I’m not in Maynooth right now, but I gather it’s warm there. Not perhaps as warm as here in London (34°C), bit still a bit warm to be wearing a fur coat. Still, it seems that Maynooth Library Cat is surviving…
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Maynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth, Maynooth University, Maynooth University Library, Maynooth University Library Cat on July 9, 2026 by telescoperMaynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth, Maynooth University, Maynooth University Library, Maynooth University Library Cat on June 18, 2026 by telescoperzzzzz…
Maynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth University, Maynooth University Library Cat on May 13, 2026 by telescoper
I thought young Séamus (aka Maynooth University Library Cat) was fast asleep when I saw him under a tree, but I think he was just pretending as he had his beady eye on something…
Maynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth, Maynooth University, Maynooth University Library, Maynooth University Library Cat on May 6, 2026 by telescoper
This lunchtime I saw Maynooth University Library Cat in a more pastoral setting than usual. Having just had his lunch, it being sunny, and the area around the Library being somewhat busy, I reckon he had it in mind to have a quiet snooze in the shade of the trees.
Maynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth University, Maynooth University Library, Maynooth University Library Cat, Séamus on April 22, 2026 by telescoperThis week at Maynooth University numerous parties of schoolkids have been, and are being, shown around the campus. Naturally an important stop on this tour is the abode of Séamus the Library Cat. The weather has been nice this week so far, as it was today, so said feline has generally been out and about and making himself available to be admired. On my way to lunch I managed to bypass a large coach party of schoolgirls and reach the cat’s spot ahead of them. I found Séamus giving himself a good wash and brush-up in anticipation of the arrival of the visitors.
Maynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth University, Maynooth University Library Cat on February 27, 2026 by telescoper
It being a spring-like day, Maynooth University Library Cat took the opportunity to choose a spot away from his usual post so he could loaf in the sunshine.
The Week in Pictures…
Posted in Biographical, Maynooth with tags Maynooth University Library Cat, Peter Mandelson, STFC Crisis, Weather on February 7, 2026 by telescoper
P.S. The pink flowers in the first picture in front of the daffodils are examples of Lenten Rose (Helleborus Orientalis), all parts of which are toxic (cf. Mandelson)
Maynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth, Maynooth University, Maynooth University Library, Maynooth University Library Cat on February 4, 2026 by telescoper
I hadn’t seen Maynooth University Library Cat for a while, so it was nice to see him today, on post, as large as life. Approaching him I saw him receive a number of back scratches. It seems he enjoyed them and continued to present his back to passers-by in the hope of getting more.
Maynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth University Library Cat on January 6, 2026 by telescoperMaynooth University Library Cat has endured the very cold weather we have had recently, but when I met him this lunchtime he was rather hungry. So much so that he scratched my hand in his eagerness to get at the food I put out for him…
P.S. There seems to be a bit of a thaw today.
Maynooth University Library Cat Update
Posted in Maynooth with tags Maynooth University, Maynooth University Library Cat, Séamus on December 15, 2025 by telescoper
I saw Maynooth University Library Cat on the way to my office this morning. Most students I saw were heading in the opposite direction, in their Christmas jumpers, to pubs, or at least to queue outside them as they weren’t yet open. I think it will be a quiet day on campus, if not in town. Such is the Maynooth Student Xmas I blogged about yesterday.
Anyway, as you can see, Séamus was looking a bit disgruntled, though as usual he was receptive to a stroke or two and a head scratch. It had been raining overnight and such food as was in his dish had turned to mush and was in need of replacement. At least his water bowl was full.
In the Dark 