INSIDE TRINITY is the most historic and prestigious institution in Irish education. Loosehorse Television and RTÉ have partnered with Trinity College Dublin to produce an unprecedented landmark series set within its storied walls for a brand new 4-part series.
The 19,985 people that work, live and study on its campus will be the primary focus of Loosehorse’s observational lens. The project will be a vibrant and breathing portrait of their lives – capturing the depth and breadth of human and educational experiences that happen within Trinity’s campus, extending from Front Arch on College Green to the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute on Pearse Street.
Filmed throughout the 2015/16 academic year, enjoying unprecedented access and bringing the RTÉ audience deep inside a world never before explored on Irish television, INSIDE TRINITY will offer a fascinating glimpse of a great Irish institution at work. The cameras capture the whole gamut of life: study, teaching and learning, research, sports and lots more.
Episode 1: Autumn
As Dublin sees off another summer, the university slowly rouses for a new year.
In Tallaght in West Dublin, the first of the new student intake is packed and ready to move. Lynn Ruane is the first president of the Trinity Student Union ever to set up home on the campus with a family in tow. She and her two daughters are leaving her mother’s house in Killinarden for the big move into town. It will be a big year in this family’s life.
Lynn is not alone. On Fresher’s Week, Trinity’s Front Square is mobbed by newcomers as it becomes a recruitment battleground for over 100 clubs and societies competing to sign up new members. And policing the rules of engagement is Trinity stalwart, Joseph O’Gorman.
Meanwhile, Trinity Professor Luke O’Neill is one of just 50 scientists in the world who is a Fellow of the Royal Society, following in the footsteps of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. His is at the cutting edge of global research yet he still experiences simple nerves as one of his star PhD students undergoes his robust final examinations.
The Provost’s House, situated at Number One Grafton Street is the only residence on Dublin’s main thoroughfare. It has been the home of the Provost, the head of Trinity, for more than 250 years. The programme spends a day at home with Patrick Prendergast and his family.
Loosehorse Television is one of Ireland’s leading independent producers and has garnered awards and critical praise in the past for factual documentaries such as ‘A Parting Gift’, ‘Guess Who’s Dead’, ‘The Scholarship’, ’Joe Brolly: Perfect Match’, ‘The Rod Squad’ and ‘Naked Election’
Supported by the Broadcasting Authority Of Ireland’s Sound & Vision Fund