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This, the fifth and final volume in the Trinity Tales series, completes a cycle that began with tales from the 1960s. It invites readers to step into the world of Trinity College as it was in the first decade of this century through the reflections of students who attended the university during those years. Within its pages lie the stories of twenty-eight graduates from a mix of diverse backgrounds whose experiences may dispel the myths of what it means to be a ‘Trinity student’. The collection reveals the rapidly changing world of the early 2000s. This was a time of the internet revolution, when social media first affected student life, when mobile phones and laptops became ubiquitous, when handwritten work was passing into history, when The Buttery closed its doors – and all this coming against the backdrop of an overheating then imploding Irish economy. This kaleidoscope of recollections captures a student body in transformation and features stories of personal discovery and achievement against the odds. For some it proved a life-changing era when sexual, racial or class barriers were confronted. This volume concludes a remarkable half-century journey, portraying the lives of others, and of ourselves.

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"Sorcha Pollak is a journalist with The Irish Times and writes the popular New to the Parish series. Her first book was New to the Parish: Stories of Love, War and Adventure from Ireland’s Immigrants (2018). She has also worked for the Guardian and TIME Magazine. She has a BA in European Studies from Trinity and an MSc in Media, Communications and Development from the London School of Economics. ""Katie Dickson studied English Literature and Philosophy in Trinity from 2000 to 2005 with a sabbatical year as Deputy President of the Students’ Union. She was also the Manager of Trinity FM and Editor of the University Record. She has a Masters in Library and Information Studies from UCD and is the school librarian at St Dominic’s College, Cabra. She sits on the committees of the Library Association of Ireland’s Youth Library Group and the School Library Association of the Republic of Ireland."""

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