31. Monaghan County Library Services & Creative Cultural TeamDenise O'Neill
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Hi folk,
Deirdriu McQuaid
Friday 7 July 2023 11:12
Development Plan
Library and Cultural Input to Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031
Library Suggestions July 2023.docx
Here are suggestions/updates highlighted in yellow
Regards,
Dee
Deirdriu McQuaid
A/County Librarian
A: Monaghan County Library Services, 98 Avenue, Clones, County Monaghan, H23 RW70
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5.7 Libraries
Monaghan County Council provides a countywide network of library services providing
accessible, neutral spaces for communities to avail of a range of activities and services. It was
first established in 1928 and it was the first service in Ireland to introduce a rural mobile library
in 1956. Monaghan County Library Service is administered from a state-of-the-art modern
facility at the County Library Headquarters in Clones. Additional libraries are located in
Monaghan Town, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney and Ballybay. A focus to expand services of the
County Monaghan library service continues with access to ICT and WIFI facilities, Digital Library
Service, Community Outreach and Education Programming, Sensory Programming, Local History
and Genealogy, Creative and Cultural programming, My Open Library, Early Years and Schools
Service and upgrading of buildings/facilities.
. Policy for Libraries
CFP 8 To support the continued improvement to the
library service in County Monaghan to meet
the current and future needs of all members
of the community, to strengthen links with
socially excluded members and groups of our
society.
Develop a new library, community, and
cultural space in Ballybay town.
To support and implement the national
strategy for libraries mission ‘To enrich the
lives of people and communities in Ireland
by providing universal access to
information and resources to promote
reading and enjoyment, lifelong learning,
life skills, education and cultural
engagement.’
12.10.5 Community Facilities
The Iontas Community Resource Centre provides a range of services to all members of the local
community. The Centre houses a library,
Remove library as it is now located at Gate lodge
5.6 Arts, Culture, and Creativity
County Monaghan boasts a wealth of history and culture with a range of established heritage
groups, cultural festivals and activities operating successfully throughout the County. Through the
Arts Office, the Council works to nurture and create the conditions in which great art can happen,
while at the same time ensuring that as many people as possible can engage with the arts and
discover what art can do for them. The three principle venues for arts activities within County
Monaghan are The Market House and The Garage Theatre in Monaghan Town and Iontas in
Castleblayney. Smaller venues at The Courthouse Clones, The Workhouse Carrickmacross, Patrick
Kavanagh Centre Inniskeen as well as the libraries and the County Museum also provide alternative
spaces for arts projects. Furthermore, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig is a unique
feature of the artistic landscape in County Monaghan. The arts development plan ‘Renewing the
Case for the Arts’ provides a five-year framework for strategic actions to be implemented by
Monaghan Arts Office on behalf of Monaghan County Council.
Through the Creative Ireland Programme, Creative Communities supports the partnership
between the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and Ireland’s local authorities. This
partnership enables citizens and communities to explore their culture and creativity at local
level and, where appropriate, leverage that creativity to strengthen wellbeing, advance social
cohesion and support economic development.
Creative Communities is also innovative in deploying creativity to achieve greater integration
across targeted policy priorities. This has delivered new creative engagement initiatives in
relation to for example children and young people, older persons, climate action, and local
economies. Individuals’ and communities’ perception about the role and value of culture and
creativity as central to our wellbeing in its broadest sense is being enhanced.
The opportunity embraced within the Monaghan Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023– 2027 is
to support people’s participation, inclusion, and expression within communities, and further
strengthen local creative economies. We want to enable local people to enjoy creativity, arts
and culture on their own doorstep, facilitate access to creative and collaborative learning, and
be a place where artists and creators can prosper and contribute to society, by placing culture
and creativity at the heart of the community. Monaghan County Council supports the practice of
creativity in whatever form or medium and recognises that a vibrant cultural sector can enhance
the socio-economic achievement of our county. It also recognises that creativity and culture can
play a role in furthering our aspirations in respect of Climate Action and Health and Wellbeing.
To this end, these Creative Ireland Pillars will be woven into the strategic priorities developed
for the Pillars of Creative Communities, Creative Youth and Creative Industries.
Arts and Culture Policy
CFP 7 To encourage and assist in the development of
the arts within County Monaghan, support the
ongoing development of cultural
infrastructure and encourage the provision of
public art in all forms throughout the County.
Continue to support, rollout and raise
awareness of the Monaghan Culture and
Creativity 2023-27 strategy on a collaborative
and interdisciplinary approach.