Once the eponym of 18th century philosopher George Berkeley, a slave owner whose name was removed in the wake of global Black Lives Matter protests, Trinity College Dublin's main library is now called the Eavan Boland Library, after a renowned Irish poet.
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00:00So, it's taken us from 1592 to get here, but thank God, after 400 years in a bit, we kind
00:29of got it right now.
00:36I also think it's a great chance to reflect as well on our university's broader colonial
01:00legacies and think about how we can move forward positively, reincorporating those legacies
01:05but also highlighting people who are important to contemporary university life, and I think
01:11even Poland is that.