Salthill Parish's Little Free Library

02/10/2021

Did you know is going on right now? All of these titles have been challenged. Check out the top 10 most-challenged titles according to the ALA: https://ed.gr/dnxub

01/04/2021

12/11/2020

Seeing the other person without preconceived ideas is quintessential especially now. Seeing the other person as a person, like ourself, wanting happiness and not suffering, is quintessential. Superficially we have differences, but they are not important. Deeply we are all the same. We all want inner peace free from anxiety and fear. Superficial differences based in preconceived ideas are only concepts. These concepts come from our upbringing and culture. It’s time to cleanse ourselves of ‘in group’ and ‘out group’ thinking. It is time to cleanse ourselves of ‘us’ and ‘them’ thinking. It is time to become bigger, and think of ‘we’ and ‘us.’ We are all brothers and sisters, part of one human family. It’s time to drop our preconceived ideas and come home. Emaho!

30/01/2020

this is from Australia but still a powerful observation.

An Aussie grandmother’s simple photo of her groceries versus ci******es ‘challenge’ has gained some serious momentum on social media after it was posted over the weekend. Judy Kerrison said her grandchild commented on how much ci******es were after watching someone buy them, so she decided to ...

06/01/2020

Little-known Viking Nerds.

20/11/2019

Are you a cyclist? If so, are you one of the many who carefully puts old faithful into storage over the winter months, convinced that all that rain, snow and ice is just unsuitable for biking? Well, this Finnish town is living proof that winter cycling is perfectly possible with the right planning a...

20/10/2019

Special book given out as gift to readers during National Book Week is accepted instead of ticket

27/08/2019

22/07/2019

02/06/2019

28/04/2019

In 1492 two Irish families, the Butlers of Ormonde and the FitzGeralds of Kildare, were involved in a bitter feud. This disagreement centered around the position of Lord Deputy. Both families wanted one of their own to hold the position. In 1492 this tension broke into outright warfare and a small skirmish occurred between the two families just outside the city walls.
The Butlers, realising that the fighting was getting out of control, took refuge in the Chapter House of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. However, the FitzGeralds followed them into the Cathedral and asked them to come out and make peace. The Butlers, afraid that if they did so they would be slaughtered, refused.
As a gesture of good faith the head of the Kildare family, Gerald FitzGerald, ordered that a hole be cut in the door. He then thrust his arm through the door and offered his hand in peace to those on the other side. Upon seeing this, FitzGerald was willing to risk his arm by putting it through the door the Butlers reasoned that he was serious in his intention. They shook hands through the door, the Butlers emerged from the Chapter House and the two families made peace.
Today this door is known as the "Door of Reconciliation" and is on display in the Cathedral's north transept. This story also lives on in a famous expression in Ireland "To chance your arm".

26/03/2019