Humanities - Linguistics & Literature

In the latest instalment of the University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight , we speak to BA in English, Sociology and History MA in Creative Writing graduate Gráinne O'Brien who recently published her first novel, Solo .

With over 157 expert speakers across 10 years and 43 public discussions, the 'Behind the Headlines' series has provided a space for informed discussion against the complex backdrop of our times. The series started in 2015 in response to the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris in 2015, when the Trinity Long Room Hub brought together experts from the Arts and Humanities to interrogate the historical and cultural implications of what had happened.

Six talented Trinity students have been named as the winners of a creative competition held to honour the legacy of Irish author, Christy Nolan, and to mark the 25th Anniversary of Trinity disAbility Service.

The 50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney's landmark collection North will be marked at a conference hosted by the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast in collaboration with Trinity's School of English.

Gustav Parker Hibbett has been announced as the winner of the 2025 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize for their debut poetry collection, 'High Jump as Icarus Story' (Banshee Press). The prize was presented at an award ceremony in Trinity College Dublin on Thursday, May 8 .

The donation was made by the Dublin Theatre Festival through the support of board member, Tom Clinch and his wife Méav Ní Mhaolchatha. A letter by Samuel Beckett has been donated by the Dublin Theatre Festival to the Library of Trinity College Dublin.