Lexa Love

Library of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

The old library of Trinity College is the largest library in Ireland and is built between 1712 and 1732. The library, as a legal deposit, has the rights to receive material published in the Republic of Ireland free of charge. It’s the only Irish library to hold such rights for the United Kingdom. The most famous room in the old library is the long room, this room houses 200,000 of the library’s oldest books.

Fun Facts about Trinity College

Trinity College was originally built outside the walls of Dublin, which is now in the heart of Dublin’s city centre.

There are ‘secret’ tunnels underneath Trinity College but nobody actually knows how to get to them, and whether or not they actually do lead to the Provost’s wine cellar.

With an income of 300 million and 700 million value of assets, Trinity College is a billion Euro operation.

Trinity Ball is Europe’s biggest private party

Lots of famous people attended Trinity, such as Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde

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