The Irish Times

Trinity’s Old Library: ‘Ireland’s most beautiful room’ gets 21st century makeover

Trinity College Dublin has been rooted in the history and culture of these islands since it was founded by Royal Charter in 1592. Yet it is also an integral part of the modern Ireland that is ...
Irish Central

Virtual Trinity Library − Creating a cultural heritage for future generations

The new virtual Trinity Library will conserve, catalog, curate, digitize and research its unique collections of national importance, granting universal, free access. Using the most advanced technology ...
Irish Central

Trinity College Dublin renames main Library formerly named after Irish-born slave-holder

Trinity College Dublin is renaming its main Library, formerly named after George Berkeley, after the acclaimed Irish poet Eavan Boland. This decision was made by the University Board on Wednesday, ...
CNN

Ireland’s oldest university names its first building after a woman. It only took 433 years

Trinity College Dublin may have been founded by Queen Elizabeth I, but for over 400 years every building on the prestigious university campus has been named after a man. Until now. This month, an ...
The Irish Times

Trinity invites public to help choose new name for library

Trinity College Dublin is inviting submissions from the public to help choose a new name for its main library, formerly named after Irish philosopher George Berkeley. The university removed his name ...
Belfast Telegraph

Trinity library bins slave owner’s name

Trinity College Dublin has decided to remove the name of a slave owner from its largest library. First opened in 1967, the Berkeley Library was named after philosopher George Berkeley in 1978. The ...
BreakingNews.ie

Trinity College Dublin renames main library after poet Eavan Boland

Trinity College Dublin is renaming its main library after the acclaimed Irish poet Eavan Boland, making the library the first building on the college's campus to be named after a woman. It had been ...
The Guardian

Trinity College Dublin begins €90m project to relocate vulnerable books

Restoring and moving 750,000 volumes and ancient manuscripts expected to take five years It is known as Ireland’s “front room”, where esteemed visitors including the Queen, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron ...
The New York Times

An Irish National Treasure Gets Set for a Long-Needed Restoration

The majestic Old Library at Trinity College Dublin, where some of Ireland’s most ancient and valuable books are stored, is a popular tourist attraction. By Ed O’Loughlin DUBLIN — The Long Room, with ...
Independent.ie

Ireland’s only copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio goes on display in Trinity College Dublin

Ireland’s only copy of the first edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays, known as the First Folio, has gone on display in Trinity College Dublin. The highly-regarded volume is the centrepiece of a ...
Independent.ie

Trinity College Dublin seeks public views on what to do with snatched skulls and library named after slave owner

The Berkeley Library at Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin is confronting some uncomfortable legacies from its 430-year history including skull-snatching from Inishbofin island and a ...