June 1, 2024
Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College built in 1592 on 47 acres, sits right in the center of town, the City just grew around it over the years. The oldest building on campus, has been newly renovated and is one of 2 buildings on campus, now completely carbon neutral. Love that these opposing Greek style building are known as Heaven and Hell (exam hall). Also learned that in second year, students can sit for the scholar's exam, which is a general knowledge test, unrelated to their majors, and if the pass, they get 5 years free tuition and board, along with 3 meals a day, including Guinness! Last year 900 sat for exam and only 73 passed.
We had lunch in the Temple Bar area and then went to EPIC center, toured museum and had my genealogy appointment. In the one hour session I found out that my mom's father was indeed the surname of Timothy and there were 3 other families with the same surname in Co. Roscommon, when they were there - most likely all related. My great, great grandfather Martin was a surveyor and actually bought his land, 11 acres, before his death.
