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 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 ...

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, 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 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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

The winning team will conserve and revamp the Thomas Burgh-designed 1732 Old Library where the famous Book of Kells is kept. The building is the centrepiece of the university’s 16.7ha College Green ...

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 (TCD) has decided to remove George Berkeley’s name from its main library because of the Irish philosopher’s association with slavery.