Download or read book Trinity College Library Dublin written by Peter Fox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive, scholarly history of Trinity College Library Dublin. It covers the whole 400 years of the Library's development, from its foundation by James Ussher in the seventeenth century to the electronic revolution of the twenty-first century. Particular attention is given to the buildings and to the politics involved in obtaining funding for them, as well as to the acquisition of the great treasures, such as the Book of Kells and the libraries of Ussher, Claudius Gilbert and Hendrik Fagel. An important aspect is the comprehensive coverage of legal deposit from the beginning of the nineteenth century, viewed for the first time from the Irish perspective. The book also draws parallels with the development of other libraries in Dublin and with those of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and features throughout the individuals who influenced the Library's development - librarians, politicians, readers, book collectors and book thieves.
Download or read book 1641 Depositions written by Aidan Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 1641 Depositions are witness testimonies, mainly by Protestants, but also by some Catholics, from all social backgrounds, concerning their experiences of the 1641 Irish rebellion. The testimonies document the loss of goods, military activity, and the alleged crimes committed by the Irish insurgents. This body of material is unparalleled anywhere in early modern Europe. It provides a unique source of information for the causes and events surrounding the 1641 rebellion and for the social, economic, cultural, religious, and political history of seventeenth- century Ireland, England and Scotland. In total, 19,010 manuscript pages in 31 bound volumes held at Trinity College Dublin have been transcribed and are arranged for publication in 12 volumes from 2014 onwards. The depositions are available online at www.1641.tcd.ie ."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Trinity College Dublin written by Patrick Geoghegan and published by Lilliput Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-481) and index.
Download or read book The Early Residential Buildings of Trinity College Dublin written by R.A. SOMERVILLE and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a history of the early buildings of Trinity College, from the Elizabethan Quadrangle up to the residential buildings of the early 18th century. Among all those red-brick buildings only the Rubrics remains, albeit much altered, to suggest what Trinity College looked like before the 1750s, when replacement of the early buildings began. Why and when were new buildings added to the College? How were they funded? Who designed them? Where were materials sourced? What can be said about the architecture of the buildings, all of which, apart from the Rubrics, were pulled down in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? Who managed their construction on the College's behalf, and who carried out the building work? How were essential services provided? The book answers all of these questions, and en route it explores an almost forgotten event, the disastrous fire of February 1726/7, in which at least one house in Library Square was destroyed and several more were damaged. The book also explores the community of residents of the early buildings up to the end of the 19th century. The book ends with a personal memoir of the Rubrics in recent times.
Download or read book The Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin written by Christine Casey and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the most influential Victorian building in the city of Dublin and explores the new standard which it set in the use of Irish decorative stone, the employment of native craftsmen and the unprecedented eclecticism of its design. The geology, quarrying, building, carving and architectural design which created this spectacular structure are explored in a series of papers by established scholars and experts in the field. The book is richly illustrated in full colour to capture the sumptuous polychromy of the building and the profuse detail of its carved ornament.
Download or read book Age Proof written by Professor Rose Anne Kenny and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ___ ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2022*** Did you know that we can lead longer and healthier lives by making simple changes right now? Professor Rose Anne Kenny has 35 years of experience at the forefront of ageing medicine. In Age Proof, she draws on her own pioneering research and the latest evidence to demystify why we age and shows us that 80% of our ageing biology is within our control: we can not only live longer lives but become happier and healthier deep into our later years. Effortlessly distilling scientific theory into practical advice that we can apply to our everyday lives, Professor Kenny examines the impact that food, genetics, friendships, purpose, sex, exercise and laughter have on how our cells age. This illuminating book will show you the steps you can take to stay younger for longer - and will prove that you really are just as young as you feel.
Download or read book Trinity College Dublin 1592 1952 written by R. B. McDowell and published by Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; London : Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-06-17 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trinity Tales written by Uche Gabriel Akujobi and published by Lilliput Press. This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers are invited to visit Trinity College through the eyes of students who attended the university during 2000s.
Download or read book Defending Trinity College Dublin Easter 1916 written by Rory Sweetman and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little has been written on Trinity College's role in Easter Week 1916 as a 'loyal nucleus' dividing the insurgents and providing an effective counterweight to rebel headquarters in the GPO. The College is usually mentioned in the context of the rebels' alleged failure to attempt its capture, and its co-option as a barracks in the later stages of the rebellion. Most commentators march past Trinity as determinedly as did the Irish Citizen Army on its way to St Stephen's Green, with at most a sideways glance at what one rebel referred to as the intellectual centre of West Britonism. Still more neglected are the men who helped to save Trinity from potential disaster at a time when it was virtually defenceless. This book reveals how five New Zealanders, acting as the core of a small squad of colonial troops, provided a vital shield to protect Trinity from capture. Had the College fallen to the surprise attack launched on it by the rebels at midnight on Easter Monday, its 324th year may well have been its last; nothing less than heavy and prolonged artillery fire would have sufficed to defeat the occupiers. Letters written home by the New Zealanders give fresh insight into important aspects of the insurrection and allow us to test some controversial claims against both Trinity's own record and the various rebel accounts. More importantly, they help to answer questions left unasked in previous studies: how close did Trinity come to being a central battleground in the Rising? How and why did it escape this grisly fate? And--not least--what might have happened but for the timely intervention of the colonial troops? Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916 puts this neglected episode into an imperial context, with Dublin as a theatre of battle in a global war.
Download or read book Portrait of an ERA written by Anne Leonard and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trinity College Dublin 1592 1952 written by Robert Brendan McDowell and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2004 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Library of Trinity College Dublin written by Helen Shenton and published by Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Highlights the diverse holdings of the Library of Trinity College Dublin and illuminates their fascinating history, through a personal tour given by the Library's Director * The Library houses Ireland's greatest cultural treasure, the medieval Book of Kells, whose rich illuminations are one of the finest examples of medieval art * An enlightening addition to Scala's acclaimed Director's Choice series The Library of Trinity College Dublin dates back to the establishment of the College in 1592 and is the largest library in Ireland. Its extensive collection of journals, manuscripts, maps and music reflects over 400 years of academic development and amounts to over 6 million volumes. A Legal Deposit Library since 1801, it receives copies of all material published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The most famous of its treasures is the Book of Kells, whose rich illuminations are one of the finest examples of medieval art. Together with the Book of Durrow, also in the collection, they represent Ireland's greatest cultural treasure. The Library also bears testament to more recent history, counting letters from Irish WWI soldiers and various artefacts from the Easter Rising - including a bullet fired through the Library roof - among its collection. This selection of objects highlights the diversity of the holdings and illuminates their fascinating history.
Download or read book The Early History of Trinity College Dublin 1591 1660 written by William Urwick and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591 1891 written by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Old Library Trinity College Dublin 1712 2012 written by William Edward Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume is published to celebrate the tercentenary of the laying of the foundation stone of the world-famous Old Library in May 1712. The stately building houses collections of international importance that are still being added to by gift and purchase. Almost fifty contributors explore the features of this remarkable building and its contents. There are essays dealing with specific books and manuscripts in the library (Book of Kells, Kelmscott Chaucer, Annals of Ulster, Brut chronicle, Fagel Missal), collections and archives (Beckett, Davitt, Pollard, 1641 Depositions, Cuala Press, Harry Clarke), individuals associated with the library (Claudius Gilbert, Jonathan Swift, James Stephens), maps, drawings, children’s books, music, exhibitions held in the library, the second-hand booksale, the printed catalogue and the conservation laboratory.
Download or read book A Danger to the Men written by Susan M. Parkes and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite on-going opposition to the higher education of women, in 1904 Trinity College became the first of the historic universities of Britain and Ireland to admit women to degrees. A century later, sixty per cent of the student body is female, and the university's chancellor and vice-provost are both women.
Download or read book Trinity Tales written by Catherine Heaney and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompassing the worlds of science, the arts and everything in between, this new installment of Trinity Tales features actors Dominic West and Mario Rosenstock, writers and journalists Turtle Bunbury, Claire Kilroy and Belinda McKeon, eminent scientists such as Austin Duffy, and sportsman Mark Pollock. Like its three predecessors, this fourth installment of Trinity Tales gathers together recollections of a decade at Trinity College Dublin. This time, the story is taken up by 1990s graduates--those who passed through its gates as the twentieth century drew to a close--and, through the forty individual voices assembled here, a vivid portrait emerges of student life during those transformative years.
