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Ireland's Content Pool 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 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 ...
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 moniker.
Trinity College Dublin will no longer call one of its libraries after the philosopher George Berkeley It says his links to slavery are "inconsistent with the university’s core values" Berkeley's ...
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is renaming its main library, formerly called the Berkeley Library, after the acclaimed Irish poet and Trinity alumna Eavan Boland.
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 ...
The main library at Trinity College Dublin has been renamed after Irish poet Eavan Boland. It will be the first building on Trinity's campus to be named after a woman.
History: Trinity College Dublin is the oldest university in Ireland and one of the older universities of Western Europe. The College was founded in 1592 when a small group of Dublin citizens ...
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.
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 renaming its main library after the acclaimed Irish poet Eavan Boland. The decision was made by the University Board today after a period of research, analysis and public ...