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The Monthly Newsletter for Cavan County Council’s Library Service Issue 37, July 2014
Inside this Month’s Issue Cavan Commemorates WW1...
Read about: We look forward to welcoming you to Cavan Town for a stimulating, educational and Ireland & The Great entertaining event commemorating the Great War. heWar Monthly Newsletter for Cavan County Council’s Library Service T Farnham Statue Issue 3Ark, September Exhibition 2011 Impac Winner Summer Workshops Summer Reading List
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Subscribe to Newsletter Sebastian Barry Turtle Bunbury Brendan Scott If you would like to With Sebastian Barry, Dermot Bolger, Myles Dungan, Brendan Scott, Turtle Bunbury subscribe to the Library and many more... Newsletter, please contact your local library This two Day Event Programme on the 6th and 7th of August will take place in Johnston or email your details to Central Library, culminating with ‘A lovely War – A musical evening’ in the [email protected] Town Hall at 7.30pm on the 7th. Enjoy the music of the Great War, with narration by Myles Dungan. The songs will be performed by The Brook Singers, with soloists Brendan MacQuaile, Sadhbh Fitzgerald and Jonathan Creasy.
Thought for July!
“When I look back, I am
so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I Booking would do that again by
reading, just as I did when I was young.” Places are in demand & booking is essential. Contact Cavan Genealogy to reserve your place for any or all of the events. Phone: +353 (0)49 4361094 or Maya Angelou (1928- Email: [email protected]. Download our brochure at 2014) www.cavanlibrary.ie or pick one up at your local library.
Did you know?
th The statue outside Johnston Central Library is that of Henry Maxwell, the 7 Baron
Farnham, who along with his wife lost his life in a railway accident near Abergele in Wales on 20 August 1868. The Farnham title was created for John Maxwell in 1756 who had represented Cavan in the Irish House of Commons. John Maxwell’s son, the second Baron, was created Viscount Farnham in 1760 & Earl of Farnham in 1763. The line continued sometimes in a sideways manner to Barry Owen Somerset th Maxwell, who succeeded to the title as 12 Baron in 1957 aged 26. He was the last member of the Maxwell family to reside at Farnham House and when he died in 2001 the title ‘Baron Farnham’ went to his brother Simon Kenlis Maxwell. Farnham House and estate was sold to the McCabe family.
The statue was designed by Samuel Ferres Lynn, paid for by Lord Farnham’s tenantry, and unveiled in 1871. It originally stood in the Farnham Gardens on the opposite side of the street and was subsequently moved in front of the Protestant Hall which was knocked down to make way for the new Johnston Central Library which opened in June 2006. Statue of Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham, outside Johnston Central Library. The statue depicts Lord Farnham wearing the robes of a Knight of St. Patrick.
A Unique Exhibition IMPAC Dublin Great Books ARK1x1, curated by Jobst Literary Award for Summer! Graeve, is a unique pilot project which aims to give children a Winner 2014 visual awareness and ‘The Sound of Things confidence which will endure. Falling’ by Colombian author, Juan Gabriel During the 2013-2014 academic year, children in 12 Vásquez, translated from Cavan primary schools have seen a curated visual arts the Spanish by Canadian exhibition on a gradual basis. Each picture has been Anne McLean, was the exhibited in a participating school for three weeks at a winner of this year’s time and then replaced by a different picture. Now all 13 prestigious prize. artworks will be exhibited together for the first time, alongside a selection of children’s responses. N u th The exhibition is will run until the 19 July in Johnston a
Central during library opening hours. Admission is free. l There has been great a feedback for our Summer Reading List! N
Summer Programme for Children Pick up a copy at your i
Juan is the author of two local library, where you will There are still some find a roundup of the D places available in previous novels, The h Informers and The Secret season’s most delectable workshops in our Summer reads! Review our list and o Programme for Children. History of Costaguana. give us your feedback on m So Book now! Full details His books have been h published in fifteen our ‘Great Reads’ blog on on www.cavanlibrary.ie www.cavanlibrary.ie. n languages worldwide. a i l Library Contact & Opening Hours Information l
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