https://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mwsfyo6whz2a#OTD 1793 Carlow College opens its doors to students for the first time. The passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act that year allowed for the intake of the first 37 students: #ThrowbackThursday01 Oct 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsfyo6whz2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mwe5b3c5q22nSshh you didn’t hear it from us but tomorrow is National Public Library Open Day, and we’ve lots of Free events All Welcome 😜🤫📣📚 @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social #nationalpubliclibrariesopenday #bookfacefriday25 Sep 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwe5b3c5q22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mwdmxe2qxe2h25 Sep 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdmxe2qxe2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mvps5r472g2y17 Sep 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvps5r472g2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mvpc4zws4a2g#OTD 1961 - The ferocious Siege of Jadotville comes to an end. The brave soldiers were not the only Irish natives pressed into service that dramatic week - their Ford MkVI armoured cars were built by Thos. Thompson & Son in Carlow. Like the soldiers, it had no reverse gear. #ThrowbackThursday17 Sep 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpc4zws4a2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mvnc35ml7w2p16 Sep 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnc35ml7w2phttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mvi4dks6du2yLaunch of "Bittersweet: 100 years after the founding of the Sugar Factory" A podcast by Marc-Ivan O'Gorman Friday 18 September, at 5pm Carlow County Museum #CultureNight14 Sep 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvi4dks6du2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mvazkp3mjc2rHave a lovely weekend everyone & thanks Josie for being our #bookfacefriday 📚📚11 Sep 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvazkp3mjc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mv5s3tjil72uThis week 1966 - Can't hear, can't see, too cramped, too hot, too cold, not enough seats, a press area resembling "a cocktail bar"... Unlike today, Carlow Co. Co. meetings in the Courthouse during the 1960s sound less like local government and more like an endurance challenge: #ThrowbackThursday10 Sep 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5s3tjil72uhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mv3r27npts2j09 Sep 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3r27npts2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3muon7beu3z22Register for FREE now at: https://bolinda.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OUgI2AxrTQS6bKP3vu04XQ#/registration04 Sep 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muon7beu3z22https://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mum2qfo3q424August 2012 - "I hope she will make a great living out of boxing, whether she turns pro or not. Whatever she decides to do, Ireland has a new superstar." #ThrowbackThursday #TaylorPili03 Sep 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum2qfo3q424https://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mu2vjkkh4d2hMy Open Library services will be unavailable in Tullow today and tomorrow morning, 27 & 28 August. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.27 Aug 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2vjkkh4d2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mu2hxpurp22l1973 - #BackToSchool 🥺 That's it. That's the #ThrowbackThursday27 Aug 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2hxpurp22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mtj3jabdu72eAhead of our Heritage Potato Harvest event tomorrow (Borris Library, 2pm, all ages welcome) we remember a time when the harvest was so much more important. It was a time that determined if the months to follow would bring survival, emigration, or, tragically, starvation. #ThrowbackThursday20 Aug 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj3jabdu72ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mth54wt7hk2qJoin us for The Harvest in Borris Library on Friday, 21 August, at 2pm, where there will be something for young and old alike...19 Aug 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth54wt7hk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mtbg6um7mg2wJoin us at Borris Library, Fri 21 Aug, 2pm for the final stage of the Carlow Heritage Potato Project — harvest, comparisons, and potato tastings with Bia Blasta. Watch Parts 1 & 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCD3kltCT7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqUq5eWgcH4&t=14s All welcome.17 Aug 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbg6um7mg2whttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3msxsttt6bf2lPLEASE NOTE - Borris Library will operate My Open Library services only on Saturday next, 15 August. We apologise for any inconvenience.13 Aug 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxsttt6bf2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3msxdobd4552eThis week 1999 - The ferry to Cherbourg makes a detour to take in the solar eclipse, the clouds miraculously part, and the experience is "out-of-this-world": #ThrowbackThursday #SolarEclipse13 Aug 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxdobd4552ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3msfxbapyad2mThis Week 1846 - the wonder of rail travel makes it to Carlow, prompted by the huge demand to attend the annual Carlow Races: #ThrowbackThursday06 Aug 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfxbapyad2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mru3bnfvcm2xLast week of Sept, 1951: - Stalin offers unity to Germany; - King George VI undergoes surgery; - Papal encyclical on evolution; - Mayo wins Sam Maguire #ThrowbackThursday30 Jul 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mru3bnfvcm2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mrn5act6jw2lMy Open Library Services in Tullow, Muinebheag and Borris will be unavailable on Monday 3 August. This planned interruption is to facilitate an upgrade to the service software. Normal service will resume at 8am on Tuesday 4 August. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.27 Jul 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn5act6jw2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mrn555xdus2hPlanned Service Interruption: All online library services and My Open Library will be unavailable on Monday 3 August due to a system upgrade. This affects eResources, apps, websites, catalogue searches, registrations, reservations and renewals. Services resume Tuesday 4 August.27 Jul 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn555xdus2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mrcja5malr2v2006 - The recent warm, dry, summer weather has unfortunately brought gorse fires to counties Kerry, Cork, Westmeath, Tipperary and Wicklow. It’s a reminder of 2006, when Mount Leinster faced a similar blaze, though that one freakishly struck in the depths of winter. #ThrowbackThursday23 Jul 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcja5malr2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mqqxvwtvu52tEngland v. Argentina. Wonderful entertainment since 1966. You can follow every bitter, savage, devious, genius, politically charged, heart breaking/thrilling (delete as appropriate) meeting on our Borrowbox and Irish Newspaper Archive services. #ThrowbackThursday #FIFAWorldCup16 Jul 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqxvwtvu52thttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mpnmwqykdy2w#OTD 1798 - The tragic and barbaric last day of legendary rebel leader Fr. John Murphy, who, along with his bodyguard John Gallagher, was discovered in Castlemore, taken to The Square in Tullow, and brutally put to death: #ThrowbackThursday02 Jul 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnmwqykdy2whttps://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mp432h2uoq25Summer 1957 - Heatwaves... we've been doing them all wrong: #ThrowbackThursday25 Jun 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp432h2uoq25https://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3monnxwbh2622My Open Library services return to Muinebheag Library from 5pm today, Fri 19 June. Please remember to follow MOL terms and conditions so everyone can enjoy the service. Access may be suspended again if these terms aren’t followed.19 Jun 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3monnxwbh2622https://bsky.app/profile/carlowlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mokkusxpat2q#OTD 1815 - Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, takes command at The Battle of Waterloo. Wellington built Erindale House on the Barrow outside Carlow for his local mistress. Graiguecullen Bridge was once Wellington Bridge, and Governey Square was formerly Wellington Square. #ThrowbackThursday18 Jun 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:hxw7fhk3ixmxvfjrg2vqbcsv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokkusxpat2q