Alumni & campus news CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE A service of Lessons and Carols for Advent Produced by Trinity Development & Alumni Thursday 1 December 2022 Trinity Carol Service For the first time since 2019, Trinity’s much-loved Carol Service was performed to a live congregation, as well as being livestreamed online, enabling it to be viewed by alumni around the world. Readings and reflections from college chaplains, the Provost and members of the college community were joined with carols and hymns including Out of Dazzling Darkness, The Magnificat, O Magnum Mysterium and the old favourites, O come, O come, Emmanuel, We Three Kings and Adestes Fideles, and ending with a magnificent Hark the Herald Angels Sing. In case you missed this wonderful Christmas event, you can watch online here. Trinity Trust supports the Old Library Redevelopment Project The Trinity Trust - a voluntary committee made up of Trinity graduates - has announced a €1 million donation to the Old Library Redevelopment Project, the single largest donation that the Trust has made in its history. Enabling works for the project are underway, and renovations to preserve and safeguard the Old Library and its treasures will begin in late 2023, under Heneghan Peng Architects, who previously renovated the National Gallery of Ireland. The redevelopment project will involve the removal of 700,000 books, some printed on silk and vellum, for cleaning and repair to ensure their preservation. The Book of Kells will be moved to Printing House Square for the duration of the redevelopment project which will introduce new fire safety measures and environmental controls to the Old Library, as well as a new Research Collections Study Centre, a reimagined Book of Kells exhibition and a new Treasures Gallery. The Trinity Trust receives its income from alumni who hold Bank of Ireland Affinity credit cards - a small percentage of the spend on each card is given to the Trust. To date, the Trust has contributed almost €5 million to the college, with major donations to the Berkeley Library and Trinity Hall, as well as grant aid to student and staff-led projects.
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