Summer Arts and Crafts at Ballymahon Library

What to Expect

Ballymahon Library runs a summer arts and crafts session for children on Thursday 20 August 2026, from 2pm to 3pm. The library’s events calendar lists it as free with registration required in advance, which is how the branch manages numbers where materials have to be supplied for every child taking part.

Craft hours at Longford’s library branches follow a simple pattern: staff set up a project at the tables, materials are laid out, and children work through it with help on hand. Everything made goes home at the end. Ballymahon’s summer strand this year has leaned literary, with children’s poetry and book events, so a hands-on craft afternoon fills the other side of the programme. It lands the day after the branch’s all-day Heritage at Play drop-in, giving families two very different reasons to call in during the same week. The session is aimed at primary-school-age children, and an adult is expected to stay in the building. Because the hour is short and places are capped, booking ahead through the library rather than arriving on spec is the safer approach.

Good to Know

• Thursday 20 August 2026, 2pm to 3pm
• Venue: Ballymahon Library, Ballymahon, Co. Longford
• For children; materials provided and projects go home afterwards
• Price: free, but registration is required in advance
• Book through the Longford Libraries events calendar or by contacting the branch

Getting There

Ballymahon is on the N55 in south Longford, about twenty-five minutes’ drive from Longford town and a similar run from Mullingar in Co. Westmeath. The library is in the town centre, with parking on and around Main Street. Center Parcs Longford Forest is a short drive out the same road.