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Trinity College Dublin's main Library, which was 'denamed' following a consultation process in 2023, will now be named after an Irish female poet. Kerry O'Shea . @kerry_oshea. Oct 09, 2024.
The name of Trinity College Dublin's Berkeley Library has been judged as "inconsistent with the University’s core values," Trinity said in a statement today, April 26.
Trinity College in Dublin is looking to give its Berkeley Library a new name after confronting the "racist" past of slave-owning philosopher and alum George Berkeley – the person behind the ...
Trinity’s largest library was named in 1978 after George Berkeley, the world-renowned philosopher, and former Librarian at Trinity. Picture: Trinity College Dublin Wed, 26 Apr, 2023 - 15:11 ...
Trinity College Dublin has decided to seek a new name for its central library, the Berkeley, after concluding that the alumnus it honors, the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley, owned slaves ...
The renaming of Trinity College Dublin’s former Berkeley Library after Eavan Boland is “rooted in the determination of staff and students that the building should no longer commemorate a slave ...
Trinity College Dublin, a university in Ireland, will remove the name Berkeley from its main library on campus, The New York Times reported. The university concluded that George Berkeley, whom the ...
Trinity College Dublin turns a page on Old Library conservation A major €90m upgrade of the hallowed Long Room—and its 200,000 books—begins at the end of the year, while its famous Book of ...
Trinity College Dublin is the nation’s oldest university, begun in 1592. It’s rated one of the top 100 universities in the world, and is a popular tourist destination for travelers from around the ...
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 ...