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The Magic of Stories is back and is five years old!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join Fingal Libraries for another magical day packed with awesome authors, epic illustrators, amazing art, majestic music and terrific theatre. Don’t miss out! <\/p>\n

See the full programme <\/strong><\/span>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gates open at 10 am. Events start at 11 am. <\/p>\n

Tickets will be released on Friday, 4 September at 10 am on <\/strong>Eventbrite<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please note:<\/strong> Tickets are used to manage venue capacity. Advance booking is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome on the day, subject to capacity. Ticket holders will have priority access to events in The Chapel only, on a first-come, first-served basis. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":42962,"template":"","class_list":["post-42961","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Magic of Stories - Fingal Festival of Children's Literature 2026 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Magic of Stories is back and is five years old!\" \/>\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\/the-magic-of-stories-fingal-festival-of-childrens-literature-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Magic of Stories - Fingal Festival of Children's Literature 2026 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Magic of Stories is back and is five years old! 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