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Cultural formation | John Millington Synge | He was disappointed when he wished to learn a little of the Irish language and found that Trinity College
's expert on the subject was a clergyman who made him read a crabbed version of... |
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 | Jo Shapcott | JS
took her first-class Honours BA in English at Trinity College, Dublin
(after a course during the span of which she had also studied at the Dublin College
of Music). Arc Publications. http://www.arcpublications.co.uk/index.htm. “Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC. |
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 | 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... |
Education | Kate O'Brien | KOB
entered University College, Dublin
, on a county council scholarship to read French and English (though some relations favoured a safe job instead). Most reference works, oddly, have 1915. The prelims of the Virago |
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, 2011, pp. 1-12. 1 |
Education | Jennifer Johnston | JJ
studied English at Trinity College, Dublin
. She had trouble getting in, and once she was there she became disillusioned with what was on offer—just sitting in a class of an enormous size, listening... |
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, 1885. 19 |
Education | Eavan Boland | EB
worked for her BA in English at Trinity College
, Dublin, graduating with First Class Honours. Sherry, Vincent B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 40. Gale Research, 1985. 37 Welch, Robert, and Bruce Stewart, editors. The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Clarendon, 1996. 52 |
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, 1983, 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, 1983, p. ix - xxvi. xx |
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 | Seamus Heaney |
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