Trinity College

Trinity College was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. It is one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland, as well as Ireland's oldest surviving university. Trinity College is widely considered the most prestigious university in Ireland, in part due to its extensive history. Trinity’s Old Library, which houses the Long Room, is the largest research library in Ireland, with a collection of six million printed items, 500,000 maps, 80,000 electronic journals, and 350,000 electronic books. Ranked 88th in the world in the latest QS World Rankings, Trinity offers a liberal, transformative education at the frontiers of disciplines. In the novel Ulysses by James Joyce, the protagonist Leopold Bloom walks past the living quarters of Trinity's Provost, remarking to himself he would not live there if he were paid. This is perhaps because he was Catholic, and Catholics were not allowed to attend Trinity at the time unless they had a letter from their bishop.