According to his autobiographical letter Confessio, thought to have been written around 450 AD and first published in the early 9th Century (the Book of Amagh, containing the earliest copy believed to exist, is in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin), an angel appeared in a dream urging him to flee from his enslavement.

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It is not only in the debating halls of Trinity College and University College Dublin where lively opinion-bashing can be heard.

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John Murray, chair in Business Studies at Trinity College Dublin, points to a worrying loss of power by the carmakers, rather than the expected gain.

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Scientists from Trinity College in Dublin are on to it -- developing a material that will preserve the shelf-life of beer.

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He will deliver this year's Independent Lecture at Trinity College Dublin on Monday evening ahead of a celebrity studded dinner on Tuesday to raise funds for the Northern Ireland Fund for Peach and Reconciliation.

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