Saint David's Day

St David's Day display at SBS Library

Yes it’s our patron saint’s day on Saturday, so let’s eat Welsh cakes, sing the national anthem and wear our leeks and daffodils with pride! As you’d imagine, there are celebratory events going on all over Wales (The Telegraph has a helpful list of some of the main ones), though Bala seems to be the best place to go as cooks there are attempting to make the biggest Welsh cake in the world! There’s plenty going on round Swansea too, though no world record attempts, as far as we know!

Your UWTSD libraries are getting into the spirit of things too, with Welsh-themed displays at Swansea Business School and Townhill Libraries. You’ll find Welsh travel guides and books about our country’s history at SBS and folk tales and fiction at Townhill Library. You’ll also find a selection of the Library of Wales series on the shelves at Townhill, so have a look for those if you fancy some fiction set in Wales. We have language resources at both SBS and Townhill Libraries, so if you’ve ever fancied learning Welsh, why not pick up some books and CDs to help?

Whatever you decide to do on St David’s Day, we hope you have a lovely weekend!

The display at Townhill Library

 

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

The 17th March is St Patrick’s Day, when the patron saint of Ireland is celebrated all over the world. These celebrations often involve a trip to the local alehouse(s), and quite often a novelty hat too! This week though, before you head to Wind Street to raise a glass to the man, why not find some time to pop into your SMU Library and find out a bit more about Ireland and the Irish? We’re an alcohol free zone of course, but we’ve got plenty of books on the country’s literature and history, as well as a range of travel guides if you fancy a trip to the Emerald Isle (I can recommend Cork!). There’s a lovely Irish-themed display in Townhill Library that might inspire you.

It’s rumoured that St Patrick might have been Welsh (or possibly Scottish). If you’d like to find out more about his life and his day, you’ll find lots of information on our database, Oxford Reference Online, which is accessible from the library website (www.smu.ac.uk/library). Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!

Happy Saint Dwynwen's Day!

Today is St. Dwynwen's day, to commemorate the Welsh patron saint of friendship & love!

To find out more about the legend of Dwynwen, visit the National Museum of Wales' link -http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/faq/stdwynwen/

We've also got some items about Dwynwen in the Teaching Practice section at our Townhill campus library, which you can locate using the library catalogue.

So, happy St. Dwynwen's day to you / diwrnod Santes Dwynwen hapus i chi !!