This appears to be a free book sharing project but unfortunately I do not have any details and I cannot read the notices [maybe you can]
I am using this opportunity to mention Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
The programme was introduced in Ireland in early 2019 making it the fifth country to adopt Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Now, registered children can receive a book a month addressed to them, at no cost to the family. The books are hand-selected by the Gold Medal Book Selection Committee. Each title is chosen to meet the growing needs of the child at the pivotal stages of development.
Each month, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mails a high-quality, age-appropriate book to all registered children, addressed to them, at no cost to the child’s family. Countless parents have shared how excited their child is when their new book arrives each month. Many groups and individuals work hard behind the scenes to make that special moment possible for each child.
At one side of Harold’s Cross on Harold’s Cross Road is Mount Jerome Cemetery, as mentioned in Joyce’s Ulysses, originally one of the residences of an extensive family named Shaw.
It is considered Dublin’s most gothic cemetery and there lie such lumunaries as Thomas Davis, George Russell (AE), and Oscar Wilde’s father, William Wilde, and mother, in addition to members of the Guinness family and deceased members of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The remains of French Huguenots once buried in St. Peter’s Churchyard, Peter’s Row (now the location of the Dublin YMCA), which was demolished in the 1980s, are interred here.
Other famous graves include those of mathematician William Rowan Hamilton and playwright John Millington Synge. The cemetery was operated from 1837 to 1984 by a private company and now belongs to the Massey family.
The creation of the cemetery at Mount Jerome in 1836 by the Protestant Church of Ireland was to counteract the popularity of burials, even among people of their own fraternity at that time, for the new Glasnevin Cemetery opened in 1832. Initially Mount Jerome was an exclusively Protestant cemetery but was later opened up to Catholic burials. There is now also a distinct Islamic plot, to the right near the entrance.
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