Longford Branch Library
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Longford Branch Library is located in the heart of Longford town adjacent to the Town Centre. It is the flagship library for the county and provides a wide range of services and activities for the local community.
Services available include a wide selection of books, newspapers and magazines, free broadband and wifi internet and email access, language learning materials and support, interactive CD’s such as the Driver Theory Test as well as free access to Encyclopaedia Britannica Online . The library also organises a number of exhibitions, book launches, language classes, information evenings, lectures and readings as well as a wide range programme of childrens’ activities during the year. Click the Events Calendar to see what's on for you!
Browse our Photo Gallery for photos of recent events at Longford Branch Library. Click here.
Opening Hours
Monday and Wednesday 10.00-8.30pm
Tuesday and Thursday 10.00-5.30pm
Friday 10.00-5.00pm
Saturday 10.00-2.00pm
Contact Details
Mr Willie O’Dowd.
Senior Executive Librarian
Longford Branch Library
Town Centre,
Longford.
Tel. 043 33 40727
Email: longfordbranchlibrary@longfordcoco.ie
How do I Join?
Any person, adult or child, living in the County can come along to the Library, fill in an application form and become a member. Please bring along some form of identification with you. There is a nominal €2.50 annual membership charge for adults and no charge for children and students. Library membership entitles you to use any or all of our branches and services.
Borrowing
Adults may borrow a total of six items per visit and children may borrow four items for a period of 3 weeks.
Renewals
If you are unable to return your books within the 3 week period, you can telephone the library and renew them, provided nobody else has reserved them. You can also renew books either in our branches using our Interactive Public Access Catalogue (I.P.A.C) or from home.
Longford Library Book Club
Longford Library Book Club next meets on the last Wednesday of each month in Library Headquarters at 8.00pm. These monthly meetings function as a social and cultural event as they give those who enjoy reading an opportunity to come together to talk about books. The books are chosen in advance by the group and include fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays. Literary outings and author visits also form part of the book club agenda. Members with a creative streak are encouraged to write a review of the book of the month for the local creative writing website www.virtualwriter.net. The vibrancy of the book club stands as testimony to the fact that the gentle art of reading is still alive and flourishing in Longford. New members always welcome. More details on the book club available here
Find A Book
Click here to find a book or check the availability of a book.
Events
Exhibitions , book launches, lectures and seminars take place on a regular basis at Longford Library Branches on a wide range of topics. Any local organisation or group wishing to hold an event can contact Mary Carleton Reynolds, County Librarian 043 41124 or Willie O'Dowd, Longford Branch Library at 043 40727.
A list of upcoming evebts is available here..
