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1853 The Campanile is donated by Lord Beresford, the Archbishop of Armagh.
1892 The College commemorates its tercentenary and an appeal is made to graduates to fund a building for student societies. The £7,500 raised goes towards the construction of the Graduates’ Memorial Building (GMB).
20th Century
1903 Edward Cecil Guinness, the 1st Earl of Iveagh, supports scientific development in College, providing funds for new physics and botany buildings.
1908 The grounds comprising the current Trinity Hall in Dartry come under College's ownership and are used to establish a hall of residence for women. Funding comes from donations by the Chancellor, Lord Iveagh, and Frederick Purser. The site is extended in 1910 with the donation of the adjacent Palmerston House by John Purser Griffith.
1927 The University of Dublin Endowment Fund is launched. A letter of appeal is circulated to graduates asking them to subscribe to the Fund to assist College ‘in the maintenance or further development of its educational activities…’ The Fund collects £4,000 by October 1928.
1953 The Moyne Institute of Preventative Medicine is presented to the College by the Marchioness of Normanby in memory of her father, Walter Edward Guinness, Baron Moyne. The full cost of the building is borne by Lady Normanby, while her brother, Lord Moyne, establishes a capital fund for its maintenance. Lady Normanby funds the construction of major extensions to the research space in 1994.
1954 The University of Dublin Fund, for alumni living in the USA, is established and contributions have IRS 501(c)(3) tax exemption.
1955 Trinity College Dublin Trust is established to continue and amplify the work of the Endowment Fund. Projects supported include the provision of tennis courts in Botany Bay, reconstruction of the Anatomy Theatre, refurbishment of the Debating Hall in the GMB, and the addition of a new wing to the Pavilion. Later campaigns raise funds for an additional housing block in Trinity Hall, a new chapel organ and the Berkeley Library.
1957 The Irish Sugar Company donates £15,000 to establish a Department of Genetics.
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