The Bookmark
The Monthly Newsletter for Cavan County Council’s Library Service Issue 17, November 2012
Inside this Another first for our Library Service! Month’s Issue Johnston Central Library’s Public computer Read about: network has been upgraded. Top of the range Another First for our mini eco-friendly P.C.s are now in place. Library Service We are the first library in Ireland to have the No more fines? new Shuttle xs36v computers which are 90% more energy efficient than standard PCs. We Reading Groups Reads expect significant energy savings annually as a result. The shuttles PCs create a nicer work Oliver Goldsmith environment for our users, are easier for staff A Biggar Purchase to manage and also meet our Information Library Ireland Week Technology needs. Peter Paul Galligan
An Litríocht – ag Thanks to the initiative of Cavan County sárú difríochtaí Council’s Information Technology and Energy Teams, the Library Service was provided with Feedback substantial funding and all the support We want to hear from necessary to put this fantastic new facility in place. you. Please forward your ideas and suggestions to Good news for our library service, it is also [email protected] Pictured above are the people who delivered one more initiative that brings Cavan County this initiative: Peadar Smith and Padraic or write to Editor, Council closer to achieving a statutory 33% Gaffney, I.T. Section, Jim McQuaid, Engineer, Library Newsletter, Environment Section, Martina Rooney and reduction in energy use by 2020. Teresa Treacy, Library Service. Johnston Central Library, Cavan.
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Oliver Goldsmith A ’Biggar’ Purchase 1730-1774
Oliver Goldsmith was born on by Cavan County November 10th, 1730 in Pallasmore, Co. Longford. At the age of eight he had a Library Service! severe attack of smallpox which disfigured him for life. He received a B.A. degree Joseph Biggar from Trinity College Dublin, 1828-1890 before he left Ireland in 1752 to study medicine in Cavan County Library Service recently purchased an important rare photograph by Edinburgh, but ended up William Lawrence of Joseph Gillis Biggar (1828-1890), the Home Rule member of wandering through Europe, parliament for Cavan. Lawrence had a collection of more than 30,000 photographs supporting himself by of scenes throughout Ireland and this archive was acquired by the National begging and by playing the Library in 1943. Joseph Biggar is Belfast born and was a member of the Home flute.His most famous works Rule League and later the Irish Parliamentary Party . He served as an MP for are his novel, The ‘Vicar of Cavan from 1874 to 1885, and West Cavan from 1885 until his death in 1890. He Wakefield’, and his play, ‘She was known for giving long speeches (filibustering) to delay passage of Irish Stoops to Conquer’, a Coercion Acts, and to obstruct the business of the House of Commons in order to Comedy. He was extravagant force the government to negotiate with Irish nationalists. in taste and recklessly Cavan library service also acquired the catalogue of books and bound generous, to the extent that manuscripts of Irish historical, archaeological and antiquarian interest of Francis he died leaving debts of Joseph Biggar ( nephew of Joseph Biggar). The catalogue includes material £2000, in the spring of 1774, belonging to Joseph Biggar and contains Cavan items. The catalogue collection is and is buried in London. housed in Belfast Public Library.
Peter Paul Galligan: One of the Most Dangerous Men in An Litríocht – ag the Rebel Movement sárú difríochtaí
Dialogues Through Literature, a cross border, cross community reading network, will host an historically th th November 12 – 18 interesting discussion forum on the book “Rún an Bhonnáin” by Proinsias Library Ireland Week celebrates and highlights the Mac a Bhaird in Johnston Central Library on Saturday the 17th vital role that libraries, and librarians have to play in the November. The Cavan ‘as gaeilge’ community. 2012 sees the Join author Kevin Galligan as he Reading Group will meet with ‘as 7th celebration of this event. launches his book 'Peter Paul gaeilge’ groups from Leitrim, Why not go to Galligan: One of the Most Fermanagh and Tyrone on the day. www.cavanlibrary.ie to see Dangerous Men in the Rebel Pádraig Ó Cuinneagáin, Glór Bhreifne, what Cavan County Library Movement' in Johnston Central will also deliver a talk on the Irish nd Service has planned for your Library on the 22 November at 7pm. Language in Co. Cavan. This is a local Library? More details are available on wonderful opportunity to network and www.cavanlibrary.ie build bridges for the future!
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