Trinity Retirement Association

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 […]

Six of our members played a very enjoyable round of Pitch and Putt on the Malahide Castle Demesne course on Thursday, 5 September.  We divided the group into 2 3-balls and following coffee and refreshments in the Tree House Café set off for the course at 11.45. The course was in beautiful condition and we […]

Ten of the members met outside the Bord Gáis Theatre on Grand Canal Dock on one of the best days of the year so far, one member joined us at the half way stage. The start of the walk was though urban landscapes, crossing the Grand Canal and then the Dodder to reach Ringsend and […]

On a grey but dry morning, eighteen of us met at 10.30 at the gate of Holy Cross College on Clonliffe Road.  A short walk through the college grounds brought us to the river bank.  We came out on to Drumcondra Road, through the Archbishop’s palace grounds, before rejoining the river at Drumcondra bridge and […]

The 21 strong TRA 4 day excursion to Istanbul from March 25-29 started with a faultfree and on-time flight and a seriously edible meal courtesy of Turkish airlines.  They also allowed a free check-in bag, for the record.  We were met by our vivacious and carefree but very caring guide, Mellmet, who was with us […]

Members of the Association attended a tour of 14 Henrietta Street in the north inner city of Dublin on Wednesday, 13th March. Henrietta Street was built in the 1720s for Dublin’s wealthy elite.  The street consisted of elegant town houses built as one-family homes.  The tour of number 14 tells the story of the house […]

Aidan Kelly, a member of staff in College with help from friends Patrick and Joe (all very experienced birdwatchers) led this event.  The group met in Gleesons on Booterstown Avenue for tea/coffee and afterwards did the short walk down to Booterstown Dart Station car park.  We had barely begun to look around when a kingfisher […]

The group met in Bushy Park and following a short walk in the park, turned downstream towards Rathfarnham Bridge.  They went through Orwell Park and Dartry Park, having looked for kingfishers on the way but only spotting some herons.  At Milltown there was a brief stop for a coffee and to collect a couple of […]