Monday 25 August
Visit to the new NUI Maynooth Library and the World War I Exhibition in the Russell Library for staff from university, public and special libraries and archives
Arrive 10 a.m. to John Paul II Library
10.00-11.00 Tour of new library
11.00-11.30 Tea coffee
11.30-12.30 Visit to Russell Library and World War I Exhibition
This event is free of charge but booking is essential. To book a place please e-mail Helen.b.fallon@mu.ie by Friday 22 August
Tuesday 26 August
Launch of Teresa Brayton exhibition by Professor Philip Nolan, President of NUI Maynooth. This event is being run in collaboration with Kildare County Council Library and Arts Service
6.30 p.m. John Paul II Library
Refreshments will be served
This event is free of charge but booking is essential. To book a place please e-mail Olive.Morrin@mu.ie by Friday 22 August
Wednesday 27 August
Maynooth College 1914-1918: An exhibition to mark the centenary of the First World War – Visit for those involved in Intercultural, local history and Adult & Community Groups/Projects
10.30-11.00 Tea/Coffee in Pugin Dining Room
11.00 -12.30 Guest lectures by Dr. David Murphy, Centre for Military History & Strategic Studies, NUI Maynooth Department of History and Barbara McCormack, Librarian, Special Collections & Tour of the Exhibition and Russell Library
The event is free of charge but booking is essential. To book a place please e-mail library.russell@mu.ie by Friday 22 August
This exhibition will be open to the public on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday during Heritage Week, for more information see: http://www.heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event-details?EventID=1131
Thursday 28 August
Visit to OPW-NUI May Maynooth archive and research centre at Castletown House, Celbridge
There will be half-hourly tours of the Connolly Archive (letters of Louisa Connolly) from 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. This will be followed by a guest lecture at 7.30 by Vanessa Waldon OPW “An Insight into Eighteenth Century dining in Castletown, Carton & Russborough.”
This event is free of charge but booking is essential. To book a place please e-mail nicola.kelly@mu.ie by Monday 25 August