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Liz Fleming, stylist with Classy &amp; Elegance, will facilitate and evening of fashion tips in Clara Library. &nbsp;Intergeneration storytime sessions will also be held in branches, along with a series of social tea &amp; coffee mornings.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":36007,"template":"","class_list":["post-36006","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bealtaine Festival at Offaly Libraries 2025 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bealtaine is Ireland\u2019s national celebration of the arts and creativity, as we age.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bealtaine-festival-at-offaly-libraries-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bealtaine Festival at Offaly Libraries 2025 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bealtaine is Ireland\u2019s national celebration of the arts and creativity, as we age. 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