwork.

10:00am-11:00am Malahide Library. Suitable for age 6 months - 6 years. Booking essential.  Each of the destinations of our village represents a real-world scenario, with miniature tools and utensils, to immerse children in that specific role. Here, children and caregivers, are encouraged to learn through play! 

11:30am-12:30am Malahide Library. Suitable for age 6 months - 6 years. Booking essential.  Each of the destinations of our village represents a real-world scenario, with miniature tools and utensils, to immerse children in that specific role. Here, children and caregivers, are encouraged to learn through play! 

 2:00pm-3:00pm Malahide Library. Suitable for age 6 months - 6 years. Booking essential.  Each of the destinations of our village represents a real-world scenario, with miniature tools and utensils, to immerse children in that specific role. Here, children and caregivers, are encouraged to learn through play!  

3:30pm-4:30pm Malahide Library. Suitable for age 6 months - 6 years. Booking essential.  Each of the destinations of our village represents a real-world scenario, with miniature tools and utensils, to immerse children in that specific role. Here, children and caregivers, are encouraged to learn through play! 

2:30pm-3:30pm Malahide Library. Suitable for age 8 - 11 years. Booking essential.  Fighting Words workshops are designed to promote creativity and writing, as a powerful means of self-expression. Come along to this workshop, to write an original group story and show the power of your imagination in a fun, supportive setting. 

“Is fearr Gaeilge briste ná Béarla cliste” - seo é an sprioc don cheardlann seo le hÁine Gallagher, aka “the queen of offbeat”. In this fun, family, pop-up event, children will play games, to practice their cúpla focal and turn them into a simple story.

07/06/2025 2:00pm-3:00pm Donabate Library. Suitable for age 0 - 4 years. Booking essential. Join Karen Donnellan from Musical Tots for a fun and lively workshop that your little one will love. 

05/06/2025 11:00am-12:00pm Garristown Library. Suitable for age 0 - 4 years. Booking essential. Join Karen Donnellan from Musical Tots for a fun and lively workshop that your little one will love. 

07/06/2025 10:30am-11:30am Skerries Library. Suitable for age 0 - 4 years. Booking essential. Join Karen Donnellan from Musical Tots for a fun and lively workshop that your little one will love. 

11:30am-12:30pm. Donabate Library. Suitable for age 3 – 8 years / families. Booking essential. Insíonn Seosamh scéalta do pháistí. Tá amhráin agus rannta aige chomh maith. Insíonn sé h-iad i ndhá theanga, i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Seosamh tells stories for children. He has songs and verses too. He tells them bilingually, in Irish and in English. 

2:30pm-3:30pm Howth Library Suitable for age 3 – 8 years / families. Booking essential. Insíonn Seosamh scéalta do pháistí. Tá amhráin agus rannta aige chomh maith. Insíonn sé h-iad i ndhá theanga, i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Seosamh tells stories for children. He has songs and verses too. He tells them bilingually, in Irish and in English. 

11:00am-12:00pm  Howth Library. Suitable for age 8 -13 years. Book essential. In this workshop participants will learn how Mister Men make GREAT characters in stories. They will be invited to write a story about a Mister Man (in disguise!) and show their personality by what they SAY and DO! 

3:30pm-4:45pm Skerries Library. Suitable for age 8 -13 years. Book essential. In this workshop participants will learn how Mister Men make GREAT characters in stories. They will be invited to write a story about a Mister Man (in disguise!) and show their personality by what they SAY and DO! 

2:30pm-3:30pm  Rush Library Suitable for age 8 - 11 years. Booking is essential.  Tagann eachtrán chuig bunscoil. Cad a thug anseo é? Conas ar tháinig sé? Níos tábhachtaí fós, conas a rachaidh sé abhaile arís? 

11:00am-12:00pm Rush Library Suitable for age 4 – 10 years. Booking Essential. Join Bits and Bobs Orchestra for a fun and relaxed introduction to the world of classical music. 

10:30am-11:30am Swords Library. Suitable for age 7-10 years. Small children must be accompanied by an adult.  Booking essential. Get ready for an exciting event with author and illustrator, Tarsila Krüse, as she hosts a reading and craft session for her brand-new book, A Little Birdie Told Me…