St. Patricks Day Closure Notice

Please note that the library will be closed on Wed the 17th of March for the St. Patricks Day bank holiday

Book of the Month

March

Love and summer is a beautiful meditation on love, belonging and the impossibility of escape. Trevor evokes the passions and frustrations felt by the people of a small Irish town during one long summer.

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009

Copies available to borrow from the Goldsmith Library

Library Ireland Week Event 2010

The Goldsmith Library invites students and staff to a reading with Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole from his latest book Ship of Fools on Wednesday the 3rd of March at 12pm. Ship of Fools is a passionate story of the recent reversal in Ireland’s economic fortunes.

Copies available to purchase for author signing on the day.

Christmas Opening Hours

Thurs 17th Dec-9.15am-5pm

Fri 18th Dec-9.15am-5pm

Sat 19th Dec-Closed

Mon 21st Dec-9.15am-5pm

Tues 22nd Dec-9.15am-1pm

Wed 23rd Dec-Mon 4th of Jan-Closed

Tues 5th of Jan-9.15am-1 & 2-5pm

Wed 6th of Jan-9.15am-1pm & 2-5pm

Thurs 7th of Jan-9.15am-1pm & 2-5pm

Fri 8th of Jan-9.15am-1pm & 2-5pm

Midterm Opening Hours

Thurs 22nd Oct-9.15am-5pm

Fri 23rd Oct-9.15am-5pm

Sat 24th Oct-Closed

Mon 26th Oct-Closed

Tues 27th Oct-9.15am-5pm

Wed 28th Oct-9.15am-5pm

Thurs 29th Oct-9.15am-5pm

Fri 30th Oct-9.15am-5pm

Sat 31st Oct-Closed

Gerry Stembridge Visit

Goldsmith Library-Lecture Series
Gerry Stembridge

Gerry Stembridge is most famous for his role in the Irish radio comedy programme Scrap Saturday. His film career includes the screenplay for Ordinary Decent Criminal, Nora and About Adam. He has recently authored a number of books including According to Luke and Counting Down.
The author will visit the Goldsmith library on Thursday the 5th of November at 12pm to give a reading from his latest book. Counting Down is the gripping story about a man who decides to live life on his own lethal terms.

Book of the Month October

A beautifully written, insightful, and devastating first novel, Man Gone Down is about a young African American father in a bi-racial marriage trying to claim a piece of the American Dream.

Winner of Dublin IMPAC Award 2009

Copies available to borrow from Goldsmith Library