Trinity College Dublin, officially the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I through a royal charter. As Ireland's oldest university it is one of the seven ancient universities of Great Britain and Ireland, and it played a notable role in Irish literature and in Dublin's recognition as a UNESCO City of Literature. It comprises three faculties across 25 schools, and its library, a legal deposit library serving Ireland and the United Kingdom, has housed the Book of Kells since 1661. Notable alumni include the writers Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift and Samuel Beckett, the philosophers George Berkeley and Edmund Burke, and statesman Eamon de Valera.
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When did Trinity College Dublin abolish its religious tests?
In 1873, except for the Divinity School, and the College then resisted joining a federated university.
In 1873 all religious tests were abolished at Trinity, except those connected with the Divinity School. This was part of a gradual repositioning of the College as a nondenominational institution. Between 1873 and 1908 several schemes were proposed that would have made it a member of a federated Irish university. The College resisted them strenuously and effectively as threats to its independence.
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The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, branded by the board as Trinity College, the University of Dublin, and officially incorporated as Trinity College Dublin (TCD; Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath), is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland.
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The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, branded by the board as Trinity College, the University of Dublin, and officially incorporated as Trinity College Dublin (TCD; Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath), is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland.
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1592 3 3 (via royal charter)
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Ireland
Wikidata, P159 headquarters location
Dublin
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admission is highly selective, demanding excellent grades
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Trinity College Dublin, officially the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I through a royal charter.
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- Wikidata Q258464 P2196 (number of students) (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
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Top 1.3% Trinity College Dublin Ireland 1 214 88 256 318 77.7
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