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Trinity College looks to change the name of Berkeley library

Trinity College Dublin is confronting some uncomfortable legacies from its 430-year history. The college is inviting submissions on whether the Berkeley Library, named after slave-owner George Berkeley, should be renamed. Changing these names, is it...

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08.50 28 Nov 2022


Trinity College looks to change the name of Berkeley library


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Trinity College Dublin is confronting some uncomfortable legacies from its 430-year history.

The college is inviting submissions on whether the Berkeley Library, named after slave-owner George Berkeley, should be renamed.

Changing these names, is it erasing history or is it making progress?

To debate Newstalk Breakfast spoke to John McGuirk, Editor of Gript Media and also Dr. Ebun Joseph Founder of the Institute of Antiracism & Black Studies in Dublin.


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