Carnegie Oldpark Library
@carnegieoldpark.bsky.social
An abandoned heritage asset amongst the jagged peace lines of North Belfast - support our #BackToLife efforts!
How it all started - and is continuing #9 in our #BacktoLife series. Our Weavers’ Studio now buzzing with the clatter of shuttles, the chatter of visitors and mutual learning!
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 AM
How it all started - and is continuing #9 in our #BacktoLife series. Our Weavers’ Studio now buzzing with the clatter of shuttles, the chatter of visitors and mutual learning!
Our #BacktoLife bible - the #IrishCarnegies by Brendan Grimes of @ucddublin guides us on architecture, history, heritage and the people who brought Carnegie’s radical dreams to life!
January 22, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Our #BacktoLife bible - the #IrishCarnegies by Brendan Grimes of @ucddublin guides us on architecture, history, heritage and the people who brought Carnegie’s radical dreams to life!
How it all started #8 in our history series!
Filming our first weaver spinning her yarn for her table loom (front).
Now a thriving Weavers’ Studio
Filming our first weaver spinning her yarn for her table loom (front).
Now a thriving Weavers’ Studio
January 21, 2026 at 7:30 AM
How it all started #8 in our history series!
Filming our first weaver spinning her yarn for her table loom (front).
Now a thriving Weavers’ Studio
Filming our first weaver spinning her yarn for her table loom (front).
Now a thriving Weavers’ Studio
How it all started #7
Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
How it all started #7
Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
How it all started #7
Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
How it all started #7
Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
How it started #6 in our #BacktoLife series.
Neighbours talk to our first weaver in her Weavers’ Studio, formerly the Juveniles’ Room when we were a library!
Neighbours talk to our first weaver in her Weavers’ Studio, formerly the Juveniles’ Room when we were a library!
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
How it started #6 in our #BacktoLife series.
Neighbours talk to our first weaver in her Weavers’ Studio, formerly the Juveniles’ Room when we were a library!
Neighbours talk to our first weaver in her Weavers’ Studio, formerly the Juveniles’ Room when we were a library!
How it all started #5
Balletic brushing of the Weavers’ Studio, now buzzing and clattering with looms and shuttles!
#BacktoLife
Balletic brushing of the Weavers’ Studio, now buzzing and clattering with looms and shuttles!
#BacktoLife
January 17, 2026 at 10:23 AM
How it all started #5
Balletic brushing of the Weavers’ Studio, now buzzing and clattering with looms and shuttles!
#BacktoLife
Balletic brushing of the Weavers’ Studio, now buzzing and clattering with looms and shuttles!
#BacktoLife
How it all started #4 in our #BacktoLife efforts.
Brendan Grimes’s fabulous masterpiece on #IrishCarnegies in our then empty Weavers’ Studio - Carnegie himself was a Bobbin Boy!
Brendan Grimes’s fabulous masterpiece on #IrishCarnegies in our then empty Weavers’ Studio - Carnegie himself was a Bobbin Boy!
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
How it all started #4 in our #BacktoLife efforts.
Brendan Grimes’s fabulous masterpiece on #IrishCarnegies in our then empty Weavers’ Studio - Carnegie himself was a Bobbin Boy!
Brendan Grimes’s fabulous masterpiece on #IrishCarnegies in our then empty Weavers’ Studio - Carnegie himself was a Bobbin Boy!
How it started #3 in our #BacktoLife Weaver’s (now Weavers plural!) Studio.
Expert advice from skilled crafters and textile specialists helped us hugely!
Expert advice from skilled crafters and textile specialists helped us hugely!
January 15, 2026 at 8:52 AM
How it started #3 in our #BacktoLife Weaver’s (now Weavers plural!) Studio.
Expert advice from skilled crafters and textile specialists helped us hugely!
Expert advice from skilled crafters and textile specialists helped us hugely!
How it all started! Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
How it all started! Our first weaver’s loom takes its place in our ‘Juveniles’ Room’ in 2021.
Feel for this sign writer - easy done!
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Feel for this sign writer - easy done!
Oh dear! Edinburgh Airport seems to have forgotten spellcheck in its upgrade of this fantastic Carneg(g)ie quotation to welcome visitors?
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Oh dear! Edinburgh Airport seems to have forgotten spellcheck in its upgrade of this fantastic Carneg(g)ie quotation to welcome visitors?
The public art at Girdwood, our neighbouring community centre, learning hub and sports facility…
@howtoenjoybelfast.bsky.social
@howtoenjoybelfast.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
The public art at Girdwood, our neighbouring community centre, learning hub and sports facility…
@howtoenjoybelfast.bsky.social
@howtoenjoybelfast.bsky.social
The amazing @peacepalace.bsky.social endowed by Andrew Carnegie in an effort to prevent WWl in The Hague now occupied by International Court of Justice in paint and in real life!
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
The amazing @peacepalace.bsky.social endowed by Andrew Carnegie in an effort to prevent WWl in The Hague now occupied by International Court of Justice in paint and in real life!
Great to see people buzzing about our abandoned old library again after 15 years closure!
#BacktoLife indeed
#BacktoLife indeed
January 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Great to see people buzzing about our abandoned old library again after 15 years closure!
#BacktoLife indeed
#BacktoLife indeed
Preparing for springtime growth in our planters #BacktoLife indeed
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Preparing for springtime growth in our planters #BacktoLife indeed
We’re somewhere here in the patchwork tapestry of the north Belfast geo-politics.
#SpotCarnegie
#SpotCarnegie
January 2, 2026 at 12:17 PM
We’re somewhere here in the patchwork tapestry of the north Belfast geo-politics.
#SpotCarnegie
#SpotCarnegie
Our Chair Brian Cavanagh with his companion piece to @quintinoliver.bsky.social yesterday
Across the Narrow Sea – early reflections by Chair of Trustees Brian J. Cavanagh on our #BackToLife project
Three months ago, if someone had predicted that I would be the interim chair of the Carnegie Oldpark Library trustees in North Belfast, I would have riposted ‘unlikely’; if they had then explained …
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December 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Our Chair Brian Cavanagh with his companion piece to @quintinoliver.bsky.social yesterday
Our @quintinoliver.bsky.social explains how he bought a library one day… and is now bringing it #BacktoLife
Why did I buy a library? Co-owner Quintin Oliver explains all
I knew little about steel magnate and latterly philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, when I was looking for an office for a business I was setting up in 1998, after Belfast’s Good Friday Agreement and t…
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December 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Our @quintinoliver.bsky.social explains how he bought a library one day… and is now bringing it #BacktoLife
Reindeer, Santa, Mayor - what else do you need!
December 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reindeer, Santa, Mayor - what else do you need!
Great fun with Santa and reindeer - and our Mayor - at Carnegie yesterday. #BacktoLife indeed.
December 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Great fun with Santa and reindeer - and our Mayor - at Carnegie yesterday. #BacktoLife indeed.
Our Ethan (Project Mgr) extends his skillset to cover Job Description task 33: ‘any other reasonable duties including reindeer herding’?
December 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our Ethan (Project Mgr) extends his skillset to cover Job Description task 33: ‘any other reasonable duties including reindeer herding’?
Another great example of a ‘stitch in time’.
Heritage assets need continuous maintenance to avoid bigger problems later!
This leak started as a pinprick… but we’ll be #BacktoLife soon.
Heritage assets need continuous maintenance to avoid bigger problems later!
This leak started as a pinprick… but we’ll be #BacktoLife soon.
December 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Another great example of a ‘stitch in time’.
Heritage assets need continuous maintenance to avoid bigger problems later!
This leak started as a pinprick… but we’ll be #BacktoLife soon.
Heritage assets need continuous maintenance to avoid bigger problems later!
This leak started as a pinprick… but we’ll be #BacktoLife soon.
Reposted by Carnegie Oldpark Library
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Reposted by Carnegie Oldpark Library
Our wonderful @belfastcc sandstone Coat of Arms in the warm winter sun - and a bonus gargoyle too!
@greatplacebooks.bsky.social
@greatplacebooks.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Our wonderful @belfastcc sandstone Coat of Arms in the warm winter sun - and a bonus gargoyle too!
@greatplacebooks.bsky.social
@greatplacebooks.bsky.social