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IGNESNPEIRRAINTGIONS SHOAINLMAIRUREEYLLHABENERDCO’KSNEMTOTDAENRDNHISITSSINCFULLUPETNOCRE, Billy Shortall graduated from Trinity with a BSc in Computer Science in 1984, and MPhil in History of Art in 2015 and has recently completed his PhD with the Department of History of Art and Architecture in 2020. Sometimes referred to as ‘the last modernist’, Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) pushed the boundaries of storytelling to their limits. He studied Modern Languages at Trinity from 1923 to 1927 which he said provided him ‘with much needed light’ in his well-documented literary career. In April 1948, the year he started writing the seminal Waiting for Godot, he had a visit to his Paris home from his cousin by marriage, the young Irish sculptor Hilary Heron (1923-77). Heron was a talented Irish artist who won numerous prizes for her work throughout her career. One such prize, the Mainie Jellett Travel Scholarship, enabled her to travel to spend a year in Paris and visit other locations in Europe in 1948. With her prize Heron, unconventionally, bought a motorbike and drove through England to Paris. The destruction of the Second World War was still everywhere to be seen. In Paris, she briefly stayed with Beckett and his partner Suzanne Déchevaux-Dumesnil before settling in a more permanent base in the city. Heron socialised with Beckett and Déchevaux-Dumesnil and the writer, in particular, was her ticket to the Paris art world and regularly introduced her to artists, critics, galleries and exhibitions.
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Q&A JSTOOETHKSYNOHTI2AS0NS2GI1GUPHAATYRSAOLNYMPICS Trinity Sport Scholarship student athlete, John Tanguay is currently studying for a MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Trinity Business School. John completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Columbia University. In 2019, he represented the United States at the World Rowing Championships and qualified the US rowing boat for the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics. As an elite athlete who is preparing for the Toyko 2021 Paralympics John is training hard at present, completing daily ergometer sessions in Trinity Sport and accessing the gym for his strength & conditioning sessions. Q: H ow did you first become involved in rowing and who were your biggest influences in the sport? Q: W hy did you choose to study at Trinity? Was it difficult to adjust to college life during a global pandemic? Q: W hat has been the highlight of your rowing career so far? Q: H ow was your rowing training affected during lockdown? Q: H ow did it feel to win a silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships and qualify the United States for the Tokyo Paralympics? Q: Y ou were preparing for the Tokyo Paralympics at the start of 2020. How did you deal with the cancellation of competitions and training due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Q: L ooking to the future, what are your sporting and personal goals for 2021? John Tanguay has been awarded a Podium Level Trinity Sport Scholarship which recognises his exceptional athletic ability and supports him in is preparations for the Toyko Paralympics 2021.
