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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 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.
Discover Dublin’s Trinity Library, Ireland's largest library and home to the Long Room, where historic artifacts like the Book of Kells and Trinity College Harp are preserved.
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 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 adaptation of Trinity College Dublin’s library (which originally had a flat-ceiling) by Deane and Woodward in 1856 is another well-known and much-loved example of this type of library.
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 ...
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 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 ...
Sir, – As a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and one-time frequent user of Trinity’s Berkeley Library, I read with interest Prof Philomena Mullen’s piece on Bishop Berkeley and the debate ...