Kilkenny Library News
Kilkenny County Library
Use your Library card to unlock the world in information!
June is bursting out all over and we offer a wide variety of garden design, container gardening and general planting information books on our shelves! Use your Library card to unlock the world in information, especially if you are green fingered!
This month we offer our borrowers: knitting and craft groups; photography; book clubs for adults and children; afterschool chess; poetry displays; an Irish language circle; computers for beginners; and even cartoon fun!
Castlecomer
Bealtaine
Our Bealtaine programme was a great success with up to 150 people attending our various events.
Nattering Knitters
This exceptional group of talented craftswomen meet in the Library on Thursday mornings and welcome anybody who is interested in improving or regaining a lost skill! Thursday mornings from 10am – 12pm.
Cartoon Saloon
We are delighted to partner with the award winning Kilkenny animation company this month. We offer a free Animation workshop on Tuesday 9th June. Open to adults and children.
Summer Events for Children
We are delighted to be taking part in the Summer Reading Buzz this year. The Summer Reading Buzz is a children's reading challenge run by 13 Irish library authorities. Find out more on the Summer Reading Buzz website.
Chess after school
If your child is interested in the game of chess, we have games available in the Library!
Toddler stories and crafts
Drop by on Thursday mornings at 11.30 for a free of charge hour of stories and crafts.
Contact: 056/4440561
Castlecomer@kilkennylibrary.ie
Ferrybank Library
Photography
The winning images from the Transition Year (TY) Student Photography Competition 2015, held in the Newpark Hotel on April 16th 2015, are on display in Ferrybank Library from Friday 29th May until Friday 12th June 2015 inclusive. The competition was a huge success with many schools from Kilkenny City and County taking part. Congratulations to Kelvin Kavanagh, Clare Burtchaell, Emma Corcoran, and Corin Williams who were selected as finalists from over thirty schools. Special recognition goes to Kelvin Kavanagh, a student of Abbey College Ferrybank, who received an award for coming fourth in the competition. All are invited to come to the library and view these amazing photographs!! Well done to all concerned!
Old Newspaper archive
Irish Newspaper Archives – The Library has a subscription to this service which is available to members of the library. These archives contain electronic versions of Irish newspapers from the 1700’s to current day, including The Munster Express dating from 1908 and The Kilkenny People from 1923. Via this website you can do a word search of all the published material on the site and it will lead you to the original page of the newspaper.
E- books
Going on holiday, need a good book to read?? - bring along your e-reader, download books from our range of eBooks which are FREE to library members, and find new and interesting books to read while relaxing on the beach in the sunshine!!
Chess
Chess Class in the Library - Our Chess class is well under way with players being taught all about the pieces and the many moves that can be made on the chess board, as well as the importance of watching not only their own moves, but the moves of their opponents too.
Contact: 051 897200
Ferrybank@kilkennylibrary.ie
City Library
Creative Writing
Well done to Ms Feeley’s 4th Class in St John’s Senior School, who recently completed a creative writing course as part of the Writers in Schools Scheme. The writer who helped them to write wonderfully creative stories was Ken Bourke. We are grateful to Ken and to the whole class for coming into the library to read out their work. You can read all about it on our blog.
Book Club
The book chosen for June is Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. Said to be his masterpiece, the novel is strongly autobiographical in nature. The first film version was made in 1934 and starred Bette Davis as Mildred, a role that established her as a star. The next meeting of the book club is June 24th from 11:30 – 12:30. New members welcome.
Summer Events for Children
We are delighted to be taking part in the Summer Reading Buzz this year. The Summer Reading Buzz is a children's reading challenge run by 13 Irish library authorities. Find out more on the Summer Reading Buzz website. Also, we will be hosting workshops for children with Cartoon Saloon! More details and registration dates to follow.
Poets on Board
Send your poem to citylibrary@kilkennylibrary.ie to be included in the next Poets on Board.
Contact: 056/7794174
citylibrary@kilkennylibrary.ie
Loughboy Library
Archaeological Treasures of Kilkenny Exhibition
Covering the Renaissance, Kilkenny’s Prehistoric Past and the Sticks, Stones and Walls of the city is currently on display at Loughboy library. Local schools are encouraged to take their history out of the classroom for a day and come to view this very informative and attractive pop-up exhibition.
Contributors: Coilin O’Drisceoil & Philip Kenny Kilkenny Archaeology, Mary Teehan Heritage Project Manager.
Design by Sinead Roche, Modern Printers.
Book Club News
Are you stuck for your next choice? We can now offer the following sets of books to local book clubs.
Please enquire from the staff.
Loughboy Library Book Club meets tomorrow (Thursday) to discuss “I’ll Be Right There” by Kyong-suk Sin.
Set in 1980s South Korea amid the tremors of political revolution, I’ll Be Right There follows Jung Yoon, a highly literate, twenty-something woman, as she recounts her tragic personal history as well as those of her three intimate college friends. When Yoon receives a distressing phone call from her ex-boyfriend after eight years of separation, memories of a tumultuous youth begin to resurface, forcing her to re-live the most intense period of her life. With profound intellectual and emotional insight, she revisits the death of her beloved mother, the strong bond with her now-dying former college professor, the excitement of her first love, and the friendships forged out of a shared sense of isolation and grief.
Yoon’s formative experiences, which highlight both the fragility and force of personal connection in an era of absolute uncertainty, become immediately palpable. Shin makes the foreign and esoteric utterly familiar: her use of European literature as an interpreter of emotion and experience bridges any gaps between East and West. Love, friendship, and solitude are the same everywhere, as this book makes poignantly clear.
The Book Club meets on the first Thursday of the month at 11am and new members are always welcome to join.
Bealtaine Festival
Loughboy library hosted a very successful Bealtaine Festival again this year.
The Alzheimer’s Tea Day on May 1st raised over €400 for this very worthy charity. Great crowds enjoyed the diverse range of Friday morning events which included a demonstration on natural beauty products, a mindfulness workshop and a very lively Traditional Irish Music session and sing-song.
Pictured are participants of the Exercise and Active Ageing workshop delivered by Caitriona Corr from the Kilkenny Sports and Recreation Partnership.
Ciorcal Comhra Gaeilge
The Irish conversation circle for adults continues on Wednesdays at 11am. The members are setting off on a day trip to Ring College, Dungarvan, Co Waterford on Saturday June 6th.
Colaiste na Rinne -Turas Lae- Satharn 6 Meitheamh.
Bun/ Mean Leibheal.
10.00 Tae/ Caife
10.30-13.00 Ranganna
14,00-16.30 Stair na hAirde Moire (Siuloid)
Costas €25.00
Breis eolais o sinead@anrinn.com 058 46128
Contact: 056/7794176
loughboy@kilkennylibrary.ie
Thomastown library
Thomastown book club meets on first Wednesday of every month at 2.15pm in the library. Next meeting: Wednesday June 3rd. Books up for discussion are ‘A woman in Berlin’ and ‘All the light we cannot see’ Anthony Doerr. All welcome.
New titles:
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- Two Friday’s in April - Rosin Meaney
- The Serpentine Road – Paul Mendelson
- Rise – Karen Campbell
- Time of Death – Mark Billingham
- Memory Man – David Baldacci
Selection of tourist information brochures and leaflets available to pick up now:
- Kilkenny Craft and Majesty 2015
- Kilkenny a City of Delights – free visitor Map and guide
- Your daily Adventure - Free visitor guide to the south of Ireland
- Kilkenny Craft Trail, Food Trail, Walking and Cycling Trails
- Guide to Hostels of Ireland 2015
- Kilkenny: Our County, Your Pace - guide to leisurely, adventurous and exhilarating Kilkenny!
Contact: 056 7794331
thomastown@kilkennylibrary.ie
24/7 Online Service
We have many more services available online through the Kilkenny Libraries website.
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