The University Philosophical Society, commonly known as The Phil, is a student paper-reading and debating society in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1848, it is the revived form of an org
William Molyneux, founding member
Oscar Wilde, member of the society in the 19th century
The 1937 Reading Room, a memorial to members of the college who died during the First World War
The Graduates Memorial Building (G.M.B.) home to the University Philosophical Society since the beginning of the 20th century.
Graduates Memorial Building
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The Graduates Memorial Building is a neo-Gothic Victorian building, in Trinity College Dublin designed by Sir Thomas Drew in 1897. It is home to Trinity College's oldest student societies: the Univers
University Philosophical Society
…Society. It is one of the largest student societies in Ireland, and currently claims to have 10,000 active members. The society is based within the Graduates Memorial Building of Trinity College. Throughout its history, it has welcomed many notable guests and some of its members have included Ernest Walton, John Butler Yeats…
Rotten Row, to the left of the Campanile before 1899.