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Announcement of new Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College Dublin on Trinity Monday, 2013

This is a list of notable individuals elected as Scholars of Trinity College Dublin. Described by Trinity College as "the most prestigious undergraduate award in the country",[1] Foundation Scholarship ("Schols") examinations have been held annually at Trinity since its establishment in 1592.

Schols is awarded to those who achieve a first class honours average in a set of challenging voluntary examinations, held in January the week before Hilary term begins, which test a student's ability to "consistently demonstrate exceptional knowledge and understanding of their subjects".[1] Benefits include waived fees, a small salary, rooms in college, dining rights at Commons, Seanad voting privileges and a post-nominal title, "Sch.". Typically, less than 1% of the undergraduate population is awarded the scholarship.

Many scholars have gone on to acclaim in a range of fields over the past five centuries, both in academia and the wider world.[tone] Former scholars include two Nobel Prize winners, one head of state (Mary Robinson), several government ministers, an Academy Award nominee (Lenny Abrahamson), and nine Provosts of Trinity College Dublin itself.

The subject and year of scholarship are included in brackets after each awardee's name below.

Arts and entertainment

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Broadcasting and journalism

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Economics and public policy

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Education

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Humanities and political science

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Law, politics and government

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Mathematics and science

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Religion

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Sports

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In Sally Rooney's 2018 novel Normal People, set in Trinity, the two protagonists are elected scholars - Connell in English, and Marianne in History and Political Science. Rooney is a former scholar, as is Lenny Abrahamson, who directed the TV series based on the novel.

See also

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References

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  6. ^ "James White". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  7. ^ "James David Bourchier". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  8. ^ "George Alexander Duncan". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  9. ^ Barbe, Lluis (January 2010). Francis Edgeworth at Oxford. Edward Elgar. ISBN 978-1-84980-322-9. Retrieved 7 November 2018. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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  11. ^ "John Kells Ingram". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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  13. ^ "George Berkeley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  14. ^ "J.B. Bury". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Cork woman receives first Irish honour for saving Jewish victims of the Holocaust". The Irish Times. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  16. ^ Butler, Patrick (15 May 2013). "Cork woman receives first Irish honour for saving Jewish victims of the Holocaust". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  17. ^ Sheridan, Colette (14 September 2016). "New play tells of the Cork woman who helped Jewish children escape the Nazis". Irish Examiner. Dublin. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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  19. ^ "Bartholomew Lloyd". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  20. ^ John Archibald Venn, "Loane, George Green" in Alumni Cantabrigienses, vol. II. Dabbs-Juxton (Cambridge University Press, 1951), p. 194
  21. ^ "John Pentland Mahaffy". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  22. ^ "Franc Sadleir". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  23. ^ "Robert Walsh". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  24. ^ "James Whitelaw". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  25. ^ "George Newenham Wright". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  26. ^ "Ernest Henry Alton". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  27. ^ "Francis Blackburne". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  28. ^ "Isaac Butt". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  29. ^ "Richard Collins". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  30. ^ "Gerald FitzGibbon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  31. ^ "William Greatrakes". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  32. ^ "Dodgson Hamilton Madden". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  33. ^ "Denis Caulfield Heron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  34. ^ "Sir James Weir Hogg". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  35. ^ "Hugh Law". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  36. ^ "James Anthony Lawson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  37. ^ "Louis Perrin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  38. ^ "Sir Edward Sullivan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  39. ^ "William Thrift". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  40. ^ "John Edward Walsh". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  41. ^ "Arthur Wolfe". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  42. ^ a b "William Allman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  43. ^ "Robert Stawell Ball". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  44. ^ "John Casey". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  45. ^ "Humphrey Lloyd". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  46. ^ "Jones Quain". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  47. ^ "Thomas Romney Robinson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  48. ^ "Robert Henry Scott". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  49. ^ "John Sealy Edward Townsend". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  50. ^ "Anthony Traill". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  51. ^ "Henry Ussher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  52. ^ "Ernest Walton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  53. ^ "Theophilus Bolton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  54. ^ "Roger Boyle". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  55. ^ "William Daniel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  56. ^ "Charles D'Arcy". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  57. ^ "Patrick Delany". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  58. ^ "Thomas Elrington". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  59. ^ "Stanley Gower". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  60. ^ "Charles Graves". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  61. ^ "George Hamond". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  62. ^ "Arthur Kenney". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  63. ^ "Richard Frederick Littledale". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  64. ^ "Richard Mant". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  65. ^ "Mortimer O'Sullivan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  66. ^ "William Reeves". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  67. ^ "Philip Skelton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  68. ^ "Edward Smyth". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  69. ^ "Joseph Stock". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  70. ^ "William Tisdall". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  71. ^ "James Ussher". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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