Trinity College, officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, a research university in Dublin, Ireland. Queen Elizabeth I founded the college in 1592 as `the mother of a university` that was modelled after the collegiate universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
It is one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland, as well as Ireland`s oldest surviving university. The college`s main campus, in the heart of Dublin, has often been ranked among the most iconic in the world. Widely considered one of Europe`s elite institutions, Trinity is Ireland`s most prestigious university, in part due to its long and distinguished history.
The Library of Trinity College is a legal deposit library for Ireland and Great Britain, containing around 7 million printed volumes and significant quantities of manuscripts, including the Book of Kells. The library receives more than 500,000 visitors per year, making it the most important in Ireland.
The university has educated many of Ireland`s most successful poets, playwrights and authors.
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