University of Galway Library
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The Library proactively supports and enhances the learning, teaching, and research activities of the University.
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library.universityofgalway.ie
For Archives, Special Collections and Digital Collections please visit @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise daoibh! ó fhoireann na Leabharlainne.
🎁🎉🎄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! from the Library Staff.
⭐Christmas|Christmas2025|Nollaig Shona|Nollaig2025✨
#nollaigshona
#gaillimh
#galwaygirl
#christmasbreak
🎁🎉🎄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! from the Library Staff.
⭐Christmas|Christmas2025|Nollaig Shona|Nollaig2025✨
#nollaigshona
#gaillimh
#galwaygirl
#christmasbreak
December 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise daoibh! ó fhoireann na Leabharlainne.
🎁🎉🎄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! from the Library Staff.
⭐Christmas|Christmas2025|Nollaig Shona|Nollaig2025✨
#nollaigshona
#gaillimh
#galwaygirl
#christmasbreak
🎁🎉🎄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! from the Library Staff.
⭐Christmas|Christmas2025|Nollaig Shona|Nollaig2025✨
#nollaigshona
#gaillimh
#galwaygirl
#christmasbreak
Reminder 🎄🫡
Please note that the current Opening Hours change from this Friday 19th December.
You can also keep up to date with our Opening Hours here:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#christmasopeninghours
#librariesatchristmas
#cʜʀɪsᴛᴍᴀs2025
You can also keep up to date with our Opening Hours here:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#christmasopeninghours
#librariesatchristmas
#cʜʀɪsᴛᴍᴀs2025
December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reminder 🎄🫡
Please note that the current Opening Hours change from this Friday 19th December.
You can also keep up to date with our Opening Hours here:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#christmasopeninghours
#librariesatchristmas
#cʜʀɪsᴛᴍᴀs2025
You can also keep up to date with our Opening Hours here:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#christmasopeninghours
#librariesatchristmas
#cʜʀɪsᴛᴍᴀs2025
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Please note that the current Opening Hours change from this Friday 19th December.
You can also keep up to date with our Opening Hours here:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#christmasopeninghours
#librariesatchristmas
#cʜʀɪsᴛᴍᴀs2025
You can also keep up to date with our Opening Hours here:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#christmasopeninghours
#librariesatchristmas
#cʜʀɪsᴛᴍᴀs2025
Library Research Services Drop-in Clinics 2026.
Date: Begins 13th January, and will run Tue-Friday each week.
Location: Library Foyer
Suitability: Experienced researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD researchers.
Read overview here:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...
#research
Date: Begins 13th January, and will run Tue-Friday each week.
Location: Library Foyer
Suitability: Experienced researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD researchers.
Read overview here:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...
#research
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Library Research Services Drop-in Clinics 2026.
Date: Begins 13th January, and will run Tue-Friday each week.
Location: Library Foyer
Suitability: Experienced researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD researchers.
Read overview here:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...
#research
Date: Begins 13th January, and will run Tue-Friday each week.
Location: Library Foyer
Suitability: Experienced researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD researchers.
Read overview here:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/libr...
#research
The new Library and Learning Commons is rising fast. This aerial look captures a year of progress. Watch for more construction updates and behind the scenes interviews throughout 2026.
#libraryandlearningcommons
#universityofgalwaylibrary
#leabharlann
#ionadfoghlama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G60...
#libraryandlearningcommons
#universityofgalwaylibrary
#leabharlann
#ionadfoghlama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G60...
DroneFootage2025
YouTube video by University of Galway Library
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The new Library and Learning Commons is rising fast. This aerial look captures a year of progress. Watch for more construction updates and behind the scenes interviews throughout 2026.
#libraryandlearningcommons
#universityofgalwaylibrary
#leabharlann
#ionadfoghlama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G60...
#libraryandlearningcommons
#universityofgalwaylibrary
#leabharlann
#ionadfoghlama
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G60...
Huge Huge Thank you to our Students, Staff, Library Elves and of course the @galwaygivingtree for bringing joy to those in need this year! We are overwhelmed by the response this year and are so blessed to be in the midst of such caring individuals.
Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh ar fad!
#givingtree
Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh ar fad!
#givingtree
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Huge Huge Thank you to our Students, Staff, Library Elves and of course the @galwaygivingtree for bringing joy to those in need this year! We are overwhelmed by the response this year and are so blessed to be in the midst of such caring individuals.
Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh ar fad!
#givingtree
Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh ar fad!
#givingtree
Archivist @barryhoulihan.bsky.social reflects on one of the most epic Christmas songs to date:
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
#fairytaleofnewyork
#thepogues
#storytelling
#christmassongs
#skybrarians
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
#fairytaleofnewyork
#thepogues
#storytelling
#christmassongs
#skybrarians
December 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Archivist @barryhoulihan.bsky.social reflects on one of the most epic Christmas songs to date:
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
#fairytaleofnewyork
#thepogues
#storytelling
#christmassongs
#skybrarians
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
#fairytaleofnewyork
#thepogues
#storytelling
#christmassongs
#skybrarians
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To wrap up the #ExploreYourArchive focus week, we are sharing a festive item from our collections.
This is a 1938 sales catalogue of personalised Christmas greeting cards sold by Royal Renaissance Art Christmas Cards.
#EYAYourArchives
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
This is a 1938 sales catalogue of personalised Christmas greeting cards sold by Royal Renaissance Art Christmas Cards.
#EYAYourArchives
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
To wrap up the #ExploreYourArchive focus week, we are sharing a festive item from our collections.
This is a 1938 sales catalogue of personalised Christmas greeting cards sold by Royal Renaissance Art Christmas Cards.
#EYAYourArchives
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
This is a 1938 sales catalogue of personalised Christmas greeting cards sold by Royal Renaissance Art Christmas Cards.
#EYAYourArchives
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
@meteireann have issued a Status Orange Weather Alert for:
Tuesday 9th December
🛑10.00 - 18.00🛑, we will remain Open once the alert does not escalate beyond Orange, stay up tp date with socials and the Library Opening Hours on our website:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#stormbram
Tuesday 9th December
🛑10.00 - 18.00🛑, we will remain Open once the alert does not escalate beyond Orange, stay up tp date with socials and the Library Opening Hours on our website:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#stormbram
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@meteireann have issued a Status Orange Weather Alert for:
Tuesday 9th December
🛑10.00 - 18.00🛑, we will remain Open once the alert does not escalate beyond Orange, stay up tp date with socials and the Library Opening Hours on our website:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#stormbram
Tuesday 9th December
🛑10.00 - 18.00🛑, we will remain Open once the alert does not escalate beyond Orange, stay up tp date with socials and the Library Opening Hours on our website:
library.universityofgalway.ie/about/hours/
#stormbram
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2025 marked the anniversaries of the opening (1895) & closing (1935) of the Galway-Clifden railway. Arthur J. Balfour's album documents the railway's construction.
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
2025 marked the anniversaries of the opening (1895) & closing (1935) of the Galway-Clifden railway. Arthur J. Balfour's album documents the railway's construction.
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
Reposted by University of Galway Library
Bhí dhá cheiliúradh againn i mbliana don iarnród ó Ghaillimh go Clochán- comóradh 130 bliain a oscailte (1895) agus 90 bliain a dhúnadh (1935). Tá tógáil an iarnróid le feiceáil san albam Arthur J. Balfour.
#EYACuimhneacháin #CuardaighDoChartlann
#EYACuimhneacháin #CuardaighDoChartlann
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Bhí dhá cheiliúradh againn i mbliana don iarnród ó Ghaillimh go Clochán- comóradh 130 bliain a oscailte (1895) agus 90 bliain a dhúnadh (1935). Tá tógáil an iarnróid le feiceáil san albam Arthur J. Balfour.
#EYACuimhneacháin #CuardaighDoChartlann
#EYACuimhneacháin #CuardaighDoChartlann
Glad you enjoyed your time @accoupe.bsky.social at our @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social Reading Room which has a tressure trove of information 📜📚
#Archives
#specialcollections
#Archives
#specialcollections
Had an excellent time at @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social archives this week.
December 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Glad you enjoyed your time @accoupe.bsky.social at our @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social Reading Room which has a tressure trove of information 📜📚
#Archives
#specialcollections
#Archives
#specialcollections
Téama lá a 7 ná #EYACuimsiú
Taispeánann Dr Mary Warde Moriarty grianghraf dá hathair, Edward Warde, dúinn ó chartlann Mincéirs.
Tá cuid den chartlann ar fáil go digiteach anseo:
digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#CuardaighDoChartlann
@araireland.bsky.social
Taispeánann Dr Mary Warde Moriarty grianghraf dá hathair, Edward Warde, dúinn ó chartlann Mincéirs.
Tá cuid den chartlann ar fáil go digiteach anseo:
digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#CuardaighDoChartlann
@araireland.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Téama lá a 7 ná #EYACuimsiú
Taispeánann Dr Mary Warde Moriarty grianghraf dá hathair, Edward Warde, dúinn ó chartlann Mincéirs.
Tá cuid den chartlann ar fáil go digiteach anseo:
digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#CuardaighDoChartlann
@araireland.bsky.social
Taispeánann Dr Mary Warde Moriarty grianghraf dá hathair, Edward Warde, dúinn ó chartlann Mincéirs.
Tá cuid den chartlann ar fáil go digiteach anseo:
digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#CuardaighDoChartlann
@araireland.bsky.social
Our last #Open & #Digital #Research #Workshop of the year:
Searching & Cleaning #Data with Regular Expressions
Date: Thursday, Dec 11, '25
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Location: RDC room 118, Research & Innovation Centre.
Suitability: Early Career Researchers
universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4398834
Searching & Cleaning #Data with Regular Expressions
Date: Thursday, Dec 11, '25
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Location: RDC room 118, Research & Innovation Centre.
Suitability: Early Career Researchers
universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4398834
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#BookLaunch - Young Offenders: Children and crime in Ireland, 1850–1908 by Geraldine Curtin
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
#19thcentury
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
#19thcentury
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#BookLaunch - Young Offenders: Children and crime in Ireland, 1850–1908 by Geraldine Curtin
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
#19thcentury
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
#19thcentury
Lá a 6, #EYAdigiteach
Inniu, táimid ag tarraingt aird ar Imirce, bailiúchán Kirby A. Miller le litreacha agus cuimhní cinn a chum Éireannaigh i Meiriceá Thuaidh.
#EYADigiteach #CuardaighDoChartlann
Inniu, táimid ag tarraingt aird ar Imirce, bailiúchán Kirby A. Miller le litreacha agus cuimhní cinn a chum Éireannaigh i Meiriceá Thuaidh.
#EYADigiteach #CuardaighDoChartlann
We’re proud to hold a range of #EYADigital collections: photos, documents, audio, video and born-digital material.
Today we’re highlighting the Imirce Project, which shares thousands of Irish emigrant letters and life stories.
Explore it here: imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms
#ExploreYourArchive
Today we’re highlighting the Imirce Project, which shares thousands of Irish emigrant letters and life stories.
Explore it here: imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms
#ExploreYourArchive
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Lá a 6, #EYAdigiteach
Inniu, táimid ag tarraingt aird ar Imirce, bailiúchán Kirby A. Miller le litreacha agus cuimhní cinn a chum Éireannaigh i Meiriceá Thuaidh.
#EYADigiteach #CuardaighDoChartlann
Inniu, táimid ag tarraingt aird ar Imirce, bailiúchán Kirby A. Miller le litreacha agus cuimhní cinn a chum Éireannaigh i Meiriceá Thuaidh.
#EYADigiteach #CuardaighDoChartlann
Max as always the most popular visitor to @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social - he's kind of a big deal.
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Tuilleadh íomhá ó lá 5 inné don téama #eyaPeataí , Seo iad gadhair Siobhán McKenna, darb ainm Pegeen Mike agus Rory. Nuair a fuair Rory bás, scríobh cara Siobhán an litir seo chuici mar ómós dó.
#EYAPeataí #CuardaighDoChartlann
#EYAPeataí #CuardaighDoChartlann
Some more #EYAPets in our archives!
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Tuilleadh íomhá ó lá 5 inné don téama #eyaPeataí , Seo iad gadhair Siobhán McKenna, darb ainm Pegeen Mike agus Rory. Nuair a fuair Rory bás, scríobh cara Siobhán an litir seo chuici mar ómós dó.
#EYAPeataí #CuardaighDoChartlann
#EYAPeataí #CuardaighDoChartlann
It includes a poem written for the occasion, “Woman of the Mountain”, by Irish poet #PaulDurcan who passed away earlier this year, letters & cards from children, the text of Robinson's inaugural address, guest lists, press cuttings, a facsimile of her signed oath of office,..
#EYA
#MaryRobinson
#EYA
#MaryRobinson
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It includes a poem written for the occasion, “Woman of the Mountain”, by Irish poet #PaulDurcan who passed away earlier this year, letters & cards from children, the text of Robinson's inaugural address, guest lists, press cuttings, a facsimile of her signed oath of office,..
#EYA
#MaryRobinson
#EYA
#MaryRobinson
Last month, President Catherine Connolly, Ireland's 10th President, & 3rd female president was officially inaugurated into office. Yesterday, 3rd of December was the 35th anniversary of the inauguration of Mary Robinson, our 7th President & the first female President.
@araireland.bsky.social #EYA
@araireland.bsky.social #EYA
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Last month, President Catherine Connolly, Ireland's 10th President, & 3rd female president was officially inaugurated into office. Yesterday, 3rd of December was the 35th anniversary of the inauguration of Mary Robinson, our 7th President & the first female President.
@araireland.bsky.social #EYA
@araireland.bsky.social #EYA
Lá 5 do #CuardaighdoChartlann , an téama ná #EYAPeataí,
seo grianghraf álainn ó #chartlann Uachtaráin de Micheál D. Ó hUigínn lena chara Richard Kearney, a theaghlach, agus an dá ghadhar is cáiliúla sa tír, #Bród agus #Misneach, 31 Eanáir 2016.
#micheálDÓhUigínn
seo grianghraf álainn ó #chartlann Uachtaráin de Micheál D. Ó hUigínn lena chara Richard Kearney, a theaghlach, agus an dá ghadhar is cáiliúla sa tír, #Bród agus #Misneach, 31 Eanáir 2016.
#micheálDÓhUigínn
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAPets
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Lá 5 do #CuardaighdoChartlann , an téama ná #EYAPeataí,
seo grianghraf álainn ó #chartlann Uachtaráin de Micheál D. Ó hUigínn lena chara Richard Kearney, a theaghlach, agus an dá ghadhar is cáiliúla sa tír, #Bród agus #Misneach, 31 Eanáir 2016.
#micheálDÓhUigínn
seo grianghraf álainn ó #chartlann Uachtaráin de Micheál D. Ó hUigínn lena chara Richard Kearney, a theaghlach, agus an dá ghadhar is cáiliúla sa tír, #Bród agus #Misneach, 31 Eanáir 2016.
#micheálDÓhUigínn
Re-scheduled notice!
Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Time:10:30 - 12:30
Location: Library Training Room PC Suite
You can still register for the January session here:
universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4420964
#writingworkshop
Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Time:10:30 - 12:30
Location: Library Training Room PC Suite
You can still register for the January session here:
universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4420964
#writingworkshop
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Re-scheduled notice!
Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Time:10:30 - 12:30
Location: Library Training Room PC Suite
You can still register for the January session here:
universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4420964
#writingworkshop
Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Time:10:30 - 12:30
Location: Library Training Room PC Suite
You can still register for the January session here:
universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4420964
#writingworkshop
Workshop: Open Peer Review in Practice
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: RDC room 118, Research & Innovation Centre.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n79dby5
Suitability: This workshop is primarily intended for early career researchers (in all disciplines).
#openresearch
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: RDC room 118, Research & Innovation Centre.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n79dby5
Suitability: This workshop is primarily intended for early career researchers (in all disciplines).
#openresearch
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Workshop: Open Peer Review in Practice
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: RDC room 118, Research & Innovation Centre.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n79dby5
Suitability: This workshop is primarily intended for early career researchers (in all disciplines).
#openresearch
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: RDC room 118, Research & Innovation Centre.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n79dby5
Suitability: This workshop is primarily intended for early career researchers (in all disciplines).
#openresearch
Lá 4 do #CuardaighdoChartlann @araireland.bsky.social
An téama ná #EYAciúnas, aistriúchán do Oíche Chiún socraigh ag Colonel Sauerzweig ó Chartlann Conradh na Gaeilge!
@cnagaeilge.bsky.social
An téama ná #EYAciúnas, aistriúchán do Oíche Chiún socraigh ag Colonel Sauerzweig ó Chartlann Conradh na Gaeilge!
@cnagaeilge.bsky.social
Colonel Sauerzweig’s arrangement and translation of 'Silent Night' from the Conradh na Gaeilge archive🌟
Humming beneath the melody, the lower voices in the quartet set a quiet, peaceful tone that fits today’s #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYASilence
@araireland.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social
Humming beneath the melody, the lower voices in the quartet set a quiet, peaceful tone that fits today’s #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYASilence
@araireland.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Lá 4 do #CuardaighdoChartlann @araireland.bsky.social
An téama ná #EYAciúnas, aistriúchán do Oíche Chiún socraigh ag Colonel Sauerzweig ó Chartlann Conradh na Gaeilge!
@cnagaeilge.bsky.social
An téama ná #EYAciúnas, aistriúchán do Oíche Chiún socraigh ag Colonel Sauerzweig ó Chartlann Conradh na Gaeilge!
@cnagaeilge.bsky.social