Our most successful ever Christmas Carols event was held in the Library on Saturday 3rd January 2026. Children from the Piccolo Lasso Singers, under the baton of Dr. Ite O’Donovan,…

PAX Dr. Fearghas Ó Béara, Head of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland, shared his reflections on his recent travels in Turkmenistan. The talk, entitled A hermit kingdom on…

Notre Dame research students, Matthew Lad and Jonathan Karr, presented a paper “Equivocation and Erosion: How LLMs Undermine Catholic Religious Discourse” on Thursday 6th November @ 6.00 p.m. in the…

On Wednesday 8th October, Poet in Residence and volunteer librarian, Brid Fitzpatrick, delighted us by reading selections from her published books of poetry. There followed a very lively and engaged…

2025 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell. To mark this anniversary, two events were held in the Library on Saturday 20th September. Patrick Hugh Lynch, our…

On Saturday 14th June 2025 we commemorated the 89th anniversary of the death of the great Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton. In testimony to the high esteem in which GK. Chesterton…

Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Leone XIV: Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.

Dom Prosper Guéranger restored monastic life at Solesmes in 1833. He was born in Sablé on 4 April 1805. “He went to seminary in Le Mans, was ordained to the…

A new book, “The Rock from which you were hewn: The Lives and Legacy of Holy Irish Men and Women”, was presented at a talk by co-editor Dr. Patrick Kenny…

The Library welcomes members and visitors at the following times: Wednesday:   10.30 – 5.00 Thursday:       13.00 – 18.00 and Saturday:        11.00 – 4.30 Please note that the Library is closed…