Irish academic George Berkeley's links to slavery badly taint his reputation
A CAMPAIGN by students at Trinity College Dublin to remove George Berkeley’s name from one of the university’s libraries because of the 18th-century philosopher’s colonial past has garnered over 300 signatures. Bishop George Berkeley, born in Co. Kilkenny, was raised in Dysart Castle overlooking the River Nore. His father was English, the family was Protestant,
Source: irishamerica.com