Carrickmacross Toy Library Launches Pop-Up Shop – Irish Independent
A new pop up shop is to open its doors in a south Monaghan town as part of a fundraising drive by a local charity to raise awareness of the environmental damage caused by fast fashion. Carrickmacross Toy Library is aiming to throw the spotlight on the carbon footprint after-effects which can be caused by […]
‘Buy Less, Play More’: The Monaghan Toy Library Where Everything Is Free – Irish Times
In a former shop to the rear of a small shopping arcade on Main Street in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, the shelves are filled with a diverse range of toys, suitable for babies and children up to the age of around eight. There’s everything from ride-on diggers to wooden walking skis, from jigsaws and puzzles to […]
Carrickmacross Toy Library Now a National Hub – Northern Sound
The Carrickmacross Toy Library is now the hub of Toy Libraries Ireland. This is a new national movement promoting community toy libraries nation wide. A toy library is a community-based resource which enables families to borrow a wide selection of high-quality toys for a low fee. To celebrate the launch, Toy Libraries Ireland has released […]
Grant Win for Carrickmacross Toy Library
The Ireland Funds, the global philanthropic network, has awarded funding to the Carrickmacross Toy Library. This support, through the Heart of the Community Fund grant round, will assist the work of the organisation, which operates a toy lending service for children up to eight years old and their families. Click here to download press release […]
Don’t buy your child’s toys, rent them: How toy rental is good for the planet and your pocket – Irish Examiner
Published in the Irish Examiner in September 2021. Children’s toys have a remarkably short lifespan with 80% ending up in landfill or the sea after being used for an average of just six month. Read the full article here >>
Borrowing or renting toys could be the best play for parents in Ireland – Irish Times
Article in The Irish Times in November 2021. Carrickmacross Toy Library, a standalone non-profit toy library, celebrated its first birthday recently. Local parents set up the library whose primary motivation is to reduce toy waste by encouraging parents to borrow rather than buy new toys. Read the full article here >>
This town just launched the first ‘toy library’ for kids and we paid a visit – Evoke.ie
Read an article in Evoke.ie published in November 2021. Read the full article here >>
A visit to Ireland’s first toy library – Newstalk Podcast
Josh Crosbie took a visit to Ireland’s first toy Library in Co Monaghan. Listen to the Podcast here >>
