The Bookmark
The Monthly Newsletter for Cavan County Council’s Library Service
Issue 17, November 2012
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Month’s Issue
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Another first for our Library Service!
Johnston Central Library’s Public computer
network has been upgraded. Top of the range
mini eco-friendly P.C.s are now in place.
We are the first library in Ireland to have the
new Shuttle xs36v computers which are 90%
more energy efficient than standard PCs. We
expect significant energy savings annually as
a result. The shuttles PCs create a nicer work
environment for our users, are easier for staff
to manage and also meet our Information
Technology needs.
he Monthly Newsletter for Cavan County Council’s Library Service
Read about:
 Another First for our
Service
Issue 3,Library
September
2011
 No more fines?
 Reading Groups
Reads
 Oliver Goldsmith
 A Biggar Purchase
 Library Ireland Week
 Peter Paul Galligan
 An Litríocht – ag
sárú difríochtaí
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Quote for
November!
“There is not such a
cradle of democracy
upon the earth as the
free public library, this
republic of letters, where
neither rank, office, nor
wealth receives the
slightest consideration”
Andrew Carnegie
Thanks to the initiative of Cavan County
Council’s Information Technology and Energy
Teams, the Library Service was provided with
substantial funding and all the support
necessary to put this fantastic new facility in
place.
Good news for our library service, it is also
one more initiative that brings Cavan County
Council closer to achieving a statutory 33%
reduction in energy use by 2020.
Pictured above are the people who delivered
this initiative: Peadar Smith and Padraic
Gaffney, I.T. Section, Jim McQuaid, Engineer,
Environment Section, Martina Rooney and
Teresa Treacy, Library Service.
No more Library fines!
Let library fines become a thing of the past. With our
enhanced online services, library members can now
Renew their Books Online!
Our Library
Reading Groups
will discuss this
month..........
Cavan
Map of Love
By Ahdaf
Soueif
Setting up the facility could not be simplier. Ask for your
4 digit pin number at any of our full-time branches and
staff will update your membership card for you. Access
your account at www.cavanlibrary.ie and renew your
books anywhere, any time!
Cootehill
The Speckled
People by
Hugo
Hamilton
Accessing Library Services is now easier than ever for
Smart Phone Users! Scan our QR code and get the
CavanLibrary App today and access our services on
the go!
Bailieborough
The Bastard of
Istanbul by
Elif Shafak
Check out Great Reads.
Our interactive Blog for
all things books! Go to
www.cavanlibrary.ie for
more information
.
Oliver
Goldsmith
1730-1774
A ’Biggar’ Purchase
by Cavan County
Library Service!
Oliver Goldsmith was born on
November 10th, 1730 in
Pallasmore, Co. Longford. At
the age of eight he had a
severe attack of smallpox
which disfigured him for life.
He received a B.A. degree
from Trinity College Dublin,
before he left Ireland in 1752
to study medicine in
Edinburgh, but ended up
wandering through Europe,
supporting himself by
begging and by playing the
flute.His most famous works
are his novel, The ‘Vicar of
Wakefield’, and his play, ‘She
Stoops to Conquer’, a
Comedy. He was extravagant
in taste and recklessly
generous, to the extent that
he died leaving debts of
£2000, in the spring of 1774,
and is buried in London.
Joseph Biggar
1828-1890
Cavan County Library Service recently purchased an important rare photograph by
William Lawrence of Joseph Gillis Biggar (1828-1890), the Home Rule member of
parliament for Cavan. Lawrence had a collection of more than 30,000 photographs
of scenes throughout Ireland and this archive was acquired by the National
Library in 1943. Joseph Biggar is Belfast born and was a member of the Home
Rule League and later the Irish Parliamentary Party . He served as an MP for
Cavan from 1874 to 1885, and West Cavan from 1885 until his death in 1890. He
was known for giving long speeches (filibustering) to delay passage of Irish
Coercion Acts, and to obstruct the business of the House of Commons in order to
force the government to negotiate with Irish nationalists.
Cavan library service also acquired the catalogue of books and bound
manuscripts of Irish historical, archaeological and antiquarian interest of Francis
Joseph Biggar ( nephew of Joseph Biggar). The catalogue includes material
belonging to Joseph Biggar and contains Cavan items. The catalogue collection is
housed in Belfast Public Library.
Peter Paul Galligan: One of
the Most Dangerous Men in
the Rebel Movement
November 12th – 18th
Library Ireland Week
celebrates and highlights the
vital role that libraries, and
librarians have to play in the
community. 2012 sees the
7th celebration of this event.
Why not go to
www.cavanlibrary.ie to see
what Cavan County Library
Service has planned for your
local Library?
Join author Kevin Galligan as he
launches his book 'Peter Paul
Galligan: One of the Most
Dangerous Men in the Rebel
Movement' in Johnston Central
Library on the 22nd November at 7pm.
More details are available on
www.cavanlibrary.ie
An Litríocht – ag
sárú difríochtaí
Dialogues Through Literature, a cross
border, cross community reading
network, will host an historically
interesting discussion forum on the
book “Rún an Bhonnáin” by Proinsias
Mac a Bhaird in Johnston Central
Library on Saturday the 17th
November. The Cavan ‘as gaeilge’
Reading Group will meet with ‘as
gaeilge’ groups from Leitrim,
Fermanagh and Tyrone on the day.
Pádraig Ó Cuinneagáin, Glór Bhreifne,
will also deliver a talk on the Irish
Language in Co. Cavan. This is a
wonderful opportunity to network and
build bridges for the future!
Library Contact & Opening Hours Information
Johnston Central Library
Farnham St, Cavan
(049) 4378500
Monday
10.00 – 1.15
Tuesday
10.00 - 8.30
Wednesday
10.00 – 1.15
Thursday
10.00 - 8.30
Friday
10.00 – 1.15
2.15 - 5.15
Saturday
10.00 – 1.15
2.15 - 5.15
Bailieborough Library Cootehill Library
Market House
Bridge Street
(042) 9665779
(049) 5559873
2.15 - 5.15
Arva
049 4335905
10.00 - 8.30
Ballyconnell
049 9526844
Wednesday
10.00 – 1.15
Ballyjamesduff
049 8545184
Thursday
10.00 - 8.30
Belturbet
049 9522683
Friday
10.00 – 1.15
2.15 - 5.15
Kingscourt
St Mary’s Hall
Saturday
10.00 – 1.15
2.15 - 5.15
Virginia
049 8548456
Tuesday
2.15 - 5.15
Part-time Branches
Website: www.cavanlibrary.ie
2.15 - 5.15
Contact Us: library@cavancoco.ie