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Trinity College, Dublin (TCD; Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath), formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin.
Unlike the universities of Oxford and of Cambridge, after which the University of Dublin was modelled and both of which comprise several constituent colleges, there is just one Dublin college: Trinity College. Thus the designations "Trinity College Dublin" and "University of Dublin" are usually synonymous for practical purposes.
Located in Dublin, Ireland, it is Ireland's oldest university.
Originally established outside the city walls of Dublin in the buildings of the dissolved Augustinian monastery of All Hallows, Trinity was set up in part to consolidate the rule of the Tudor monarchy in Ireland, and it was seen as the university of the Protestant Ascendancy for much of its history; although Roman Catholics and Dissenters had been permitted to enter as early as 1793, certain restrictions on their membership of the college remained until 1873 (professorships, fellowships and scholarships were reserved for Protestants), and the Catholic Church in Ireland forbade its adherents, without permission from their bishop, from attending until 1970. Women were first admitted to the college as full members in 1904.
Trinity is now surrounded by Dublin and is located on College Green, opposite the former Irish Houses of Parliament. The college proper occupies 190,000 m2 (47 acres), with many of its buildings ranged around large quadrangles (known as 'squares') and two playing fields.
Academically, Trinity is divided into three faculties comprising 24 schools, offering degree and diploma courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The Library of Trinity College is a legal deposit library for Ireland and the United Kingdom, containing over 4.5 million printed volumes and significant quantities of manuscripts (including the Book of Kells), maps and music.
Item Number: 7458-163-sh2
Document Title: Topographic Survey Parcels 120/13, 120/14 & 3548 District of Columbia for Trinity College Association Washington, D.C. Scale 1" = 30'
Project: 07458; Trinity College; Washington; DC; 04 College & School Campuses; 177;
Location: Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA
Category: PLAN
Purpose: ST (Study)
Physical Characteristics: 0000152767 40 x 55 diazo pos color p/c paper
Dates: 25-APR-1928
Please credit: Courtesy of the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.
The statue of the college's founder Henry VIII presiding over the Great Gate. Note that the sceptre has been replaced by a chair leg by some prankster!
Trinity College houses the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript made by Celtic monks in 800AD. We couldn't take pictures inside, although I do wish that I could have taken a picture of the amazing Long Room Library that holds thousands of very old books.
Misadventure 2001
David Harley
digital image on coated paper
Purchased by the ER White Club, Trinity College, 2001
image reproduced courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
New Trinity College punt named Charles for the Coronation of King Charles III, an alumnus of the college (1967).
Ireland's oldest university boasts a roster of distinguished alumni and is home to the Book of Kells.
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