page_title: List of Carnegie libraries in Europe
section_title: Wales
hierarchical_section_title: List of Carnegie libraries in Europe / United Kingdom / Wales
caption_attribution_description: English: Cathays Library. This is Cathays Library. Cathays Library is a Carnegie building opened in 1906 and is prominently situated on the junction of Cathays Terrace, Whitchurch Road, Fairoak Road and Crwys Road, next to Cathays Cemetery. It is a Grade 2 Listed building and contains several interesting architectural features
context_page_description: This is an incomplete list of Carnegie libraries in Europe.
context_section_description: Carnegie's libraries were not exclusively for English-speakers. The Bangor library was called Llyfrgell Rydd ("Free Library" in Welsh).
  Abergavenny
  Aberystwyth
  Bangor 1907, brick and stone construction
  Barry
  Bridgend - former Old Library 1906 now Carnegie House (2014), Council Offices and Arts/Culture Hub
  Brynmawr - now a museum 
  Buckley - now Buckley Town Council offices
  Canton, Cardiff
  Cathays, Cardiff 1907
  Church Village - now the Parish Hall 
  Coedpoeth 1904, local sandstone construction
  Deiniolen 
  Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
  Llandrindod Wells - now a museum 
  Merthyr Tydfil
  Newport: Rogerstone Library 1905, Pillgwenlly Library and Corporation Road Library, Newport
  Penarth 1905 
  Pontypool 1908 
  Rhyl, Flintshire (now Denbighshire) 1907 no longer in use as a library
  Skewen 1905 
  Taibach, Neath Port Talbot
  Trecynon, opened 1903
  Whitchurch, Cardiff
  Wrexham
caption: Cathays Library, in Cardiff, opened 1906
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