Know Your Entitlements! Join Citizens Information for a free talk on State Pensions & Supports for Older People. Come along, have a chat, and discover the supports available to help you live well and plan ahead with confidence. 📅 Thursday 22nd October 🕚 11am 📍 Bandon Library Clear information. Helpful advice. A brighter tomorrow. Everyone welcome! #SkillsForLiffe #CitizensInformation @CorkCountyCouncil @CorkCountyPPN @CitizensInformation @bandon

Bandon Library is hosting a unique collaboration between Creative Bandon Coláiste na Toirbhirte & Crawford Art Gallery for the month of October! The project is part of Crawford's Learn & Explore outreach & education programme with Creative Bandon as part of this year's Bandon Banshee Festival. Artist Annie Mar Forrester from Cork Zine Festival facilitated workshops with 4th year students from Colaiste na Toirbhirte where they responded to several important works by female artists from the Crawford's collection. They then went on to create individual zines based on their reactions to the gallery pieces & the discussions they had around common themes such as female empowerment. The result is an electic mix of vibrant, handmade zines which reflect the different approaches of the artists involved. @CorkCountyCouncilArt @CreativeBandon @CrawfordArtGall @bandon

Bandon Library is gearing up for a super spooky midterm! 🎃🎃🎃 Meet our púcaí 👻👻👻 who recently appeared in our kids section, they have promised Aoife to behave themselves & really are just a little bit spooky but not at all scary. We have loads going on including: 🐲 Teen tabletop games workshop on Tuesday 27th from 12-2.30pm which is suitable for 12-17 year olds. Learn how to play table top roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. You'll create characters, write short scenarios & discuss storytelling. This is a free event but booking is required. 🎬 Midterm Movie Morning on Wednesday 28th from 10am-12pm which is suitable for 7-12 year olds. We'll be screening an Irishmade, animated film cert PG . This is a free event but booking is required. 🎃 Halloween Storytime & craft with Aoife on Friday 30th at 10am suitable for 8 & under. Aoife will tell us some tales & show us how to make some seasonal decorations! All are welcome & no booking is required. 💥Comic Book Workshop on Friday 30th from 3-4pm suitable for 8-12 year olds. Join Fiona Boniwell for a workshop to create your own comic book. This is a free event but booking is required. 🃏 Our children's card trading session this month is Pokemon on Saturday 31st from 3-4pm. All are welcome & no booking is required. Contact Bandon Library on 023/8844830 or [email protected] for book your spot! @bandon @WestCorkDevPshp

Calling all junior hedgerow heroes in Bandon! 🍂🌺🌼 We’re inviting children aged 6 - 10 years to join Laurie for this fun-filled workshop where they will learn about Irish wildflowers and plants, foraging, and how to make their own seed bombs. 🌱🌱🌱 📅 Saturday 17th October 🕚 2.00-3.00pm 📍 Bandon Library This is a free event, but places are limited. Please contact the library on [email protected] or 023-8844830 to book your spot. @bandon @BandonBeag

Valerie Smith, Irish Hospice Foundation, will visit four of our libraries next month to speak about the Think Ahead Planning Pack. Thinking about the future can be difficult, and you might want to avoid speaking about it with others. On other occasions, you might not have anyone to talk to. Valerie’s talk will help you understand why this can be hard, and why talking about the future can make things easier for you and your loved ones. You will leave with practical steps on what you can do to make sure you have your own say through all stages of your life, including how to make an Advance Healthcare Directive with the Irish Hospice Foundation’s Thinking Ahead Planning Pack. These talks are free to attend. Bandon Library on Thursday 8th October at 2.30pm. Midleton Library on Saturday 10th October at 2.30pm. Mallow Library on Saturday 17th October at 2.30pm. Bantry Library on Thursday 29th October at 11am. #SkillsForLife #HealthAwareness #FinancialLiteracy @IrishHospice @bandon @BandonGAA @Innishannonmed @MallowHealthProject @WhatsoninNorthCork @MallowNoticeBoard @MidletonNoticeBoard @MidletonNews @Ilovebantry @BantryNoticeBoard

Bandon Library's new senior fiction bookclub held their first meeting recently! 📚📚📚 The Bandon Bookers will meet monthy to discuss a title & then leave their reviews in the children's section for other readers. This month's title was The Case of the Secret Signal by Irish author Brian Gallagher & we have copies to borrow as well as the clubs comments in the children's section if you are interested! 🔎🔎🔎 @bandon

Bandon Library is delighted to host local artist John Beasley Photography & his series 'More News From Nowhere' for the month of September. This collection of photographs is of an image John have been capturing for as long as he can remember. There are images here that were captured twenty years ago and some that were shot this year. The ever-changing movement of the tides, the changing of the seasons, and the varied and diverse geology of the coast has always been a deep source of inspiration for John. To the sea, all things lead to the sea. The scale of the prints coupled with the vibrancy of colour give these images an immersive quality that can only be fully appreciated in person! Call into the branch anytime from Tuesday to Saturday 9.30-5.30. @CorkCountyArts @bandon

👶📚There's a new Toddler Storytime starting in Bandon Library! 📚👶 Join us on Wednesday mornings at 10.30am from September 9th for stories & colouring. The sessions will take breaks during school holidays. The storytime is suitable for pre-schoolers & their responsible adults. All are welcome & no booking is necessary! @ThisisBandon @bandon

📚📚 Calling Bandon readers aged between 9 & 12 years old! 📚📚 We are looking for children from 9-12 to join a Children's Book Club where we will explore stories & maybe play some interactive games. The plan would be to meet up monthly starting in September. If you are interested please contact the branch on 023/8844830, email [email protected] or chat to a staff member on your next visit. @bandon

Bandon Library had a full house for a Heritage Week & Bandon Walled Town Festival presentation on Unlocking a Social History of Bandon from Early 20th Century Census Records. Marie from our Local Studies Department gave us some fascinating insights into how to interpret data from Census records to build a picture of what it was like to live in Bandon during 1901/1911/1926. Our Local Studies website corklocalstudies.ie offers a wealth of resources to researchers of all levels! #HeritageWeek @Corkcoco @bandon

Join us in Bandon Library on Tuesday August 18th at 1pm as we host staff from our Local Studies Department for a presentation on the 1901, 1911 & 1926 census. Learn fascinating insights into social history of Bandon in the early decades of the 20th century. All are welcome & no booking is required. @bandon @BandonGAA @BandonWallFest @KilbHistSoc