Trinity Retirement Association

Faithlegg House Hotel is located in an eighteenth century restored mansion in County Waterford and was the destination for a two-day midweek break for eighteen TRA members and their guests on 8th-10th March. The weather was sunny but a little chilly and was ideal for a few brisk walks around the extensive grounds and surrounding […]

On Friday February 26  at 2.30 we had the usual quota of around thirty present in the Botany Lecture theatre for a talk on “Provosts of Trinity College” by Peter Boyle based on his recent book. The talk restricted itself to three of the Provosts of the 18th century Baldwin, Andrews and Hely-Hutchinson and gave […]

A full house including twenty one TRA members attended the matinee of Bernard Shaw’s comedy ‘You Never Can Tell’ on Saturday 30th January.  After 18 years in Madeira Mrs Clarendon returns to England with her unruly twins and forthright daughter.  Their new life in a seaside hotel becomes increasingly complicated by her estranged husband and […]

The Peacock Café in the Abbey Theatre was packed on the morning of 18th January with 30 members of the Trinity Retirement Association who were enjoying a coffee before the backstage tour commenced.  We began in the foyer of the Abbey where our excellent guide gave us some background on the building itself and its […]

About 25 members of the Association signed up for the walk of Georgian Dublin on a cold but dry day.  Our walk leader was Lorcan O’Meara, an experienced walk leader who was full of information and enthusiasm.  Our walk began in Dublin Castle and the Chapel Royal and then on to the Upper Yard in the […]

On Thursday 26th November, seventeen members and three guests travelled to Budapest with the Travel Department for our first trip abroad. We were met at Budapest Airport by our excellent guide, Lazlo, who took the group on a brief tour before checking into the 4**** Museum Hotel Budapest, which is located in the centre of […]

There was significant demand for the guided tour of the Chester Beatty Library on 11 November 2015 and it booked out fairly quickly.  We were restricted to 30 bookings which represented two groups, each of fifteen people.  We met beforehand for coffee in the Silk Road Café in the CBL.  The tours started just after […]

Luke O’Neill gave an excellent lecture to members of the Association and their guests on Wednesday 28th October.  His infectious enthusiasm spread around those attending as he spoke about The Search for New Drugs to Treat Inflammatory Diseases.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the lecture and we wish Luke every success  with his ongoing research.

On the morning of Tuesday 13 October twenty of our members had a wonderful Tour of Government Buildings followed by a delicious lunch in the Members’ Room which was a great success. The tour was very kindly hosted by Ivana Bacik, Independent Senator of Dublin University and Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology […]

The Henry Jones Room in the Old Library was filled to capacity for Jane Maxwell’s lecture entitled ‘How did THAT get here?;  The weird and wonderful objects that lurk in among the Library’s manuscript collection’ We were all enthralled as Jane showed us various items and shared their stories and background.  One item of particular […]