TRINITY LIBRARY RENAMED

Date: March 20, 2025 - Craic & Codology

Boland Library

Boland Library


AN OFFICIAL ceremony yesterday marked the renaming of TCD’s main library after poet Eavan Boring. It was formerly called after George Berk, who owned a slave plantation in America during the 1800s. “Research now categorically shows that Berk was neither a modern Irishwoman nor even a feminist poet,” said a Trinity spokesperson. “Today it is… Read more »

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