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Trinity College Dublin Instagram Competition: Win a T-Ball 2026 Ticket

Terms and conditions for the Trinity College Dublin Instagram competition

2 Apr 2026

Community|Culture|Students

Young Dublin authors bring tales of new adventures to Trinity’s Old Library

An exhibition of 55 handmade books written and illustrated by Dublin primary school students marks the culmination of the Trinity Access Programmes Bookmarks initiative.

25 Mar 2026

Community|Culture

“Tiny but beautifully formed”: Bronze Age spindle whorl connects ancient city of Troy to Ireland

A tiny Bronze Age spindle whorl, excavated from the ancient city of Troy, will take centre stage in Trinity this week as experts and artists gather to examine the biography of the only artefact from the ancient city of Troy in Ireland.

24 Mar 2026

Culture|Research

“Is Tábhachtaí Dea-cháil ná Saibhreas"

Mar dhuine de bhunaitheoirí Chonradh na Talún sa bhliain 1879 is fearr cuimhne ar Mhícheál Dáibhéad sa lá atá inniu ann, ach bhí sé ina iriseoir fiosrúcháin freisin agus ina fhear feachtais agus aighnis ar son chúis an phoblachtachais, leasú chóras na bpríosún, oideachas nach mbeadh faoi stiúir eaglaisí agus cearta pinsin.

12 Mar 2026

Culture|Research

Shortlist for Pollard Poetry Prize announced

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

12 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture

Trinity receives landmark gift to support conservation and restoration of cultural treasures

The landmark €7m gift from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation will support the design and construction of a gallery on the ground floor of the Old Library.

11 Mar 2026

Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture

Six female film directors celebrating Spain’s linguistic diversity on screen

Catherine Barbour, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, writes in The Conversation about the Spanish film industry and a new generation of female film-makers.

10 Mar 2026

Culture|Research|Society

We are in a digital version of the enclosures – like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibility

Nana Nwachukwu, PhD Candidate based in Trinity's AI Accountability Lab, writes for The Conversation, saying the recent Grok controversy represents the endpoint of a longer withdrawal from the responsibilities that once accompanied control of digital infrastructure.

9 Mar 2026

Business|Culture|Research|Science|Society

What Irish politician Thomas Gould’s accent going viral in Jamaica reveals about colonial history

Jane Ohlmeyer, School of Histories and Humanities, writes for The Conversation about Ireland and Jamaica's complicated shared history.

6 Mar 2026

Culture|Research|Society

Ruin of Giants on display at Trinity East

Abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman and Jamaican political leader Marcus Garvey are the subjects of two new bronze sculptures which have been installed at Trinity College Dublin’s Trinity East campus.

26 Feb 2026

Community|Culture|Society