Monday

7.15am Sunrise Spin

Light up your day the healthy way with an early morning spin class. An aerobic fitness and muscular endurance workout to awaken your senses and be ready for the day ahead.

Venue: Sports Centre
This free event is open to the public,bookings taken at the Sports Centre reception desk or 01- 8961812

10am Announcement of Elections to Fellows and Scholarships

Venue: Front Square
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

10.30am Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving

Address: His Excellency The Most Revd Charles Brown, Titular Archbishop of Aquileia and Papal Nuncio to Ireland.

Venue: College Chapel
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

11.30am Memorial Discourse by Professor James Lunney on James MacCullagh (1809 – 1847)

James MacCullagh entered Trinity College in 1824 and was elected to Fellowship in 1832. He was Professor of Mathematics (1833 – 43), and Professor of Natural Philosophy from 1843 until his tragic death in 1847. He made important contributions to the theory of light, but is also remembered for his elegant work on geometry.

Venue: Graduates Memorial Building
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

2-4pm SAD – A talk on Seasonal Affective Disorder and the effect that light has on our mood

Speaker: Dr. Peter Clare, Student Counselling Service TCD

This talk will examine the prevalence, presentation and management of Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.). Dr. Clare will explore how S.A.D. differs and compares to other depressive disorders; What the presenting signs and symptoms are, and how they can be managed. The stigma associated with depression and help seeking behaviour will also be discussed.

Venue: Neill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

2.30pm Zoological Museum Tour

Facilitator: Dr. Martyn Linnie
Visit Dublin’s best kept secret; the Zoological Museum and meet some of the most amazing creatures on the planet! Suitable for all the family. Museum Website

Venue: Zoology Building
This is a free event, booking essential. Book here

5.30 – 7.30pm “Light Meter: Poets at Trinity Week”

An evening of poetry around the theme of light with poets Gerald Dawe, Ignatius McGovern and others, organised by the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, the Centre for Literary Translation, the Schools of English and of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies and the Trinity Long Room Hub.

Readings across centuries and cultures by Alice Jorgensen, Corinna Lonergan, Sarah Smyth, Eve Patten, Ema Vyroubalova and others. Chair: Philip Coleman.

Chair: Philip Coleman

Venue: Neill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

Library Events:

8.30pm – 10pm, Library Illuminations 

Images from the Library’s collections will illuminate the East Wall of the 1937 Reading Room, Exterior Wall of the Nassau Street Entrance and the Front Wall of the Berkeley Library.

Harry Clarke Studio stained glass window

Harry Clarke's stained glass work is one of the glories of 20th century Irish cultural achievement.

Venue: Long Room Hub

8.30pm - 10pm ‘The lamps have gone out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime’

The centenary of the War will be acknowledged by the Library Archives lighting the east face of the 1937 Reading Room with the names and portraits of the Trinity College staff and students who fell.

Venue: East Wall, 1937 Reading Room

8 am - 10pm ‘…and there was light’

This exhibition will highlight the range of material with a theme of light, in the care of the Department of Early Printed Books and Special Collections.

Venue: Exhibition Case, Berkeley Library Foyer, 8am – 10pm
These free events are open to the public, no booking required

9pm Disco Lights Spin

Darkness has descended, it’s disco time! This high energy spin class with disco lights will get your blood flowing, lift your spirits and boost your energy levels.

Venue: Sports Centre
This free event is open to the public, bookings taken at the Sports Centre reception desk or 01- 8961812