Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin
Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
The University of Dublin
Front Gate on College Green
Front Gate on College Green
                           
Full nameThe Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars and the other members of Board of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin[1]
Irish: Coláiste Thríonóid Naofa Neamhroinnte na Banríona Eilís gar do Bhaile Átha Cliath[2]
Latin nameCollegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin[3]
MottoPerpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam (Latin)[4]
Motto in EnglishIt will last into endless future times[4]
FounderQueen Elizabeth I
Established3 March 1592; 432 years ago (1592-03-03) (Royal charter)
Named forThe Holy Trinity[5]
Architectural styleNeoclassical architecture (majority)
StatusResearch university, Ancient university
Colours   
Sister collegesSt. John's College, Cambridge
Oriel College, Oxford
Freshman dormTrinity Hall, Dublin
ProvostLinda Doyle[6]
Deputy provostOrla Sheils
Undergraduates11,718 (2016–17)[7][8]
Postgraduates4,707 (2016–17)[7][8]
Senior tutorStephen Smith
ChapelTrinity College Chapel (Dublin)
NewspaperTrinity News and The University Times
Major eventsThe Trinity Ball
Endowment€253 million (2021)[9]
AffiliationsCLUSTER, Coimbra Group, LERU, UNITECH, EUA, IUA, AMBA
Websitetcd.ie
Student associationTrinity College Dublin Students' Union
Map
Trinity College Dublin is located in Central Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
Location in Central Dublin
Trinity College Dublin is located in Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (Dublin)
Trinity College Dublin is located in Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)

Trinity College Dublin (Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide, Bhaile Átha Cliath), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin,[1] is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.[10] Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I who issued a royal charter on the advice of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland Adam Loftus, it is Ireland's oldest university and was modelled after the collegiate universities of both Oxford and Cambridge, with whom it shares a symbiotic history.[11][12] The epithets "Trinity College Dublin" and "University of Dublin" are usually considered as synonyms, as only one such college was ever established in Ireland.

The university was established to consolidate the rule of the Tudor monarchy in Ireland.[13] Named after the Holy Trinity, it stands on the former grounds of the Augustinian Priory of All Hallows, and served as the principal university of the ruling Protestant Ascendancy elites for over two centuries.[14][15] Academically, it is divided into three faculties comprising 23 schools, offering degree and diploma courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.[16] Admissions to the college are based exclusively on academic merit,[17] with its courses in law, literature and humanities being highly selective.[18]

Trinity College Dublin is one of the seven ancient universities of Great Britain and Ireland,[19][20] and it is a sister college to both St John's College, Cambridge, and Oriel College, Oxford.[21][22] By incorporation (Ad eundem), a graduate of either Oxford, Cambridge or Dublin can be conferred the equivalent degree (Oxon, Cantab et Dubl) at either of the other two without further examination.[23] The Library of Trinity College is a legal deposit for Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is the largest library in the country and has housed the Book of Kells since 1661 and the Brian Boru harp since 1782.[24]

The university has produced many eminent poets, playwrights, authors, novelists and filmmakers, including Oscar Wilde (The Happy Prince), Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), Sheridan Le Fanu (Carmilla), Bram Stoker (Dracula), Oliver Goldsmith (The Vicar of Wakefield), William Congreve (The Way of the World), Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot), Sally Rooney (Normal People), Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), William Trevor (Felicia's Journey), J. P. Donleavy (The Ginger Man), Thomas Moore (Lalla Rookh), Nahum Tate (The History of King Lear), David Benioff (Troy) and D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones). Alumni also include 4 Presidents of Ireland and 4 Nobel Laureates, as well as academics, mathematicians and philosophers who shaped the intellectual heritage of western Europe. Notable faculty and lecturers at the university included Humphrey Lloyd, J. B. Bury, Erwin Schrödinger and E. T. Whittaker.

  1. ^ a b "Legal FAQ – Secretary's Office – Trinity College Dublin". Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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    The Trinity was the patron of The Dublin Guild Merchant, primary instigators of the foundation of the University, the arms of which guild are also similar to those of the College.
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  24. ^ "Book of Kells Experience | Trinity College Dublin".