The Library of Trinity College Dublin

The Library Complex will be closed on Saturday 26 July, Saturday 2 & Monday 4 August. Kinsella Hall and the 1937 Postgraduate Reading Room will remain open as normal on a 24/7 basis. For full details of opening hours tcd.ie/library/openin…

🇮🇪 O’Connell 250 Symposium: Liberty, Democracy & the Struggle for Human Rights Join leading voices as we reflect on O’Connell’s legacy and today’s human rights challenges. 📍 Trinity College Dublin, 29 – 30 July 🔗 eventbrite.com/e/138392365590… #DanielOConnell250 #HubMatters

Beidh Coimpléasc na Leabharlainne dúnta Dé Sathairn, 26 Iúil, Dé Sathairn 2 Lúnasa agus Dé Luain 4 Lúnasa. Fanfaidh Halla Kinsella agus Seomra Léitheoireachta Iarchéime 1937 ar oscailt mar is gnách ar bhonn 24/7. Do thuilleadh eolais: tcd.ie/library/openin…

Postgrads: on Wed 6 August SLD is hosting a PG Writing Retreat for you! If you have lots of writing to get done or are struggling to focus, connect with other PGs & get writing over a dedicated 5.5 hour online session using the pomodoro method. More info: tcd.ie/sld/your-stude…

🖌️ Submissions are now open for The Expansive Canvas: Creative Palette! Artists, writers, musicians, and dreamers of all ages are invited to respond creatively to the forgotten music of 19th-century women composers.🎶 Learn more: tcd.ie/trinitylongroo… @RIAMDublin

Vona Groarke has been welcomed by the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust as the new Ireland Professor of Poetry ✨ The position will run from September 2025 to November 2028.  Read the full press release on our website irelandchairofpoetry.org

A warm welcome to President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė of Lithuania who visited Trinity yesterday to view the Book of Kells, one of Ireland's greatest cultural treasures. Read more: tcd.ie/news_events/ar… #TrinityCollegeDublin

Applications for paid student positions are now being accepted by @tcdlibary for the coming academic year 2025/26 for Library student shelvers and stewards. For all details: tcd.ie/library/about/…

Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, creator of Sfera con Sfera - Trinity’s iconic bronze sculpture - has died one day short of his 99th birthday. His artistic legacy is incomparable and will no doubt be celebrated and admired for years to come. Read more: tcd.ie/news_events/ar…

We're looking forward to hosting a busy programme on futureproofing libraries as part of CONUL Erasmus Week 2025. Should be fun!

Alerting all Library readers, there will be a campus-wide power outage 6am-11am on Saturday 21 June due to ESB maintenance works. All Library reading rooms will close for the duration of the electrical works. For further details and updates see tcd.ie/library/

"... from all he heard that Dr Mulligan was a versatile allround man, by no means confined to medicine only ..." Ulysses' Buck Mulligan was modelled on Oliver St John Gogarty, poet and medical doctor (Trinity alumnus). His degree certs are in @tcdlibrary

If you missed last night's #RTENationwide focusing on the naming of the Eavan Boland Library & how @tcddublin is preserving its rich archival heritage - Go to shorturl.at/j2jJ5 now @RTEplayer @tcdlibrary @Dublin_ie @DublinHour @LovinDublin @DublinLive @Trinity_News @rte RT

Trinity College Dublin renames the Berkeley Library after poet Eavan Boland, the first building on the 400 year old campus named after a woman - we explore how the college preserves its historic legacy on #RTENationwide Mon 9th June @RTEOne 7pm @tcddublin @tcdlibrary @rte RT

We look at how @tcddublin is preserving its extraordinary archive while adapting to change & planning for the future of its libraries which are a vital resource for its students on #RTENationwide Monday 9th June @RTEOne 7pm @tcdlibrary @Dublin_ie @LindaDoyle @DublinHour @rte RT

We explore how @tcddublin is preserving its rich archive while evolving to meet the future needs of students and libraries at the heart of campus life on #RTENationwide Monday 9th June @RTEOne 7pm & RTE1+1 at 8pm @tcdlibrary @VisitDublin @DubCityCouncil @rte RT

‘We Irish were never homogeneous. Always hybrids, always mongrels’. New @rte TV four-part documentary 'From This Small Island' airs on Sunday with contributions by a host of Trinity academics from History & Genetics. @IrishTimes @MarkHennessy irishtimes.com/politics/2025/…

🖊️The Eavan Boland Award 2025 invites applications from early-career poets based in the UK and mid-career poets based in Ireland for cross-residency opportunities with us @TCDEnglish & at the University of Manchester Centre for New Writing 🗒️The details: poetryireland.ie/news/eavan-bol…

We tell the story of how @tcddublin renamed the Berkeley Library after the Irish poet Eavan Boland, the first building on the over 400-year-old city centre campus to be named after a woman on #RTENationwide Monday 9th June on @RTEOne 7pm @DublinHour @dublin_ie @Trinity_News @rte

BOOKING NOW OPEN FOR CREATIVE BRAIN WEEK!!! All events are FREE but you need to book in advance to secure your place. Last year, all the in person events booked out a few weeks in advance. creativebrainweek.com @GBHI_Fellows @tcddublin @CreativeAgeIntl