Take a walk
through history

My name is Rhys Rowlands and I’m a 3rd year history student. I thoroughly enjoy giving guided tours as I love meeting new people. It’s fascinating to see how different cultures and backgrounds interact with the rich history of Trinity.

My favourite part of giving tours is hearing how groups interpret the stories. Each group uncovers a new set of questions and insights about Trinity’s ancient campus!

Hi, my name is Anne Gormley. Since retiring as an English teacher I have developed a keen interest in heritage and archeology. A Tour Guiding course fed that passion and enabled me to appreciate the wonder and beauty behind every stone wall and monument. I have an M.A. in Modern English Literature, and in my spare time I do some creative writing and teach English Literature to adults.

I think my favourite part of the campus tour is just walking along the cobblestones among the splendid and varied buildings, simply contemplating how so many different-famous and infamous- people inhabited this campus once, not to mention the Augustinian monks all those years hence!

My name is Ciara Dooley. I am currently studying Physics at Trinity College. My favourite part of the Campus is the Physics Building because I love the history behind the scientific achievements of the previous students of the college and find the stories of alumni very inspiring towards my degree.

Hi, my name is Connor Kelly and I’m a 4th-year Geoscience student, so my favourite part of the campus is definitely the museum building, which I’m lucky enough to have all my classes in. I love being able to introduce tour groups to this building and showcase its contents!

My name is Ella Albert-Wade and I study History and Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations at TCD. My favourite part of the campus tour is the Rubrics, which is a red-brick relic of Trinity’s architectural history. The Rubrics is associated with one of the darkest events to take place on our campus – the murder of Edward Ford. I love this story because it interweaves Trinity’s historical ties to political power in Ireland with our students’ ill-advised antics and a dash of the supernatural… The thought of Edward Ford’s ghost haunting his old room still gives me the shivers!

My name is Grace Dolan and I am currently a final-year European Studies student. As part of my course, I study German and French, so I am always happy to have a chat in either of those languages. My favourite aspect of the tour is probably all of the different types of architecture on campus!

I’m Nandana James, a recent graduate of the MSc International Politics course at Trinity, and I give the Trinity Trails’ walking tour at least once a week. I enjoy being a purveyor of the rich and vivid stories underpinning the 430-year-old college, and it’s fascinating how every seemingly nondescript corner of Trinity will most likely have a story to say. I also relish the opportunity to meet people from all around the world, who turn up at Trinity daily, be it rain or shine.

My name is Paul McGee and I have been part of the Trinity Trails team since May 2022. I am a qualified National and Local tour guide and a member of the Approved Tourist Guides of Ireland (ATGI). I am a graduate of the Trinity Business School where I studied Creative Thinking, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (CTIE). My favourite part of the campus tour is meeting each different group and sharing the history of Trinity College with them. Each group of guests is different, and the variety is always enjoyable and interesting.