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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Trinity College Dublin H
er Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visited Trinity on Tuesday 17 May. In honour of the royal visit, Provost Dr John Hegarty hosted a reception in Trinity’s Long Room with Ireland’s wealth of talent in research, education, culture, the arts, innovation and entrepreneurship represented. During their visit to the Old Library, Her Majesty and His Royal Highness were escorted by a greeting party consisting of the Provost and his wife, Neasa Ní Chinnéide Hegarty; the Chancellor of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dr Mary Robinson LL.B., M.A. (1967); the College Librarian, Robin Adams; the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD; and Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon TD. The Foundation Charter of Trinity College Dublin by Queen Elizabeth I as a seat of learning was on view. So too was the Book of Kells, the College Harp and a Coat of Arms, believed to be from the original Elizabethan building of the College. For more on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to the Old Library, please see page 42.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II meets students and staff of Trinity College during her visit to the College.
Digitised Witness Testimonies of 1641 Irish Rebellion T
President McAleese and Dr Ian Paisley at the launch of the 1641 Depositions.
he 1641 Depositions, an exhibition to raise awareness about one of the most bloody and traumatic moments in Irish history with a view to promoting greater understanding between the different traditions on the island of Ireland, was opened by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese M.A. (j.o.), LL.D. (1985), in Trinity College Dublin’s Long Room last October. Former Northern Ireland First Minister Dr Ian Paisley responded. The transcribed and digitised 1641 Depositions, witness testimonies of the violent massacres of the 1641 Irish Rebellion, were also launched online in a new website at www.1641.tcd.ie – a free resource is publicly available. The online resource sees the culmination of a three-year collaborative research project using the latest research technology between TCD and the Universities of Aberdeen and Cambridge.
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