SPEAKING VOLUMESNuachtlitir Leabharlann Chontae an Chláir Clare County Library NewsletterFÓMHAR 2016 AUTUMN 2016

CLARE COUNTY LIBRARY IS A DEPARTMENT OF CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL.Mission statement: To achieve our vision through quality service delivery in the spirit of partnership.

“A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination.”

― Caitlin Moran

NEW LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Clare County Library recently transferred its library management system to Sierra, a new integrated service which offers a range of ex-panded options to our 17,877 library members.

Clare library users can now search the shared catalogue and request and borrow items from libraries in Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Louth, Limerick, Mayo, Meath, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow.

It is expected that all public libraries in Ireland will become part of the new national library management system by early 2017.

Following the move to Sierra, members now have a much wider range of books and other items to choose from. They can return borrowed items to any branch of the participating library services, they can reserve up to 12 items at no charge, and books and other items can be reserved and renewed at any time using the online service.

For information on using the new service go to the ‘Your Library Account’ link on the library home page at www.clarelibrary.ie

SKIP THE QUEUES

Borrowers at De Valera Public Library in Ennis can now also avail of a free self-service borrow and return facility in the branch. Your library card allows you to borrow and return books, as well as renew loans and pay fines without having to queue at the library desk.

Staff will be happy to show you how the simple system works.

COMMEMORATING THE EASTER RISING 1916 The 1916/2016 Centenary Programme continues to be implemented across Co. Clare and the variety of events taking place is indicative of the great interest shown in this period of history in Clare.Commemorative plaques, remembrance trees, re-enactments, pageants, parades and lectures have all featured in events in communities around the county. Libraries, community groups and individuals are hosting a variety of programmes and the ‘Clare Ireland 2016’ Coordinator is Helen Walsh, County Librarian, supported by a committee comprising elected officials as well as local representatives from the fields of arts, heritage, archives, library service and museum.Many events are receiving support funding from Clare County Council’s Ireland 2016 grant fund.For local and national events see www.ireland.ie

Unveiling of 1916 commemorative sculpture‘Centurial Sphere’,

Sunday 26th June 2016, Ennis.

NEW CLARE PUBLICATIONS

A selection of books on County Clare recently added to stock

Out of Darkness – The Blind Piper of Inagh (Howard Marshall)

The Other Clare Vol. 40

A Story of Coore and Its People (Coore 150 Year Committee)

The Brady-Browne Family of Newgrove, County Clare (David Brady-Browne)

Peadar Clancy – Easter Rising Hero, Bloody Sunday Martyr (Cormac and Stiofan O Comhrai)

Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Ennis (John Bradley/Clare Roots Society)

Lack School and People (James Hehir)

True to the End (Joe Quinlivan)

Ballynacally Lissycasey – The Parish and Its People (Mary Hester/Clare Roots Society) A Clarewoman’s Journey (Anne Loughnane)

Kilfenora, Killinaboy and Scattery Island – A Guide for Pilgrims in County Clare (Rosemary Power)

The Holy Wells of County Clare (Michael Houlihan)

The Story of Newmarket-on-Fergus (Butler and Ni Ghruagain)

Lest We Forget: Catholic Clergy and Missionaries that had roots in Inagh and Kilnamona (Moloney and Garvey)

For locations of these titles see online catalogue on www.clarelibrary.ie

CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL

The annual Children’s Book Festival takes place during October at libraries in Clare.

We have a fabulous line-up of guest authors this year : Gillian Perdue, Sarah Murphy, Alan Early, Alan Nolan, Brian Gallagher, E.R. Murray, Etain McCooey and Valerie Sheehan.

Other notable events include Irish History Live shows featuring the events of 1916, Heraldry Workshops by the National Library of Ireland, Roald Dahl Workshops with delumptious food, and exciting Science Ireland shows with Declan Holmes.

Events are run in collaboration with local schools and details can be viewed on the ‘Children’s Services’ page of www.clarelibrary.ie

A special thanks to all our loyal sponsors for their continuing support of the Children’s Book Festival in Clare libraries.

STORYTIME IN ENNISTYMONMonthly storytime for 3 - 7 year olds has returned to Ennistymon library.

NEXT UP :

Sat 22nd Oct: Room on the Broom and other not-so-scary stories !

Sat 19th Nov: Rainy Day Storytime - Get out your boots and brollies !

Sat 17th Dec: Robin’s Red Breast and other Christmas stories !

Sat 28th Jan: Fun on the Farm Stories !

Sat 25th Feb: Penguins and Polar Bears !

Sat 25th Mar: Don’t Wake the Bear Hare - Spring Stories Storytime !

Sessions begin at 11.00 am - ALL WELCOME !PHONE: (065) 7071245

KILLALOE LIBRARY FILM CLUBA Film Club for adults will run through the winter months in Killaloe library.

The film for October is ‘The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared’, based on the bestselling novel by Jonas Jonasson.This screening takes place on Friday October 28th at 7.30 pm.

November’s film will be ‘Hail Caesar !’, showing on the 25th of the month.

On 16th December we will show ‘The Lady in the Van’.

Popcorn is provided and all are welcome !

Check at library for details.

1916 ART EXHIBITION IN SHANNON1916 Artwork by Kieran Cullen

Kieran has completed a series of artworks including portraits of the 1916 Proclamation signatories, the GPO, and related people and places.

Kieran is based in Edenderry, Co Offaly and is a well known Irish artist and sculptor. He has exhibited his works in both Mayo and Offaly libraries.

All are welcome to come and view the exhibition which runs throughout the month of October.

BOOK CLUB IN KILLALOE

Upcoming books and meetings :

October: All That Is Solid Melts Into Airby Darragh McKeonThursday 20th October at 12 noon

November: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughThursday 17th November at 12 noon

December: The Sea by John BanvilleThursday 15th December at 12 noon

Contact Killaloe library for further infoat (061) 376062

ENNISTYMON JUNIOR BOOK CLUB

Meetings will take place in Ennistymon library one Tuesday each month

for 7 – 9 and 9 – 12 year olds from 3.30 – 4.00 on these dates :

8th November, 6th December, 10th January, 7th February, 7th March, 4th

April, 2nd May and 6th June.

Inside each chosen Book Club book you will find a sheet of questions about

the book we will read. You can fill these in and take them with you to the next Book Club meeting where we will

have a chat about that book.

You can also bring along any of your drawings or pictures of scenes or

characters from the book and we can display these in the library.

Remembering Caitriona and FursaChildren’s Book Festival Heraldry Workshop

Kilfinaghty Public Library October 2016

Produced by Clare County Library, Library Headquarters, Mill Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland

Phone 065 6846350 or 065 6821616 Email: mailbox@clarelibrary.iewww.clarelibrary.ie

FROM THE LIBRARY ARCHIVES… 1952Extract from the report of the Deputy Co. Librarian, Mr. Stephen Tuohy,

as published in the Clare Champion of September 13, 1952.

CHILDREN’S LIBRARIES“The establishment of children’s libraries is a more pressing problem especially in view of the vast flood of questionable and in many cases very objectionable “comics” which are now finding their way into so many homes. In the country districts, thanks almost entirely to the co-operation of our teachers, the problem is not quite so serious. We have our 100 small juvenile centres scattered throughout the county. In the towns however the position is most unsatisfactory – we have no separate libraries for children in Ennis, Kilrush, Ennistymon, Corofin, Killaloe, Kilkee – our largest towns, and we know only too well what parents’ views are on our failure to provide them. We shall continue to seek a way out of the difficulty and the Co. Council has recently given us a helping hand so far as Ennis is concerned, where our problem is acute, by allowing to the Library the remaining portion of the old Infirmary; where we hope that as soon as money for renovations can be scraped together, we will arrange to provide a lending library for children only.”

LOOKING TO THE FUTURENEW COUNTY LIBRARY PROJECT

The proposed county library project will see a new library building developed at the site of the existing Glór facility in Ennis providing a new library centre for Clare to replace the existing De Valera Library on Harmony Row. The completed project will feature a new public library, administration headquarters, local studies centre and exhibition space.

Within Clare Co. Council a steering committee has been established for the duration of the project. The Project Co-ordinator is County Librarian Helen Walsh and the Project Manager is Ruth Hurley, Clare County Council. Keith Williams Architects have been selected to design the new building.

The estimated €8.6m flagship county library project has been allocated a €3m capital grant under the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government’s Capital Funding Programme for Public Libraries.An additional €1m in EU funding has been granted by the Southern Regional Assembly’s Operational Programme 2014-2020. Clare Co. Council will fund the balance of €4.6m.The project is currently at consultation stage.See www.clarecoco.ie for full project details.

Cillian Boyd’s calligraphy workshop in Tulla library

Heraldry workshop

by National Library

of Ireland during

Children’sBook Festival

at Sixmilebridge

library