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Trinity Promises a Night of Science and History for Culture Night 2012 As part of Culture Night 2012 Trinity College’s Library, featuring the Book of Kells exhibition, the College’s Old Library, Geological Museum and the Trinity Long Room Hub along with the Science Gallery, will open their doors free of charge to the public. Trinity's Arts Cafe will also remain open until 9.30pm for Culture Night. Offering a night of fun and atmosphere, this year’s Culture Night will kick off at 5pm on Friday, September 21st and is the biggest the city has seen with over 150 venues taking part. Since its establishment in 2006, Culture Night has grown year-on-year to include towns and cities across the country, and encourages the public to explore our country’s cultural heritage and introduce young people to the range of cultural treasures on show in the city. Located in the heart of Trinity College Dublin, the Book of Kells is the centrepiece of the exhibition, Turning Darkness into Light. Written around the year 800 AD, the Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript containing an intricately decorated copy of the four gospels. Key words and phrases in the script are embellished with a range of intricate and lavish drawings symbolising religious messages for the worshipers at the time. The Book of Kells is widely regarded as Ireland’s finest national treasure. Two volumes of the Book will be on view, one opened to display a major decorated page, and one to show two pages of script. Upstairs from the Book of Kells visitors enter the main chamber of the Old Library, the Long Room. Stretching 65 metres in length, and housing over 200,000 of the Library's oldest books, the Long Room also boasts a collection of marble busts, Ireland’s oldest harp dating from the 15th century, and one of the only remaining copies of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic. The current exhibition running in the Long Room is based on Ernest T.S. Walton (1903-1995), Physicist and Nobel Laureate, who along with fellow scientist John Cockcroft, successfully split the atomic nucleus in April 1932. The Long Room and Book of Kells exhibitions will open for Culture Night at 5pm and close to the public at 10pm. ‘The Story of the Earth’ exhibition, on display in Trinity’s Geological Museum, showcases highlights of the planet’s geological heritage. This includes various rocks, minerals, Irish and foreign meteorites as well as fascinating fossils, including Giant Irish Deer. Exhibits are on show in the Museum Gallery as well as the foyer of the Museum Building from 5pm – 10pm. Across from the Old Library, the Trinity Long Room Hub will play host to a Multilingual Literary Soiree, organised by the School of Language, Literatures and Cultural Studies. TCD staff, students and friends of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies will read their favourite poems and prose extracts in French, German, Italian, Irish, Polish, Russian, Spanish and in translation. Some may even sing! The readings will run from 7.00pm - 8.00pm. All visitors are welcome! A short stroll through the College campus will lead visitors to the Science Gallery. MAGICAL MATERIALS, the Science Gallery’s current exhibition delves into the mysterious and captivating properties of materials science, taking visitors on a journey of metals that behave like fluids, fabrics that power electrical devices and meta-materials that can potentially disappear before your eyes. The Science Gallery will open for Culture Night at 5pm and close to the public at 11pm. Culture Night is an initiative of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust. This year over 30 regions in Ireland will take part in the renowned late night of free culture which offers the public the opportunity to visit iconic cultural venues, buildings and spaces free of charge. News TCD Lecturer Dr Eleanor Denny is awarded with the European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities CRANN and Science Gallery celebrate launch of Nanoweek 2012 with Magical Materials Exhibition Provost’s Welcome to New and Returning Students Renowned American Physicist Professor Paul Chaikin gives a Lecture on `Experimental Geometry: Experiments with Candies, Dice and Colloids’ Trinity Education Initiatives Short Listed for World Innovation Summit in Education Awards Significant Milestone for New Student Information System – Online Fee Payments and Registration
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An tSean-Leabharlann & Leabhar Cheanannais Is cuid “riachtanach” de thuras gach cuairteora ar Bhaile Átha Cliath cuairt a thabhairt ar an tSean-Leabharlann agus Leabhar Cheanannais. Lonnaithe i gcroílár Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath, cuireann siúlóid trí chearnóg dhuirleogach Choláiste na Tríonóide Baile Átha Cliath an 18ú haois i gcuimhne do chuairteoirí, an tráth inar tógadh foirgneamh álainn na Sean-Leabharlainne. Istigh sa tSean-Leabharlann atá Leabhar Cheanannais – lámhscríbhinn na soiscéal ón 9ú haois a bhfuil clú agus cáil uirthi ar fud an domhain. Cuireann foireann chairdiúil fáilte roimh chuairteoirí seacht lá na seachtaine. Leabhar Cheanannais Tá clú agus cáil ar Leabhar Cheanannais as an iliomad maisiúcháin atá air. Is éard atá sa Lámhscríbhinn na ceithre soiscéal sa Laidin bunaithe ar théacs Vulgáide, scríofa ar veilleam (laochraiceann ullmhaithe), i leagan deimhneach, saineolaíoch den script ar a dtugtar "insular majuscule". An teach screaptra sa mhainistir a bhunaigh Naomh Colm Cille thart ar an mbliain 561 ar Í, oileán amach ó chósta thiar na hAlban, a luaitear de ghnáth mar áit bhunaidh Leabhar Cheanannais. D’aistrigh manaigh Cholm Cille go dtí mainistir nua i gCeanannas, Co. na Mí, sa bhliain 806, tar éis ruathar Lochlannach ar an oileán inar maraíodh 68. Caithfidh sé gur scríobhadh Leabhar Cheanannais gar don bhliain 800, ach ní féidir fios a bheith againn ar scríobhadh é go hiomlán ar Í nó i gCeanannas, nó ar scríobhadh cuid de sa dá áit. Tá Leabhar Cheanannais ar taispeántas sa tSean-Leabharlann i gColáiste na Tríonóide Baile Átha Cliath ó lár an 19ú haois agus meallann sé os cionn 500,000 cuairteoir gach bliain. Ón mbliain 1953 i leith tá sé ceangailte ina cheithre eagrán. Tá dhá eagrán ar taispeántas go poiblí, ceann amháin oscailte ar leathanach a bhfuil sármhaisiúchán air agus ceann eile oscailte chun dhá leathanach den script a thaispeáint. Athraítear na heagráin ag eatraimh rialta. An tSean-Leabharlann Is é an Seomra Fada príomh-sheomra na Sean-Leabharlainne. Tá sé beagnach 65 méadar ar fhad agus tá é lán le 200,000 de na leabhair is sine sa Leabharlann. Nuair a tógadh é (idir 1712 agus 1732) bhí síleáil réidh phlástair ann agus is ar an léibhéal íochtarach amháin a bhí na seilfeanna le haghaidh leabhar. Bhí gailearaí oscailte ann. Faoi na 1850idí bhí na seilfeanna sin lán go hiomlán; go príomha mar gheall gur tugadh an ceart don Leabharlann cóip saor in aisce de gach leabhar a foilsíodh sa Bhreatain agus in Éirinn ón mbliain 1801 ar aghaidh a éileamh. Ardaíodh an díon sa bhliain 1860 le go bhféadfaí an tsíleáil bhoghta bhairille agus na leabhragáin sa ghailearaí uachtarach atá ann anois a thógáil. I measc na seod eile sa Seomra Fada tá ceann de na cóipeanna deiridh atá ann d’Fhorógra Phoblacht na hÉireann 1916 a léigh Pádraig Mac Piarais taobh amuigh d’Ard-Oifig an Phoist an 24 Aibreán 1916, ag tús Éirí Amach na Cásca. Tá an chláirseach ar an gceann is sine in Éirinn den chineál sin agus is dócha gur sa 15ú haois a rinneadh í. As dair agus saileach a rinneadh í agus tá 29 téad phráis uirthi. Is í an chláirseach seo a bhí mar fhoinse do shuaitheantas na hÉireann.Tionóltar taispeántais sealadacha sa Seomra Fada a léiríonn sealúchas saibhir na Leabharlainne agus a spreagann tuilleadh taighde.