Editing Trinity College Dublin (section)

===Societies===
{{Main|List of Trinity College Dublin student organisations}}
[[File:GoergeSalmonTrinityCollegeDublin.jpg|thumb|The [[University Philosophical Society]], the [[College Historical Society]] and the [[College Theological Society (Trinity College Dublin)|College Theological Society]] hold debates and discussions in the [[Graduates Memorial Building]].]]
{{As of|2020}}, Trinity College has 120+ societies. Student societies operate under the aegis of the Dublin University Central Societies Committee (CSC).<ref>{{cite web|title=Join a Society|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/getting-involved/join-a-society/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-ie|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421153435/http://trinitysocieties.ie/getting-involved/join-a-society/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TCD Societies Guide 2020|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/about/societiesguide/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421052558/http://trinitysocieties.ie/about/societiesguide/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Situated in the [[Graduates Memorial Building]] (GMB) are the three oldest societies: [[University Philosophical Society]] (the Phil), the [[College Historical Society]] (the Hist) and the [[College Theological Society (Trinity College Dublin)|College Theological Society]] (the Theo).{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} The Phil meets each Thursday evening in the [[Graduates Memorial Building#Interior|chamber]] of the GMB, the Hist meets each Wednesday evening and the Theo meets each Monday evening. Both the Phil and the Hist claim to be the oldest such [[student society]]: the Phil claims to have been founded in 1683, although university records list its foundation as having occurred in 1853,<ref name="College Calendar">{{cite web |url=https://www.tcd.ie/calendar/general-information/students-unions-societies-and-clubs.pdf |title=Calendar 2016-Students' Unions, Societies and Clubs |publisher=Trinity College Dublin |date=5 October 2016 |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082303/https://www.tcd.ie/calendar/general-information/students-unions-societies-and-clubs.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> while the Hist was founded in 1770, making it the college's oldest society according to the Calendar.<ref name="College Calendar" /> 

Records of Trinity's Chapel Choir date from 1762; as it was not yet an official university society, it is now not considered the oldest.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} Among the Phil's [[University Philosophical Society#Honorary patrons|Honorary Patrons]] are multiple [[Nobel Prize]] laureates, heads of state, notable actors, entertainers and well-known intellectuals, such as [[Al Pacino]], [[Desmond Tutu]], [[Sir Christopher Lee]], [[Stephen Fry]], and [[John Mearsheimer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Philosophical Society (The Phil)|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=83|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124045339/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=83}}</ref> The Hist has been addressed by many notable orators, including [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Ted Kennedy]], and counts among its former members many prominent men and women in Ireland's history.<ref>{{cite web|title=College Historical Society (The Hist)|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=25|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124052649/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=25}}</ref>

Other societies include Vincent de Paul Society (VDP), which organises a large number of charitable activities in the local community;<ref>{{cite web|title=Vincent de Paul|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=115|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124054422/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=115}}</ref> DU Players, theatre and drama societies which hosts more than 50 shows and events a year in the Players Theatre;<ref>{{cite web|title=Players|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=87|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124051132/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=87}}</ref> 

The DU Film Society, founded in 1987, which organises filmmakers and cinephiles in college through workshops, screenings, production funding, etc.;<ref>{{cite web|title=Film Society|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=126|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122131504/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=126}}</ref> Trinity FM, which broadcasts six weeks a year on [[FM broadcasting|FM]] 97.3 with various student productions;<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity FM|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=111|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116215251/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=111}}</ref> and the Q Soc – Trinity LGBT society, which is Ireland's oldest [[LGBT]] society and celebrated its 25th anniversary in the 2007/08 year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Q Soc – Trinity LGBT|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=91|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122625/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=91}}</ref> 

The Card and Bridge Society holds weekly poker and bridge tournaments and was the starting point for many notable alumni, including [[Andy Black (poker player)|Andy Black]], [[Padraig Parkinson]] and [[Donnacha O'Dea]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Card & Bridge Society|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=16|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122114356/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=16}}</ref> the Dublin University Comedy Society, known as DU Comedy, hosts comedy events for its members and has hosted gigs in college by comedians such as [[Andrew Maxwell]], [[David O'Doherty]], [[Neil Delamere]] and [[Colin Murphy (comedian)|Colin Murphy]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Comedy Soc|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=26|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116215030/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=26}}</ref> 

The Dance Society, known as "{{proper name|DU Dance}}", provides classes in Latin and ballroom dancing, as well as running events around other styles, such as swing dancing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trinitysocieties.ie/society/31/dance-society |title=Trinitysocieties.ie |publisher=Trinitysocieties.ie |date=25 March 2010 |access-date=28 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029021249/http://www.trinitysocieties.ie/society/31/dance-society |archive-date=29 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dance|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=29|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122120047/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=29}}</ref> 

In 2011, the [[Laurentian Society]] was revived. It had played a key role as a society for the few Catholic students who studied at Trinity while "the Ban" was still in force.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mckenna.se/highres/payne/payne02tn.pdf |title=Trinity News, Trinity Archive, 1 Nov. 2005, p. 20 |access-date=24 July 2012 |archive-date=31 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331162434/http://mckenna.se/highres/payne/payne02tn.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Laurentian Society|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=68|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Central Societies Committee|language=en-GB|archive-date=7 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707121706/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=68}}</ref> The Trinity Fashion Society was established in 2009, and holds an annual charity fashion show and an international trip to [[London Fashion Week]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=37|title=Society {{!}} Central Societies Committee|website=trinitysocieties.ie|access-date=11 February 2017|archive-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235825/http://trinitysocieties.ie/society/?socid=37|url-status=live}}</ref>