TCD Alumni

Today is Poetry Day Ireland, and this year's theme is "Home". We’d love to hear from you — what poem reminds you of home?

We’re reminded of Eavan Boland’s Anna Liffey:

“There, in the hills above my house,
The river Liffey rises, is a source.
It rises in rush and ling heather and
Black peat and bracken and strengthens
To claim the city it narrated.”

A reminder that home can flow through us, shaping who we are and how we remember.

Gemma Cox will be one of the special guests on the evening along with Michael Fry and James Patrice at the Languages Alumni event: Evening of Words, Wit and Music. 6-7:30pm, Friday 5th June. For more information, visit https://www.tcd.ie/alumni/news-events/events/

🎶 Great things happen when Trinity alumni come together 🎶

Join the Trinity College Dublin Association in Northern Ireland on Sunday, 28 June 2026 for a special evening celebrating the impact of TCD alumni on the arts and cultural landscape of Northern Ireland.

We’re delighted to welcome an inspiring panel of speakers:
• Eddie Doyle, Head of Content Commissioning, BBC Northern Ireland
• Claire Murray, Marketing Manager, Lyric Theatre
• Oisín Thompson, Actor
• Nuala McGreevy, Company Manager, Maiden Voyage Dance

This promises to be a memorable evening of insight, connection and celebration.

To register or learn more, please visit our events webpage: https://www.tcd.ie/alumni/news-events/events/



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✨ TWG Summer Celebration at Trinity College Dublin ✨
Trinity Women Graduates are delighted to invite you to a special afternoon in the historic surroundings of the Provost’s House and Gardens.
Join us on Thursday, 28 May (2:00–5:00pm) for an inspiring gathering that brings together culture, community, and conversation. Guests will enjoy:
🌿 Guided tours of the Provost’s House and Gardens
🎻 Live violin performance by Dr. Benjamin Errington
🍓 Strawberries & cream reception
📖 Poetry reading arranged by Trinity’s French Department
🎤 Welcome address by Dr. Linda Doyle, Provost of Trinity College Dublin
This event also supports a meaningful cause, with all proceeds contributing to Trinity Access Programmes scholarships for women students.
📍 Provost’s House & Gardens, Trinity College Dublin

Find out more or book your attendance at https://bit.ly/4dRzLYC

“We started in 1996 - just myself and half a secretary - and we grew over the next few years to a thousand students and 16 staff. [The school] blossomed in 2002 when we had the national assimilation of all nurse and midwife teachers who came in, which brought the school up to 1,400 students, 100 staff. Wonderful to look back at the old days and see what the roots were like and how they've developed and strengthened in the meantime.”

🎉 Celebrating 30 Years of Excellence🎉

Last Tuesday, Trinity School of Nursing and Midwifery celebrated its 30th anniversary! The founding Head of School, former Heads of School, staff, and hospital partners got together to share this wonderful occasion.

Since its establishment in 1996, the School has been committed to shaping better experiences of birth, death, health, illness, and disability for people in Ireland and beyond. We look forward to continuing to uphold and advance this work into the future.

As we celebrate this milestone, we look ahead with pride and purpose, continuing to inspire future leaders in healthcare and making a lasting impact locally and globally.

Here’s to 30 years of dedication, growth, and care and many more to come! 💙

🏆Sport Alumni of the Year🏅

Huge congratulations to Dublin University Ladies’ Boat Club Caoimhe Dempsey for winning the Trinity Sport Alumni of the Year Award last week! This award recognises the tireless effort that alumni of Trinity College make towards sport. Nominations go to alumni who have shown exceptional commitment, leadership, and enthusiasm to enhance their sports club.

Caoimhe took up rowing as a fresher in Trinity and continued in the sport throughout her degrees, representing Ireland at the U23 level and winning three Oxford-Cambridge Boat Races, including as President of Cambridge University Boat Club in 2023. We were lucky enough to hear her speak about her path to coaching at our Women in Sport Panel Talk last March.

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We’re proud to see Trinity alumn Sinéad Burke attend this year’s Met Gala in New York — not only as a guest, but as a key voice shaping a more inclusive fashion world.

Sinéad is an Irish writer, broadcaster and disability activist, and the founder and CEO of Tilting the Lens, a strategic accessibility consultancy working with global cultural institutions and brands. At this year’s Met Gala, she played a pivotal role in advising the Costume Institute on accessibility, contributing to the introduction of step-free access and deeper representation of disabled bodies and designers within the 2026 exhibition Costume Art.

A Trinity graduate and Trailblazer, Sinéad continues to lead with insight, creativity and impact — challenging industries to design for equity, dignity and inclusion at every level.

Want to hear more of Sinéad’s thinking? She previously joined our Inspiring Ideas webinar series to speak about voice, visibility and representation: https://bit.ly/4d44jFb

See also the RTÉ report on Sinéad and her attendance at this year's Met Gala: https://bit.ly/42Q0UVA