The Latest Breaking News from Trinity College

Photo of Charles at start of Cambridge studies released for first time

The postage-stamp sized portrait shows Charles in the college’s 17th century Wren Library

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023

Photograph of King Charles at University of Cambridge released for the first time

The photograph was taken at the young prince's matriculation at Trinity College. During matriculation agree to observe the statutes and ordinances of the university.

Wales Online · Apr 29, 2023

Trinity College Dublin to remove name of slave owner from library

The college's largest library is named after a slave-owning former librarian who published 'some of his most important philosophical works' in the 1700s

Dublin Live · Apr 27, 2023

Cost of living: Trinity students protest against dining rules at college canteen

Members of the Students4Change group staged a demonstration at Trinity's main college eatery, The Buttery, to criticise policies that prohibit college students from sitting in the dining area unless they buy food

Dublin Live · Mar 16, 2023

Cambridge University to return Aboriginal spears stolen by Captain James Cook 250 years ago

A formal request for repatriation was made last year in December

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Cambridge’s Trinity College to return Aboriginal spears to Australia

Trinity College said returning the spears was the ‘right decision’ after more than 250 years

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023

Spears stolen by Captain Cook from Kamay/Botany Bay in 1770 to be returned to traditional owners

Held by Cambridge University for more than 250 years, the spears mark ‘first point in shared history’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2023

Spears taken by Captain Cook in 1770 to be returned to Sydney's La Perouse Aboriginal community

Only four spears remain out of dozens taken by the HMB Endeavour's crew during the landing at Kurnell — now they will be given back to the local Aboriginal community.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2023

Trinity to return 13 human skulls stolen from Inishbofin island

The human remains were stolen from a monastery on the island in 1890 and have been stored in Trinity College since then

Dublin Live · Feb 23, 2023

Secret Church plot, gun-wielding superfans, and tennis champions - the unknown history of soccer in Dublin

Soccer and Society in Dublin: A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital is a new book by Trinity College lecturer and sports historian Conor Curran, which explores the the long and winding road - and all the little side streets - that "the English game" has gone down in…

Dublin Live · Feb 19, 2023