Fingal Library Services

Fingal County Council has a network of ten branch libraries located in Balbriggan, Baldoyle, Blanchardstown, Donabate, Garristown, Howth, Malahide, Rush, Skerries and Swords. Our library service also consists of four Mobile libraries, a Housebound Service and Local Studies and Archives. Fingal Libraries provides a wide range of traditional and digital services, offering 24-hour access to eBooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers and eLearning courses. Our libraries offer a varied programme of cultural and educational events from author visits and storytelling sessions to history lectures and health and wellbeing talks.

Libraries are free to join and no charges apply to overdue items. A national catalogue system now exists within the public library service in Ireland meaning that books can be reserved from anywhere within the country and collected at your local branch. In addition to a varied collection of fiction & nonfiction books, our libraries also stock large-print books, audio books, CD’s and DVD’s.

Free internet access, photocopying and printing services are also available in all of our libraries. All of our buildings are accessible, friendly, community environments where all ages are welcome. The Fingal Libraries Cocooning Service has been operating out of the Fingal Mobile Library and Housebound offices since June 2020. The service is available to all residents of Fingal who are cocooning at home due to the Covid -19 Pandemic. To avail of this service please call us on 01 890 6719 or email cocooning.library@fingal. ie . Once we receive your request our staff will put together a box of books and/or DVDs as required. Please let us know of any special requests you have regarding authors or titles and we will do our best to provide you with what you want. Once your box of books is ready our drivers will deliver them directly to your door. When you are finished with them simply give us a call and we will come and collect them from you and supply another delivery if required. All our deliveries are carried out in line with Fingal County Council Covid-19 regulations.

Cocooning Service

Contact & Collect Service

Fingal Libraries provide this service if we are unable to welcome people into our libraries due to Covid restrictions. Email or telephone your local library with your book requests and the library staff will contact you with a time and date once the items are ready for collection.

Fingal Libraries are involved in the national

Healthy Ireland at Your Library

programme which is a valuable source within the community for health information. It comprises of a comprehensive collection of books on health & well-being, online health information & resources in the form of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines & online courses plus free talks, discussions & workshops online and within the library network.

The Europe Direct Centre at

Blanchardstown is your starting point for finding information about the EU. The centre provides access to material covering a wide variety of topics, including:

• General information about how the EU works. • Information about the various EU institutions and agencies. • The latest news about EU affairs and events. • Information about citizen rights in the EU.

Fingal libraries have a Work Matters service to support business and enterprise. It comprises of a physical space with business facilities, books & magazines with a wealth of online resources including business databases.

Stay in touch

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram @librariesfingal and Twitter @fingallibraries and subscribe to Fingal Libraries YouTube channel! Tovertafel Tables

We have just recently invested in three Tovertafel Tables that are available for use in Malahide, Balbriggan and Rush libraries. The Tables consist of a series of interactive games projected onto a normal table. The images respond to hand and arm movements allowing users to play with light. Originally designed for those with dementia, but now expanded with programmes for adults with intellectual disabilities and children/young people on the Autism spectrum.

We look forward to welcoming you back into our libraries where events such as the Bealtaine Festival, Fingal Festival of History, Write Time Festival along with our numerous talks, exhibitions, book clubs and various courses can once again safely resume.

Until such time check out our Fingal Libraries YouTube channel for a wealth of virtual workshops that cover all our regular programmes & events which were physically unable to take place during 2020. Also download our Library App which provides a quick & convenient way to access many of our services.

Welcome back

Balbriggan 01 8704401 balbrigganlibrary@fingal.ie Baldoyle 01 8906793 baldoylelibrary@fingal.ie Blanchardstown 01 8905560 blanchlibrary@fingal.ie Donabate 01 8905609 donabate.library@fingal.ie Garristown 01 8355020 garristownlibrary@fingal.ie Howth 01 8905026 howth.library@fingal.ie Malahide 01 8704430 malahidelibrary@fingal.ie Mobile Library Service 01 8906719 mobile.libraries@fingal.ie Housebound Library Service 01 8604290 housebound.library@fingal.ie Rush 01 8708414 rushlibrary@fingal.ie Skerries 01 8905671 rushlibrary@fingal.ie Swords 01 8905582 swordslibrary@fingal.ie Local Studies and Archives 01 8904486 local.studies@fingal.ie

Find out more about our library events online at:

https://www.fingal.ie/council/service/fingal-library-events