Trinity
College,
Dublin - 2014
Founded in 1592, Trinity College is one of the oldest universities in Europe.
It is recognised internationally as Ireland's premier university.
Trinity College retains a tranquil collegiate atmosphere despite its location in the centre of Dublin,
and despite being one of the most significant tourist attractions in Dublin.
Nobel Laureates of the university include Samuel Beckett (Literature), Ernest Walton (Physics), and Mairead Macguire (Peace).
Amaldo Pomodoro's Sphere within a sphere sculpture stands outside the Berkeley Library (on the right).
The Berkeley Library.
The Old Library at Trinity College
As a result of its historic standing, Trinity College Library Dublin is a legal deposit library (as per Legal Deposit Libraries Act)
for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and has a similar standing in Irish law.
The College is therefore legally entitled to a copy of every book published in Great Britain and Ireland
and consequently receives over 100,000 new items every year.
The Library contains about five million books. The library proper is composed of several library buildings.
The original (Old) Library is Irish architect Thomas Burgh's masterpiece.
It originally towered over the university and the city after its completion in 1732.
It houses the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament.
It was created in a monastery in either Britain or Ireland about 800AD and is widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure.
We were not allowed to photograph it.
A half-hour queue to enter the library.
Founded in 1592, Trinity College is one of the oldest universities in Europe.
It is recognised internationally as Ireland's premier university.
Trinity College retains a tranquil collegiate atmosphere despite its location in the centre of Dublin,
and despite being one of the most significant tourist attractions in Dublin.
Nobel Laureates of the university include Samuel Beckett (Literature), Ernest Walton (Physics), and Mairead Macguire (Peace).
Amaldo Pomodoro's Sphere within a sphere sculpture stands outside the Berkeley Library (on the right).
The Berkeley Library.
The Old Library at Trinity College
As a result of its historic standing, Trinity College Library Dublin is a legal deposit library (as per Legal Deposit Libraries Act)
for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and has a similar standing in Irish law.
The College is therefore legally entitled to a copy of every book published in Great Britain and Ireland
and consequently receives over 100,000 new items every year.
The Library contains about five million books. The library proper is composed of several library buildings.
The original (Old) Library is Irish architect Thomas Burgh's masterpiece.
It originally towered over the university and the city after its completion in 1732.
It houses the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament.
It was created in a monastery in either Britain or Ireland about 800AD and is widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure.
We were not allowed to photograph it.
A half-hour queue to enter the library.
