In Gort Library at 8 pm Gort Cinema presents...

THURSDAY 4TH OF FEBRUARY IN GORT LIBRARY at 8 pm
GORT CINEMA PRESENTS...
'In the courtyard'
Middle-aged musician Antoine suddenly decides to end his career. After several days' aimless wandering, he is hired as the caretaker of an old residential building in Paris. Mathilde is a recently retired resident, generous-spirited and deeply involved with the management of the building. After she discovers a crack in her living room wall, her worry gradually turns to panic - what if the building were to collapse? Slowly, Antoine develops a fondness for this woman he is afraid will slip into madness. Through a confusion of misfires and anxiety, the two develop an awkward friendship, funny yet solid, which might just get them through this difficult patch.
Watch the trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQJOwatzB4

Ballybane Library : Remembering 1916

Ballybane Library

Thursday 4^th February, 11.00am – 12.30pm

Remembering 1916; A Free Lecture Series

‘An Introduction to the Poetry of the Leaders of the 1916 Rising’ by Kirry O’Brien. 

Free to attend, all welcome.

Lectures in Galway City Library

Lectures in the Library

‌As part of its programme of commemoration of the 1916 #Easter Rising, the Centre for Irish Studies will present a series of public lectures in Galway City Library beginning Tuesday 26th of January

‘Lectures in the Library/Léachtaí sa Leabharlann’ will explore the lives of individuals who were involved in the Irish revolution, including Peadar Kearney who wrote the ‘Soldier’s Song’, the anarchist Captain Jack White, Éamonn Ceannt, and Fr Richard Henebry, who compared Pádraig Pearse’s short stories to ‘the mincing of an under-assistant floor-walker of a millinery shop’ but is now best known for his pioneering work on Irish traditional music.

The first lecture in the series will focus on Liam S Gógan (1891-1979), who coined the term ‘poblacht’, the first word in the proclamation of the Irish republic. Gógan was directly involved in the revolutionary politics that led to the Easter Rising and remained an unregenerate Irish republican throughout his life. He was also the most significant poet writing in Irish between 1916 and 1945.

Leabharlann an Spidéil - Taispeántas

Paintings/Drawings, Leabharlann an Spidéil, Co na Gaillimhe
7 - 28 Eanáir 2016
Taispeántas aonair leis an ealaíontóir Helen Roberts. Sraith phéintéireachta agus líníochta ag plé le tírdhreacha, éineacha agus an nádúr sa gceantar áitiúil.

Gort Library

Westside & Ballybane Libraries

Remembering 1916
A series of history, poetry and heritage talks will take place in the ‪#‎Ballybane‬ and ‪#‎Westside‬ communities throughout 2016, titled – Remembering 1916 – as part of Galway City Council’s programme of events to mark 1916.
Well- known ‪#‎Galway‬ historian, William Henry, will start proceedings by giving a talk next Wednesday 13th of January in Ballybane Library from 11.00-12.30 and in Westside Library from 6.30-8.00 pm, on Galway & the Rising. William Henry is due to publish his book about the events surrounding 1916 in March, so this is an excellent chance for members of the public to hear him speak on this topic.
The programme of events in Ballybane and Westside will be available on the day. The events are free and all are welcome to attend. Other speakers who will speak later in the year include Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, giving a talk on her grandmother Hannah Sheehy Skeffington and the suffragette movement and Dr Catriona Clear who will give a talk on the lives of women at this time.
This lecture series is compiled and facilitated by the staff at Ballybane & Westside Libraries, Ballybane & Westside Resource Centres and Galway City Partnership. Please contact Ballybane Library on 091-380590 or Westside Library on 091-520616 for further information on Remembering 1916 lecture series.

Ballinasloe Library

On Tuesday morning the 12th of January at 11.30am, The German Embassy to Ireland are launching their exhibition, ‘The Road to Unification’ on the 25th Anniversary of the Unification of East and West ‪#‎Germany‬. Comprised of 20 fascinating boards, this will be on display until January 25th. Tea/Coffee will be served and all are welcome.
Shortly after that at 1pm. the ConTempo String Quartet return after their triumphant Christmas Concert for the first of 3 lunchtime recitals, this time featuring the works of Schubert and Stravinsky.
Finally, on Tuesday evening the 19th at 7pm, one of the world’s foremost Authors of Hiking/Trekking guides, Paddy Dillon, will give an illustrated talk as part of the Mountaineering Ireland Winter Lecture Series. This is really quite a coup for ‪#‎Ballinasloe‬.
Admission, as always, is free and all are welcome.

The next two Tuesdays will see some diverse events in the Church Gallery of the new Ballinasloe Library.

New Ballinasloe Library Christmas Concert

It's our little Christmas gift to our supporters and friends in Ballinasloe.  We hope you can come along.

Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year from the Library Staff.

Gort Library REading Circle

Gort Library Evening Reading Circle enjoying a tipple at their Christmas Gathering.

L-R: Pat Farrell, Margaret Parry, Josephine Hynes, Hazel Gilchrist, Margaret Bourke (‪#‎Gort‬ Library) and Annie Fahy.

'West Connemara and the Great War'' open evening in Clifden Library

Some photos from 'West Connemara and the Great War'' open evening held in Clifden Library on 27th Nov last.


L. Tom Burke with medals & plaque of his uncle Joseph Burke who died on the Somme 9 Sept 1916

CRAZY JANE Exhibition in Gort Library til January

Last Week - It's Fine! Overdue Library Books Amnesty

Dráma agus Ceol - Leabharlann na Ceathrún Rua

Leabharlann na Ceathrún Rua
Dé Sathairn 21 Samhain,6.00i.n. – 8.00i.n.
Dráma agus Ceol
An Cat agus an Ghealach le W.B. Yeats

Galway's Great Read - Tuam Library

Author visit for Ballybane library

Author Kathleeen Curtin who hails from Tournafulla in County Limerick will discuss her debut novel “Madame Lune” in Ballybane Library on Friday 13th November at 12pm.
All are welcome and the event is free of charge.
Here is an Irish Times review.
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/madame-lune-by-kathleen-curtin-exploring-the-underbelly-of-paris-1.2415691

Galway's Great Read 2015 - Catalogue of Events

 

'Dreams on Paper: A Vision of Galway’s Changing Landscape' in Tuam Library

Galway's Great Read 2015
'Dreams on Paper: A Vision of Galway’s Changing Landscape'

Galway Libraries will be hosting exhibitions and a large number of events to celebrate the centenary of the birth of novelist and playwright Walter Macken
In Tuam Library on Thursday 5 November between 6.30pm and 8pm Ultan Macken will give an entertaining account of his father’s life and work, based upon his much-acclaimed biography, ‘Dreams on Paper’ (2009)

Author Derek Mulveen to visit Loughrea Library

Ballybane Library Exhibition will be on display until Friday 30th October and may be viewed during library opening hours

Connemara Art Exhibition in Galway City Library

Win an IPad in Ballinasloe Library's Europe Direct’s Soapbox Competition

The regional competition of Europe Direct’s Soapbox Competition, called ‘Charity Begins at Home’, will be held in ‪#‎Ballinasloe‬ Library on Friday, October 16, at 6 pm.
Entry is open to all and contestants can compete in one of two categories: 18 and under and 19 and over. Each contestant must present a three-minute speech for or against the topic at the regional event before a public audience and a panel of judges.
The winner from each category will receive an iPad and there are electronics vouchers for the runners-up. Both winners will qualify for the grand final in Farmleigh House, Dublin, in November, where the first prizes in each category will be presented by Environment Minister Alan Kelly.
The first-prize winners in each category will win €1,000 and a trip to Brussels. Last year’s local winner, Siobhan Fitzgerald, from Ahascragh went on to win the national title.
The regional competition is organised by Ballinasloe Europe Direct Information Centre and is hosted by Ballinasloe Library.

For further details and entry forms, see www.europedirect.ie. Alternatively, contact Ballinasloe Library by telephone on 090-9643464 or by email at ballinasloe@galwaylibrary.ie

Galway Summer Reading Buzz 2015

Volunteer Opportunities in Ballybane/Mervue and surrounding areas September 2015

'You are Here'...Tuam Library

Tuam’s Public Art project “You are here…” an art project for Tuam by Limerick based graphic artist David Lilburn in collaboration with architect Jan Frohburg is currently being exhibited in Tuam Library.
This project has taken the Tuam chair as its starting point and it recognises that this historic type of chair is rooted in the rural origins of the town of Tuam and ties into local craft tradition and Tuam is the only place where this particular type of chair is still made today.

Summer Reading Buzz in Westside Library

Westside Library had a full house on Saturday the 19th of September for the Summer Reading Buzz presentations to over 450 children who completed the Challenge.
The challenge was to read ten books during the summer holidays. More than 4,500 books were read in Westside in ten weeks!
Each child received a certificate and gift presented to them by Galway City Mayor, Councillor Frank Fahy.
They were also treated to a surprise visit from Jeffrey Lynskey, manager of the Galway Minor Hurling Team, All-Ireland Champions. A former student of Scoil Bhride, Jeffrey gave an inspiring speech about the importance of reading. (He also brought along a rather shiny cup).

Included are photos of Jeffrey Lynskey with one of Galway’s biggest hurling fans, Librarian Mary McGinty.

Learn to Invent using six simple steps in Glway City Library

The Persse Family of Roxborough - Loughrea Library

The Persses of Roxborough

The Persse Family of Roxborough will be the subject of an illustrated talk on                  Wednesday: 23 September, 2015 at 8pm in  Loughrea Library, former Church of Ireland, #Loughrea.

This beautifully restored library has a strong connection to the Persse family including memorial tablets belonging to the Persses of Roxborough, Moyode and others.

The Guest Speaker will be Gerry Daly – former teacher and local historian. Gerry has recently completed a thesis on local history from the period of 1700 to 1850 at the University of Limerick.

The Persses settled in Roxborough in the 17th century and from them are descended most of the Persses of County Galway including Moyode, Castleboy, the Distillery Persses of Galway City etc. Lady Gregory of Coole Park , Sir Hugh Lane and Capt. John Shaw-Taylor are numbered among the many interesting famous people connected to the Persses of Roxborough.
Light refreshments will be served.
For further information please contact 087/9069191

Culture Night 2015 in Ballybane Library

Culture Night 2015 Galway City Library

Culture Night 2015 Loughrea Library

Culture Night Friday 18th September in ‪Loughrea‬ Library

6.00-7.00pm - Whiden Toie: a Showcase of Traveller Culture and Heritage by Galway Traveller Movement, South East Galway

8.30pm - BAFFLE’s Cultural Mix: Ultan Macken will talk about the life and times of his late father Walter Macken.
 
Music by Sarah Cunningham & Co.
Readings by BAFFLE poetry group. Story telling.

Galway City Library Autumn Poetry Reading

Loughrea Library hosting book launch

Loughrea Library is to to host the book launch of ‘East Galway agrarian agitation and the burning of Ballydugan House, 1922’
on Thursday, 17th September at 8pm. All welcome.
This book, by Ann O’Riordan, is based on the burning of Ballydugan house in 1922, a middle-sized country house on a 1,500-acre estate near ‪#‎Loughrea‬ in east county Galway. The background to the burning of Michael Henry Burke’s house is charted alongside the rise of land agitation and unrest in east Galway. With branches all over each Galway, the Land League and the United Irish League voiced the disquiet of land-hungry tenants and sought relief for its landless members.
Ann O’Riordan is a native of east Galway who works in education. She holds an MA in Historic House Studies from Maynooth University

Ballybane Library has a bright idea

Congratulations to Ballybane Library on being awarded €5,000 by KBC bank in a National Bright Ideas community support initiative for their Ballybane Welcome Project, Galway City.

This project will support the creation of reading groups for adults with literacy and mental health issues in the local community, providing much needed support and additional resources to the many community members who use the library.

The KBC Bright Ideas fund is open to anyone with a bright idea that can help improve his or her community within 12 months. While the ideas will be judged by our hubs panel in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Leinster or Limerick, everyone in every county of Ireland can take part.

Loughrea Library Speak Out

The Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture Team are coming to Loughrea on Thursday 3rd September.
This is an opportunity for people in ‪#‎Loughrea‬ and the surrounding areas to share their visions for their local communities and for Galway 2020.
Or just come along and find out what Galway 2020 is all about and how you can get involved. All Welcome!

Westside Library prepares for the All Ireland Final