Had a very pleasant afternoon sitting on my pedestal being admired. There were admirers of every description. And a dog

Stalks of field horsetail, stripey looking due to the segments

A clump of horsetails with stripey segments

Some handsome Field Horsetail - Equisetum arvense - in Co Roscommon today, with those stripes it's surely Zebratail! #WildflowerHour

Happy Easter!🥚🐤
We are delighted to present our MU New Publications Virtual Easter experience.
Go on this virtual #Easter egg hunt and discover a small selection of new publications from Maynooth University and St Patrick's Pontifical University
Here - ow.ly/WyJM50YCkmq

Happy Easter to all our staff and students, we hope you enjoy the break as much as Seamus 🐈🥚😍

#MaynoothUni #LibraryCat #Easter

Junior Garden St. Patrick's College, Maynooth

Beautiful evening in Junior Garden @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

Delicate white flowers of Wild Garlic, six narrow petals,looks like a star!

Ramsons (Allium ursinum, or its Irish name: Creamh) in bloom ( and in scent!) under the shade of a tree in Co. Limerick yesterday for #WildflowerHour

A flower of the Barren Strawberry plant, with five very widely spaced petals, visible sepals and dull-ish green trefoil toothed leaves

Another bloom for yesterday's #WildflowerHour, Barren Strawberry (Potentilla sterilis or Sú talún bréige) is in flower in the ditches now in Co. Limerick

The hanging clusters of yellow-y green flowers of the sycamore tree, with some leaves opening in the background

Lastly and lately, #TreeFlowers for #WildflowerHour : Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus or an Seiceamóir - there was a buff-tailed bumblebee queen visiting the flowers but she wasn't waiting around for a photo!

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Currently having photo taken. As is good and proper.

Fantastic skeeting from the librarians at #ASL2026 today, thank you all for sharing!! It looks to have been an excellent conference, so many highly relevant library topics covered @aslibraries.bsky.social

The creamy white flower of the Sweet Violet, dark lines on the lower petal, a yellow centre and with a violet spur

For. #WildflowerHour, Sweet Violet (Viola odorata / Sailchuach chumhra) blooming by the Royal Canal, North Kildare, in yesterday's Spring sunshine. Sailchuach chumhra faoi bhláth in aice an Chanáil Ríoga inné, is an ghrian ag soilsiú uirthi.

Looking forward to this ...... nationalarchives.ie

Former BBC Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray dies aged 75 Veteran broadcaster interviewed prominent female leaders including Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton The former BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray has died at the age of 75. Murray, who joined the programme in 1987 and left in 2020, established a reputation as a formidable presenter, conducting interviews with prominent female figures including Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton. Continue reading...

Former BBC Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray dies aged 75

Save the date! The LIR Annual Seminar 2026 is on Wednesday the 13th of May from 10.30am to 3.30pm in the Asiera Offices, D01V8Y6. The theme of this year's seminar is Supporting Emerging Literacies: How do libraries design and deliver new literacy programmes?

We are delighted to announce #LIRSeminar2026 is taking place on the 13th of May. Make sure to save the date!
And if you'd like to participate, the call for papers is live until the 31st of March. For more information, please see: lirgroup.heanet.ie/index.php/su...

St Patrick described himself as a refugee ("profugus"). He was a Roman Briton, trafficked into slavery in Ireland as a teenager who chose to return in adulthood as a missionary. He was elevated to the role of Ireland's national saint in the 7th century by the church of Armagh. Happy #StPatricksDay ☘️

Happy Mother’s Day to all who nurture. Today we celebrate the diverse, loving figures in our lives—moms, mother figures, and those who have loved us like family. We see you and appreciate you.

#SeachtainnaGaeilge

Maynooth's magnificent Magnolias @maynoothuniversity.ie @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social

st joseph's square in maynooth. sunny day

🎵 Oh cat he went a walking
it was a nice affair
serene and with no talking
In sunny Joseph's sqaure🎶

Hey ho! the grass has had its inaugural cut. get studying students!

The annual Seachtain na Gaeilge festival is starting today and will continue until March 17th!

Image: Cárta Ballraíochta ó Chartlann Chonradh na Gaeilge, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe G60/4/6/1

#SeachtainnaGaeilge

With thanks to the University of Galway, their digitised archive of an Gaodhal is now available on our A-Z of Databases list. Explore today via the link in our bio 🔎 #MULibraryeResources

An infographic advertising a call for papers for the LIR Annual Seminar 2026. This year's theme is Supporting Emerging Literacies: How do libraries design and deliver new literacy programmes? and the submission deadline is 31st March 2026.

The LIR Group invites you to submit a lightning talk for this year's Annual Seminar relating to the theme, Supporting Emerging Literacies: How do libraries design and deliver new literacy programmes? For more information, please see: bsky.app/profile/lirh...

Our #failfridays are really developing a pattern. In this weeks episode our baby Ultimaker GO's motor cable mysteriously breaks.
Going to try and see if we can repair it ourselves if not we will schedule a service for our printers.
A little health check all round.

Whether it’s self-love, friendship, romance or even the love of a good book - we hope you feel the love today💘 We're sharing some of our favorite quotes about love from a few of the amazing writers you’ll find in our collections 📚 #MULibraryCollections

#ilikeitlikeLiST

See how you use our services in our Love Data Week poster exhibition including how many items added to collections, eBooks order, tours conducted, 3D prints order and much much more.
Available to view in the foyer of the John Paul II Library 9 - 13th Feb.
@LoveDataWeek #lovedata26

Thanks to everyone who joined us for last night's #MaynoothThroughTheAges lecture! Thanks to Paul Croghan for an engaging talk, and to the other speakers Dr Ciarán Reilly, Professor Terence Dooley, and MU President, Professor Eeva Leinonen.

St Patrick's Pontifical University Maynooth University

Love is not just a feeling; it’s also a field of study 💘📚 Ahead of St. Valentine’s Day this Saturday, we’ve chosen titles that examine love through the lenses of philosophy, psychology and cultural critique. Swipe to see where you can find these books in the library ✨#MULibraryCollections