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Family and Intimate relationships | Eavan Boland | EB
's father, Frederick Boland
, was medievalist in law and classics at Trinity College, Dublin
. He later became a diplomat who became President of the United Nations General Assembly
in 1960. He died in 1985. Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research. 61 Welch, Robert, and Bruce Stewart, editors. The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Clarendon. 52 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Colin Campbell | LLC's father, Edmond Maghlin Blood
, was born in 1815 to Neptune and Bridget Blood, at Brickhill in County Clare. He attended Trinity College
, and lived in Limerick, in Dublin and London in... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Agnes Mary Clerke | AMC
's father, John William Clerke
, was Skibbereen's bank manager until 1861. A former classical scholar, he graduated from Trinity College, Dublin,
and was a landowner in the district of Skibbereen. His interest... |
Employer | Samuel Beckett | He then taught for a term at Campbell College
in Belfast (a well-known grammar school) before taking up an English-teaching position at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
in Paris. He later also taught at Trinity College, Dublin |
Employer | Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin | While working on her B. Litt at Oxford, ENC
began teaching Renaissance literature at Trinity College
, Dublin, where she later served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts. She remained one of a... |
Employer | Eavan Boland | EB
lectured at Trinity College
, Dublin beginning this job at the age of twenty-three as one of the youngest lecturers ever there. Weekes, Ann Owens. Unveiling Treasures. Attic Press. 40 |
Employer | Seamus Heaney | |
Education | John Millington Synge | JMS
took his first violin lesson in Dublin. Two years later, in November 1889, he enrolled in the Royal Irish Academy
of Music while also attending Trinity College
. Saddlemyer, Ann. “Introduction and Chronology”. The Collected Letters of John Millington Synge, Oxford University Press, p. ix - xxvi. xix |
Education | John Millington Synge | JMS
enrolled at Trinity College
, Dublin, where he remained a student until he received his BA on 15 December 1892. Most notable among the courses he took were Irish and Hebrew. Saddlemyer, Ann. “Introduction and Chronology”. The Collected Letters of John Millington Synge, Oxford University Press, p. ix - xxvi. xx |
Education | William Congreve | WC
attended Trinity College
, Dublin, where he was a fellow-student of Swift
. Back in England he became a law student at the Middle Temple
, but soon drifted away from the law towards a literary life. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Education | Thomas Moore | In January 1795 TM
became one of the first Irish Catholic students allowed to study at Trinity College, Dublin
, but he remained ineligible for scholarships. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 96 |
Education | Samuel Beckett | SB
attended various schools, where he not only began writing but was also an excellent games-player, in cricket, rugby, tennis, swimming, and boxing. He went to Trinity College
, Dublin, in 1923 and took his... |
Education | Anne Enright | AE
enrolled for a BA in English and Philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin
. Bracken, Claire, and Susan Cahill, editors. “Introduction”. Anne Enright, Irish Academic Press, pp. 1-12. 1 |
Education | E. Owens Blackburne | EOB
attended Trinity College
, Dublin, taking the first medal and a certificate in the exam for women. Hays, Frances. Women of the Day. Chatto and Windus. 19 |
Education | Oliver Goldsmith | After various local schools he attended Trinity College, Dublin
, as a sizar: a poor student who financed his course by acting as a servant to other students. He was often in trouble with the... |
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