Maynooth University Library

Opening Hours

May

John Paul II Library
Opening Hours 08:00 – 17:00
Service Hours 08:45 – 16:45

Russell Library
Opening Hours 10:00 - 17:00
Service Hours 10:00 - 16:30 (Appointment only)
Closed for lunch 13:00 - 14:00

While we love people to come in and see our exhibitions in person, we realise that this is not always possible. This section provides links to ‘virtual’ exhibitions, where you can see all or part of what we have displayed. In fact, putting them online in this way not only makes them more accessible, it also prompts us to look at our collections in new and exciting ways.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

A selection of books at Maynooth University Library

Diamonds in the Rough : The Swayne Bequest and the Dublin Imprints

Monsignor Seán Swayne, chairman of the Irish Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy and parish priest of Graiguenamagh, Co. Kilkenny, died in May 1996. His bequest to the library of Maynooth College included 100 books printed before 1850. The collection is primarily devotional and liturgical, with many of the books showing evidence of usage and regular handling. A number of the books belonged previously to Mgr. Swayne’s uncle, Peadar MacSuibhne. Nearly half of the books (47) were printed in Ireland, making this an important collection in terms of Irish print history. This digital exhibition explores some of the ‘diamonds in the rough’ – the highlights of the remarkable Irish imprints which are housed in the Russell Library, bringing them to life in a digital world.

For more information on the Swayne Collection, please see our Library Treasures Blog ‘Mgr. Seán Swayne’s Bequest’

African Women Writers

African Women Writers - Celebrating World Book Day at Maynooth University Library

To mark World Book Day 2021, Maynooth University Library is pleased to bring you this virtual exhibition of African Women Writers. These titles are part of our growing collection of writings by novelists from the Global South. They represent 13 countries and a wide variety of themes including emigration, education, marriage, family, the position of women in society, social justice and political upheaval.

Peadar Ó Laoghaire

Wellbeing resources at Maynooth University Library

Africa Day 2021

Africa Day 2021 - Celebrating Africa Day Ireland at Maynooth University Library

An Exhibition of African writers in our Collections.

Maynooth University Library Annual Art Exhibition 2020

An exhibition of art by students and staff of Maynooth University and St. Patrick's College Maynooth.

New books from staff of Maynooth University and St Patrick's College Maynooth

Promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: The Ken Saro-Wiwa Archives at Maynooth University

On the 16th of November 2011 Sister Majella McCarron (OLA) donated the death-row correspondence she received from Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, to Maynooth University. There were 28 letters, 27 of which were written by Saro-Wiwa while in military detention, and smuggled out in breadbaskets. The donation also included video recordings, photographs, a MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) flag and t-shirt, a cap that had belonged to Saro-Wiwa, and newspaper cuttings and other ephemera. Saro-Wiwa and eight others (The Ogoni Nine) were executed on the 16th of November 1994, for protesting against the environmental destruction of their homeland by the international petrochemical industry.