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Student Life at Trinity College
Sports centre and sports clubs
Sports centre
Whether a budding sports star of the future or a sporadic
exerciser, our state of the art sports facilities, backed up with
a selection of excellent services, provide the ideal venue for a
range of activities, available to all students, at all levels.
The Sports Centre contains a vast array of facilities, including
a 25m swimming pool, sauna and steam rooms, fitness theatre
and holistic treatment rooms. The main hall hosts a range of
sports including basketball, badminton, volleyball and 5-a-side
soccer. Also on-campus are squash courts, tennis courts, a
futsal pitch, rugby, soccer and cricket pitches, and a grass
athletics track in the summer. Two miles upstream from the
College is a boathouse accommodating the Ladies’ and Mens’
Boat Clubs and at Santry Avenue, five miles north of the
campus, there are additional pitches for rugby, soccer, hockey
and gaelic games.
The sports centre also runs and manages a growing programme
of sports courses, and inter-college competitions; as well as
fitness assessments/programmes and over 20 aerobic/dance
classes every week, including Studio Cycling, Power Pump,
Pilates, Circuits and much more. This is a great opportunity
to maintain a healthy and fun-filled lifestyle whilst studying at
Trinity. For more information visit our website:
Sports clubs
Thousands of new students use sport clubs each year to forge
friendships which often last a lifetime. Student sport clubs are
managed by the Dublin University Central Athletic Club which
runs approximately 50 sport clubs ranging from team sports
such as GAA, rugby, soccer and squash to individual sports
such as athletics, fencing, rifle shooting and triathlon. Whether
you are new to a sport or would like to get involved at a more
advanced level; there is something to suit everybody.
At intervarsity level last year, Trinity clubs were successful in
a number of sports including boxing, climbing, cycling, gaelic
games, fencing, lawn tennis, rifle and volleyball. In addition a
significant number of students achieved individual success at
intervarsity, regional and national levels, in their chosen sport.
The ladies hockey club play in the 1st Division of the Leinster
League, the rugby club was promoted to AIL Division 1B and
the Gaelic Football club gained promotion to the Sigerson Cup.
These clubs also cater for recreational sport and the Gaelic Club
introduced recreational hurling and football (Camán Abú and Peil
Abú) last year.
For more information on our sport clubs please view the
departmental website at
Theatres
The Samuel Beckett Centre comprises the Samuel Beckett
Theatre (a 208-seat black box performance space), Players
Theatre (the studio theatre of the student drama society), a
dance studio/rehearsal space, seminar rooms and offices.
During term time the Samuel Beckett Theatre showcases the
work of Drama and theatre studies. It has also hosted visits from
some of the most prestigious dance and theatre companies from
Ireland, Europe, Japan and the United States. Regular events at
the Samuel Beckett Theatre include the Dublin Theatre Festival,
as well as an on-going series of lectures in contemporary theatre
by practitioners and scholars.
Find out more at
The Lir Academy includes two studios – Studio One (a 150-
seat black box performance space) and Studio Two (a 70-seat
black box performance space). From September 2013 The Lir’s
performance spaces will present a continuous programme of
work featuring graduating students of the Academy, directed
and designed by some of Ireland’s leading theatre practitioners.
The Lir also hosts professional productions as part of the
Dublin Theatre Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival as well as
an occasional series of once-off performances, entitled The Lir
Presents…, conceived in the context of the degrees and courses
offered at The Lir featuring performances from some of the
world’s leading theatrical innovators.
Find out more at
Gallery & Science Gallery
Located at the Nassau Street entrance of Trinity College, the
Douglas Hyde Gallery is one of Ireland’s leading galleries
of contemporary art. These are twelve exhibitions each
year, including shows by some of the most highly regarded
international painters and photographers, as well as highlighting
interesting and exciting new art from Ireland. It is often the case
that an exhibition in the Gallery is the first time an artist’s work is
shown in this country.
The Gallery regularly holds free film screenings, talks, and music
events. Students can avail of a discount on the Gallery’s books
and our wide range of art, architecture, and culture magazines.
Find out more at
Science Gallery is a world first. A new type of venue where
today’s white-hot scientific issues are thrashed out and you can
have your say. A place where ideas meet and opinions collide.
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