The Bookmark
The Monthly Newsletter for Cavan County Council’s Library Service
Issue 36, June 2014
Inside this
Month’s Issue
Author Oona Frawley launches our
10th Summer Reading List!
Read about:
 10th Summer
Reading List
 Summer Programme
Children 2011
Issue 3,for
September
 Paddy Smith
 Belturbet Library &
Civic Space
 FIFA World Cup
 Encourage your
child to read
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Exciting new literary talent, Oona Frawley launched our Summer Reading List 2014 on
Wednesday May 28th last at Johnston Central Library, and also read from her new novel
‘Flight’, which has just been published to rave reviews, and is included on our list.
Pick up a copy of our 2014 Summer Reading list @ your local library - 43 engrossing
and entertaining titles to help you while away the long summer days. Our summer
reading lists have been successful because of the feedback we receive from you, our
library users. Please tell us what you think, share your favourites with us – talk to the
library staff or visit our Great Reads Blog on www.cavanlibrary.ie.
Our Bumper Summer Programme of Events for Kids!
We have workshops, dance, drama, storytelling, colouring competitions to help enrich the
summer for your child! Check out www.cavanlibrary.ie for full details.
Johnston Central Library
Thought for June!
“Books are the carriers
of civilization. Without
books, history is silent,
literature dumb, science
crippled, thought and
speculation at a
standstill. Without books,
the development of
civilization would have
been impossible. They
are engines of change
(as the poet said),
windows on the world
and lighthouses erected
in the sea of time”.
Barbara W. Tuchman
049 4378500
July 29th & 31st 3pm-5pm
“Colour of Summer” Art Workshops for children aged
5-8 and 9-12 years
July 30th
“Mesmerising Mayhem” with Christophe the Magician
Two sessions for children aged 6-9 and 10-12 years
Cootehill Library
049 5559873
July 24th & 25th 10.30am-12.30pm
Art & Craft Workshops children 7-11 years
July 30th & 31st 11am-1pm
Dance & Drama Workshops 5-11 years
July & August every Tuesday
Family Hour 3pm-4pm
July & August
Colouring Competition 4-10 years
Bailieborough Library
042 9665779
July 2nd & 3rd 11am-1pm
Art & Craft Workshops children 7-11 years
Wednesdays 10.30am-12pm
Parent, Baby & Toddler Group
July & August every Wednesday
Story time & Colouring 4-7 years
Paddy Smith (1901-1982) – ‘A man of real
warmth & charm’
Paddy Smith was born on 17th July 1901 in Tunnyduff, Bailieborough, to Terence
Smith and Ellen Smith (nee Mac Manus). At the age of 16 he joined a flying column
attached to the Carrickallen branch of the IRA and became commanding officer 3
years later. He was captured and court martialed in July1921 and sentenced to
death, but was released in January 1922. He fought on the anti treaty side in the
civil war and was interred by Free State forces in Dundalk & Newbridge. He was
first elected to the Dail for the Cavan constituency in the 1923 general election,
was a founder member of Fianna Fail, & topped the poll for the first time in 1933, &
on every subsequent occasion up to 1965. He became parliamentary secretary to
the Taoiseach in 1938, & Minister for Agriculture in 1947, when he initiated a
scheme to compensate farmers for heavy losses incurred during the harsh weather
of that year. He was also in charge of agriculture from 1957 to 1964 when farm
prices were depressed & there were limited export market opportunities. He
opposed his government when it intervened in a building strike in October 1964, &
accused trade unionism of tyranny.
He resigned his ministry and remained on the backbenches until 1977, by which time he was ‘father of the house’. He
was the first minister of the state to resign on a matter of principle. He was a quintessential rural TD, with a deep and
genuine interest in the affairs of his county. On his resignation, the Irish Times described him as ‘a man of real warmth
and charm’. He married Mary Teresa Ward in 1936 and they had six children. He died on 18th March 1982.
Belturbet Library & Civic Centre - the official
opening Friday May 9th 2014
Encourage a love of
reading in your child
this summer.
Visit your local library for
all things soccer this
summer where you will
find an extensive range of
soccer books on display to
help you brush up on your
footie knowledge!
Use the free public
internet access to keep
track of the 32 teams, or
read all about the play &
players in the daily
newspapers.
Visit your local library
regularly this summer and
spend time browsing
through the books with
your kids. Getting your
kids their own library cards
can be a huge incentive,
and trained staff is ever
ready to advise and
encourage. Your local
library has a specially
designated children’s area
with a vast variety of
books by favourite
authors, new releases,
audio books & information
books.
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
Saturday
10.00 – 1.15
Bailieborough Library Cootehill Library
Market House
Bridge Street
(042) 9665779
(049) 5559873
2.15 - 5.15
2.15 - 5.15
Tuesday
10.00 - 8.30
Wednesday
10.00 – 1.15
2.15 - 5.15
Part-time Libraries
Arva
049 4335905
Ballyconnell
049 9526844
Ballyjamesduff
049 8545184
Belturbet
049 9522683
Thursday
10.00 - 8.30
2.15 - 5.15
Friday
10.00 – 1.15
2.15 - 5.15
Kingscourt
St Mary’s Hall
2.15 - 5.15
Saturday
10.00 – 1.15
2.15 - 5.15
Virginia
049 8548456
Website: www.cavanlibrary.ie
Contact Us: library@cavancoco.ie