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"Something for everyone": Book club launches global reading of Ulysses in 80 days

“There is something for everyone, even if they don't read the 10-12 pages EVERY day”, said Cliona O’Farrelly, Professor of Comparative Immunology at Trinity College Dublin and the power behind the annual book club, whose 2026 Dublin readings take place in Unit18.

28 May 2026

Arts|Community|Culture|Society

Tá móramh soiléir sa dá dhlínse anois i bhfabhar na Gaeilge

Noel Ó Murchadha, Scoil an Oideachais, agus Colin J. Flynn, Scoil na nEolaíochtaí Teangeolaíochta, Urlabhra agus Cumarsáide i gColáiste na Tríonóide, a rinne an staidéar i gcomhar le Ipsos B&A.

20 May 2026

Culture|Research

Grokipedia selectively drawing on more right-leaning news sources, new study

Conducted by researchers at the Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines (SOHAM) in Trinity and TU Dublin, the study compared nearly 18,000 Wikipedia pages with articles on the same topic on the new Grokipedia platform.

19 May 2026

Culture|Research|Society

Trinity partners with Jaipur Literature Festival for first all-island of Ireland edition of international festival

The Dublin leg of the Jaipur Literature Festival Island of Ireland programme is being hosted by the Trinity Long Room Hub and the School of Histories and Humanities

18 May 2026

Community|Culture

The Conversation: We found a lost copy of the earliest surviving English poem in a medieval manuscript in Rome

Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner, School of English, write in The Conversation about their discovery of a new copy of earliest poem in English in a library in Rome

30 Apr 2026

Culture|Research

New copy of earliest poem in English language discovered by Trinity researchers in Rome

Old fashioned sleuthing and the help of modern technology leads to discovery of manuscript with poem composed by a farm labourer 1,300 years ago.

30 Apr 2026

Culture|Research

Karen Downs-Barton wins 2026 Pollard International Poetry Prize

Valued at €10,000, the prize is administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English and sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation.

27 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture

UN’s Tom Fletcher delivers 2026 Henry Grattan Lecture in London

Immigration, international order and the moral responsibilities of citizenship took centre stage at Trinity’s annual Grattan Lecture at the Embassy of Ireland in London.

23 Apr 2026

Community|Culture|Society

Modern language scholars receive honorary degrees at Trinity

As part of the year-long celebrations to mark 250 years of modern languages at Trinity, four outstanding individuals were conferred today with honorary degrees of the university for their exceptional contributions to this field.

17 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Culture|Society

The Conversation: Archives reveal hardship faced by the families of those killed in 1916 Rising

Lindsey Earner-Byrne, School of Histories and Humanities, writes for The Conversation about what the archives reveal about the hardships faced by the families of those killed in 1916.

14 Apr 2026

Culture|Research