25 April,
Family / Free Event /
Children’s Story Time
Saturday, 25 April 2026, 11:00am
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop / Free
Hang on to your hats, Story Time has been Cúirt-ified! Come along and be part of the fun at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop weekly story session, with author and bookseller Méabh McDonnell. These special sessions will feature the best in Irish authors and illustrators. Open to all ages.
Méabh McDonnell was born in Dublin and grew up in Loughrea, Co. Galway. She has worked with the Clare People newspaper as sub-editor and children’s books reviewer and founded cindersmagazine.com. She has an MA in journalism and is the Children’s Book Manager in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway. Her debut children’s book, Into the Witchwood, was a winner at the Great Reads Award 2024 (School Library Group of the Literacy Association of Ireland), her second novel Any Way You Slice It was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2025. She lives in the Galway countryside next door to a castle.
Event Location
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop
The Cornstore, Middle St, Galway
Back to What's OnThe Cornstore entrances are step free but have limited wheelchair access due to the width of the doors. The venue has internal steps with limited space to navigate with certain mobility
aids. The street entrance has a step. There is one accessible parking space on Middle Street immediately outside, and three spaces on Saint Augustine Street. There are no accessible public
bathrooms.
There is no Loop system.
