Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Trinity College, University of Dublin
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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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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. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Davys | MD
(whose name at the time is unknown) married Peter Davys
, a graduate of Trinity College
, Dublin; the marriage was cut short by his early death. If she did indeed publish a... |
Residence | Anne Devlin | By 1996, AD
and her family had moved to London. In March 2004 she was living in Dublin, her first time residing in the Irish Republic, as writer in residence at Trinity College
. Boland, Rosita. “Stepping outside the cocoon”. Irish Times, p. 6. 6 “Anne Devlin”. Alan Brodie Representation. Cerquoni, Enrica. “In Conversation with Anne Devlin”. Theatre Talk: Voices of Irish Theatre Practitioners, edited by Lilian Chambers et al., Carysfort Press, pp. 107-23. 123 |
Reception | Maria Edgeworth | The manuscripts of ME
's novels, held at Trinity College
, Dublin, were destroyed as not worth preserving. Kendall, Kathryn M. Note (or conversation) about Maria Edgeworth to Isobel Grundy. |
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 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Fenton | Her father, the Reverend John Russel (or Russell) Knox
of Lifford in Donegal, was born about 1769 in Donegal, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin
. He later moved to Inishmagrath in Leitrim. Lawrence, Sir Henry, and Elizabeth Fenton. “Preface”. The Journal of Mrs. Fenton, edited by Sir Henry Lawrence and Sir Henry Lawrence, Edward Arnold. vi Burtchaell, George Dames, and Thomas U. Sadleir. Alumni Dublinenses. Alex Thom. |
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... |
Textual Production | Eliza Mary Hamilton | EMH
's remaining papers and unpublished poems are housed along with her brother
's papers at the library of Trinity College, Dublin
. Blain, Virginia. “Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Eliza Mary Hamilton, and the Genealogy of the Victorian Poetess”. Victorian Poetry, Vol. 33 , No. 1, pp. 31-51. 48n1 |
Employer | Seamus Heaney | |
Reception | Seamus Heaney | Unusually for a poet, SH
sold copies of his works in the thousands. A critical study by Blake Morrison
appeared in 1982. Fox, Margaret, and James McKinley. “Keeper of the Irish Essence”. The Globe and Mail, p. S12. |
Reception | Felicia Hemans | A stained-glass window was erected by subscription in honour of FH
in 1865 at St Ann's Church, Dublin, where she is buried. A Felicia Hemans poetry prize is awarded annually for the best lyrical... |
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... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | May Laffan | The protagonist, John O'Rooney Hogan, is the nephew of a bishop who aims at social climbing. He gains a veneer of Protestantism by attending Trinity College, Dublin
, and at the urging of the duplicitous... |
politics | May Laffan | As well as strongly opposing the convent or the clerical education system, ML
took a strong interest in the Irish university problem. When she was writing her novels Catholics were discouraged from attending the long-established... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Leadbeater | ML
's father, Richard Shakleton
or Shackleton, from a family which had settled in Ireland from Yorkshire, was a schoolmaster at Ballitore School
. Unusually for a Quaker, he had been educated at Trinity College |
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