{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Westmeath Libraries podcast","title":"December 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":884,"description":"In this episode of our podcast Colm & Rory are joined by Sarah Lindsay Swan from Kinnegad Library. Kinnegad is our newest library, opening to the public at the end of October. Sarah fills us in on all everything that's happening in Kinnegad including a snowman scavenger hunt and colouring competitions for children, and of course a Christmas story time.\nColm is working in Kilbeggan Library now which reopened in November after some much needed refurbishment. Colm shares some upcoming events including their Family Time at your Library events, including a festive story time and singalong. In the New Year Kilbeggan will have some one to one sessions designed to help people with digital and financial skills. Kilbeggan is also looking at setting up a new Chess Club, if you are interested get in touch.\nThere is loads happening in Mullingar as well, lots of festive events including Christmas storytime and colouring session.\nRory talks about how they are helping people with the Birdwatch Ireland survey in Castlepollard Library, forms can be collected in all libraries. The annual Castlepollard Art exhibition is on view at the moment, right up until the Christmas break. Castlepollard is also hosting a very special reading of A Christmas Carol.\nRemember you can see contact details for all our libraries on our website - www.westmeathculture.ie","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5B8IzvCmlLpLn4HludVWF_kM7xuOUx1fPCI9oqwQ8kk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2ODYxLzE2NzAz/MzIzMzItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}