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The Trinity Retirement Association walk in Fernhill Gardens, Stepaside took place at 2pm on Tuesday 26th April, 2022. We will meet at the upper car park to the left of the roundabout near the entrance to the Gardens at 2pm. Parking is free and normally plentiful. Public transport to the park is possible on the […]

Tim Foster will give a lecture by Zoom on ‘The history of the Moyne Institute’ at 11am on Tuesday 29th March, 2022. The Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine occupies an important position overlooking College Park. It is the home of the Department of Microbiology. Many of the College community as well as past and present […]

Lecture on “The Earliest Writing in the World and a TCD alumnus” by Robert Barklie, given on Zoom, 2pm 12th April, 2022. Prehistory stopped and history began about 5200 years ago when writing was invented. This form of writing, called Cuneiform , was in use for about 3000 years. This talk will attempt to answer […]

Dear Member Jessica Fahy will give a Zoom presentation on Jack Yeats on 25th January 2022 at 2pm. Jessica Fahy is a freelance art historian having studied art history and English in UCD as an undergraduate. Jessica has an MA from the Courtauld Institute in London and has recently completed an MLitt in UCD. She […]

The tour will be led by Arran Henderson of ‘Dublin Decoded’. Arran is a professional guide who conducts tours for the Irish Georgian Society, which some of you may have taken. Tuesday 8 February, 2022 Meeting point: Unitarian church on St. Stephen’s Green West Time: 11h00 Duration: 2 h Itinerary: St. Stephen’s Green West & […]

Talk on Zoom by Kathryn Milligan on Monday 10th May 2021 at 2pm. Title: Painting Dublin, 1886 – 1949 Katy Milligan is an art historian specialising in nineteenth and twentieth century Irish art. A graduate of UCD (BA) and TCD (MPhil, PhD), following her PhD studies Katy was the inaugural ESB Fellow at the ESB Centre […]

The fire that broke out at Notre Dame two years ago was a horrifying spectacle, the world watching on TV as flames spread relentlessly along the building. Commentators spoke of complete destruction, finding it hard to believe that such a great monument was so vulnerable. In fact the disaster was not as catastrophic as it […]

In July 2006 an early medieval manuscript was unearthed from a bog in Co. Tipperary in the centre of Ireland. The widely reported event was the start of ten years of research and conservation of what is now one of the National Museum of Ireland’s top ten treasures. Dating from the late eighth century, the codex is […]

‘The Devil’s Chaplain’ a talk on the life and work of Charles Darwin via Zoom video link – Thursday February 25th 2021 at 11am   Peter Boyle, Fellow Emeritus of TCD,  h presented a talk to the Trinity Retirement Association entitled  ‘The Devil’s Chaplain’ – the life and work of Charles Darwin. The Talk: ‘When he […]

A glimpse of life in rural India  Sara McMurry will presented a talk  entitled ‘A glimpse of life in rural India’.  Sara McMurry was for a number of years a lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Trinity. Eighteen months after retiring she visited India for the first time, and was inspired to return as a volunteer, teaching underprivileged children. She […]