Working group to decide whether to rename Trinity College library named after slave-owner
Trinity’s main library was named in 1978 after the renowned philosopher George Berkeley, who was a slave-owner.
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Trinity’s main library was named in 1978 after the renowned philosopher George Berkeley, who was a slave-owner.
The university is formally reviewing legacy issues since its foundation in 1592, including that of skulls taken from the island of Inishbofin.
Trinity College Dublin is set to formally review the name of its Berkeley Library, and the future of human remains stolen from Inishbofin, Co Galway.
Renaming a Trinity College library that was named after a slave-owner is ‘neo-puritan’ nonsense, according to Gript editor John McGuirk.
Submissions have been invited from the public on the name of the Berkeley Library and future of Inishbofin human remains stored in Trinity.