Building previously named after Irish philosopher will be first on college’s campus to be named after a woman
Trinity College Dublin is renaming its main library, formerly called the Berkeley Library, after the acclaimed Irish poet and Trinity alumna Eavan Boland.
Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: “It is a fitting recognition of Eavan Boland’s poetic genius that our main Library, used by so many students and staff, will now carry her name. This decision was made on the basis that the continued use of Berkeley’s name was “inconsistent with the university’s core values of human dignity, freedom, inclusivity and equality”.
In February, a debate was held by the Trinity’s College Historical Society over what the library should be renamed. Suggestions included Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, the Freedom Library and Eavan Boland.
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