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An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin’s gift to Pope Leo XIV included Book of Kells facsimile reproductions from:
Gospel of Matthew (22:39, folio 98r)
“secundum autem simile est huic diliges proximum tuum sicut te ipsum”
“And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”
We were delighted to see An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin and his wife, Mary O’Shea in his private visit with Pope Leo XIV yesterday, presenting facsimile reproductions of the Book of Kells as part of a presentation gift.
Jean was the author of two published books and was awarded an honorary MA in 1945 prior to her death in 1949.
An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin’s gift to Pope Leo XIV included Book of Kells facsimile reproductions from:
Gospel of Matthew (22:39, folio 98r)
“secundum autem simile est huic diliges proximum tuum sicut te ipsum”
“And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”
Students remembered her fondly for decades, whether keeping meals running during shortages, catering for Free State soldiers on campus in 1922, or surviving a gun battle on Moore Street while shopping for fish (the fish, unfortunately, did not make it back to campus).
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A hundred years later, the 1926 Census offers a remarkable snapshot of the people who lived and worked at Trinity and the extraordinary stories within our records. Jean’s story is just one of them.
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Located in Research Collections, the College Archives also hold rich resources for historical and genealogical research, from Board minutes and student entrance registers to College calendars or “guide books” documenting life at Trinity year by year.
On this day in 1926, the census of Trinity College Dublin was certified, capturing campus life from 100 years ago.
There were 185 people living across campus, from students and lecturers to support staff and their families. Among them were 26 “servants”, 17 of them women. @tcddublin.bsky.social
The records preserved in the College Archives help bring many of these lives back into focus, including that of Jean Montgomery, a former Quartermaster in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during WWI who was the first woman Superintendent of the College from 1919–1949.
A 9th century manuscript discovered in Rome by researchers at Trinity College Dublin reveals a rare copy of Cædmon’s Hymn, the earliest known English poem, written over 1,300 years ago. 📜
Published in the journal ‘Early Medieval England and its Neighbours’.
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