Sensory Play Workshop at Drumlish Library

What to Expect

Drumlish Library runs a sensory play workshop over two Thursday mornings, 13 and 20 August 2026, each session from 11am to 12pm. The library’s events calendar lists it as free with registration required, and both dates were showing as fully booked, so places were taken in advance rather than on the door.

Sensory play sessions are built around materials that young children can touch, pour, squash and scoop, and they are aimed at the pre-school end of the age range rather than at school-age children. The point is exploratory rather than instructional: an adult sets up stations, and children work through them at their own pace with a parent or carer alongside. Drumlish is the smallest of the Longford library branches to carry a full summer programme, and the sensory sessions sit beside the branch’s LEGO block printing strand and the kids’ Zumba class that came through the same week. Because the workshop runs over two consecutive Thursdays rather than as a one-off, families who registered take both dates as a short series. Anyone who missed out should contact the branch about future dates, since Longford Libraries repeat their most popular children’s formats across the year rather than only in summer.

Good to Know

• Thursdays 13 and 20 August 2026, 11am to 12pm each day
• Venue: Drumlish Library, Drumlish, Co. Longford
• For young children with a parent or carer
• Price: free, registration required; both sessions were listed as full
• Contact Drumlish Library about cancellations or repeat dates

Getting There

Drumlish is on the R198 in north Longford, about fifteen minutes’ drive north of Longford town and a short run from Ballinamuck. The library is in the village centre with on-street parking outside. There is no rail service to Drumlish, so most families arrive by car.