Opening Hours
Monday: 9.30 am to 1 pm & 2 pm to 5.30 pm
Tuesday: 9.30 am to 8 pm
Wednesday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
Thursday: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
Friday: 9.30 am to 1 pm & 2 pm to 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 1 pm & 2 pm to 5 pm
Phone: 0761-06-6131
E-Mail: thurleslibrary@tipperarycoco.ie
Branch Information
Adult Book Clubs:
Mondays at 11.30 a.m. / Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Book clubs meet once a month.
Children’s Book Clubs:
Bookaroos (7-9 year olds): Wednesdays at 4 p.m.
Book Gobblers (10-12 year olds): Wednesdays at 4 p.m.
Book clubs meet once a month.
Teenage Book Club:
(1st to 3rd year) meets on Wednesdays at 4.15 pm
Book club meets once a month.
Thurles Library has a Community Space that is used for events like lectures, author visits and book clubs.
This room can seat 50 people.
Surf the web:
- Free WiFi if your laptop or phone is WiFi enabled.
- 19 Desktop PC’s.
- Installed on each PC is Microsoft office, Open Office and Read Write Gold.
- The PC’s can read USB memory sticks, CDs,DVDs and most memory cards from your digital camera or smartphone.
- It is possible to print in both colour and in black and white.
Assistive Technology
We have software that can make reading more accessible for everyone. The software is designed to help people with reading, learning or sight difficulties to enjoy books and reading and it will also make access to the Internet and the PC much easier. If you have any questions on these, just give us a call or ask at the desk to arrange a demonstration.
Thurles Library,
The Source,
Cathedral Street,
Thurles,
Co Tipperary
Disabled Parking Space
Wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Hearing Induction Loop
Online Services
For more information on all our Online Services, download the guide here.
For more information on all our Online Services, download the guide here.
For more information on all our Online Services, download the guide here.
Universal Class is an online education service designed specifically for use by members of public libraries and has a growing catalogue of over 500 courses.
For more information on all our Online Services, download the guide here.
ProQuest is an online service which provides information from the world’s top newspapers. Researchers have access to both regional and national news from countries worldwide. Each issue of each newspaper is indexed thoroughly, so researchers have access to not only top news stories, but also the information contained on the various sections of the newspapers. Citations and abstracts are available for all articles saving researchers time.
For more information on all our Online Services, download the guide here.
Vision-net gives you immediate online access to information on every Irish and UK company registered. It provides you with access to the original documents that companies have filed in the Companies Registration Office. You can click on any C.R.O document (filed since 1998) and a scanned image of the actual filed document will appear on your screen which you can then print, view or save.
For more information on all our Online Services, download the guide here.
JSTOR is an interdisciplinary collection of journals and other materials. It contains more than 70 titles, including journals with moving walls between 1 and 5 years and ceased journals from the 18th,19th, and 20th centuries.The content is international in scope, and also provides a rich focus on Ireland.
The IRISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE is the world’s largest online database of
Irish Newspapers from which it is possible to search, retrieve and view Ireland’s past in the exact format it was published. Membership allows access to the most comprehensive and complete Irish newspaper archive available.
The IRISH TIMES ARCHIVE is a complete reproduction of every page of The Irish Times from 1859. Every issue published is now available to view exactly as it was printed. It is easily searchable using key words or dates and articles can then be printed off or downloaded to your computer.
For more information on all our Online Services, download the guide here.
