Trinity College, Dublin - College Historical Society, University Philosophical Society, Trinity College Dublin Students' Union (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: College Historical Society, University Philosophical Society, Trinity College Dublin Students' Union, School of Business, Trinity College Dublin, List of Trinity College, Dublin student organisations, Sizar, Vincent de Paul Society, Student Economic Review, Donnellan Lectures, An Cumann Gaelach, TCD, Trinity College Harp, Col iste Mhuire, The Piranha, Trinity College Law Review, Steamboat ladies, Book of Mulling, Dublin University Fencing Club, College Theological Society, T.C.D. Miscellany, Oscar Wilde Centre, Garland of Howth, Weingreen Museum of Biblical Antiquities, Orbix. Excerpt: Trinity College, Dublin (TCD; Irish: Col iste na Tr on ide, Baile tha 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 fo...