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The third floor houses one of the college's computer rooms. Directly opposite to which is a library owned the Hist, which contains part of the societies' large collections of books and records. The upper floors of the building were damaged by a fire in December 2000, threatening the historic books
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The design of the building is such that it is divided into three houses: House 28, and House 30, as student residences, with House 29 in the centre of the building, being used by the societies.
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The building has a vast interior, largely dedicated to debating, scholarly endeavour and use by the three societies who occupy it. It has various rooms spread over its four floors. The central
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is also on the ground floor, and provides its membership with a meeting area to sit, talk, and relax. Its conversation room also plays host to the society's paper reading sub-group,
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The second floor contains the Bram Stoker room, which hosts an office space as well as a small archival library. The room also houses the academic library and office space of the
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In 1899 Rotten Row was demolished and work began on the new building. Its construction was largely financed by subscriptions from graduates, and was opened on 31 May 1902.
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Halfway between the ground floor and first floor is the Phil's council room, which has the only access to the debating chamber's
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Memorializing the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902: Militarization of the Landscape: Monuments and Memorials in Britain
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contains a large wooden staircase, which stretches vertically from the ground floor to the second floor.
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Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road, with the Phoenix Park
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which is available to their members as a gesture of good faith between both societies.
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Beyond a pair large doors that exit off the foyer are the buildings and two large
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Debating chamber, student society rooms and residences in Dublin , Ireland
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Trinity College tradition holds that the rooms of the society's founder
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The Early Life Correspondence and Writings of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke
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in 1897. It is home to Trinity College's oldest student societies: the
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rooms, jointly owned and operated between both The Phil and The Hist.
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Further up the stairs and facing onto Library Square is a large
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former Librarian of the Phil and Senior Fellow of the college.
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Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices
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The Hist Conversation Room was used as a location in the film
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pilasters. On the chamber's west wall is a bronze relief of
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Trinity Student Pranks: A History of Mischief and Mayhem
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A companion guide to architecture in Ireland, 1837-1921
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The Graduates Memorial Building, originally named the
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Debating chamber, student society rooms and residences
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Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland
Coordinates
53°20′41″N 6°15′24″W / 53.34482°N 6.256736°W / 53.34482; -6.256736
Sir Thomas Drew
Trinity College Dublin
Sir Thomas Drew
University Philosophical Society
College Historical Society
College Theological Society

Campanile
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
The Rubrics
Thomas Newenham Deane
Sir Thomas Drew
foyer
Ionic
George Ferdinand Shaw
University Philosophical Society
The Bram Stoker Club
balcony
stained glass
Epaminondas
Demosthenes
Marshall Porter
College Historical Society

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