Trinity Retirement Association

Members of the Association met in the restaurant of Glasnevin Cemetery Museum prior to going on an excellent tour conducted by John who was our tour guide for the morning.  John was a font of information which he imparted with a great sense of humour.  He told us that the cemetery covered 125 acres and […]

Members of the Association visited an exhibition of Jacobs Biscuit Factory Archives which was held at Dublin City Library where a selection of the 330 biscuit boxes were exhibited. Using beautifully illustrated panels, oral histories, flags and original artefacts, the exhibition told both a chronological and thematic history of Jacobs Biscuit Factory. The exhibition illustrated […]

Members of the Executive Committee of the Trinity Retirement Association organised a welcome coffee morning for new retirees and current members on 20th September 2017 in the Global Room, Watts Building, TCD.  This event was a great success and well attended by approximately 37 members, including 13 new retirees who signed up for membership. Norah […]

On Friday 12th May, fifteen members and guests travelled to Berlin with the Travel Department for our second trip abroad. We were met at Berlin Tegal airport by the Travel Department representative who accompanied the group to the 3*** Leonardo Hotel Berlin, which is located in the Charlottenburg area, a good location to explore the […]

Dr Matthew Jebb, the director of the National Botanic Gardens, took 25 members of the TRA on a fascinating tour of the world famous Turner Curvilinear Range of greenhouses at the Botanic Garden on a beautifully sunny spring morning. Among other things we learnt how ‘greenhouses’ got their name (glass in the 1850’s was coloured […]

Over 30 members of the Association enjoyed a special treat exploring Hidden Dublin north of the Liffey.  Once again Frank Treacy was our guide and he brought us on this historical ramble which started at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Parnell Square where an exhibition of the finest works of Ireland’s renowned stained-glass artists – […]

On Wednesday January 11th, Thirty four members and their friends met in Wynn’s Hotel for coffee and chat, before making our way across to the GPO for a guided tour of the Witness History Exhibition, at noon. The guided tour was interesting and gave us a glimpse to Dublin in the year 1916. The exhibition […]

Twenty-two members and their guests enjoyed convivial company and an excellent dinner at Christmas Commons in the Dining Hall on Thursday 8 December.  The Common Room held their annual Christmas Carol charity evening and we were kindly invited to come along after Commons and join in with the festivities with a glass or two of […]

Eighteen walkers turned out for the walk to Firhouse Weir on 5th December.  This was a relatively easy walk on the flat, partly along the Dodder.  We saw the weir which was originally built in 1244 by the monks of St Thomas (based  in Thomas Street in Dublin) to boost the water supply of the […]

There were about 20 people in the group that met in Booterstown on Monday 21st November for our first birdwatching event. It was freezing cold so everyone was well wrapped up and trying to stay out of the wind!  Aidan Kelly was the group leader and set up his telescope to give us close up […]