Pic of Day: Trinity College Dublin is renaming its main Library after the acclaimed Irish poet Eavan Boland. This decision, said a statement from Trinity, was made by the University Board after a period of research, analysis and public consultation overseen by the Trinity Legacies Review Working Group. The Eavan Boland Library will be the first building on Trinity’s campus to be named after a woman. Eavan Boland, added the statment, was one of the foremost women in Irish literature, publishing many collections of poetry, a memoir Object Lessons (1995), as well as teaching and lecturing in Ireland and in the U.S. It had been decided in April 2023 that the continued use of George Berkeley’s name on its main Library was inconsistent with the University’s core values of human dignity, freedom, inclusivity, and equality. Since then, its largest Library has been known simply as ‘The Library.' In September 2024, after a process of deliberation including consideration of the 855 public submissions, the TLRWG identified several options for the renaming of the Library, with their preferred recommendation being The Eavan Boland Library. Photo courtesy Trinity College Dublin.
