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The Phil's members meet every Thursday during term to discuss a paper, debate a motion or hear an address. Traditionally a paper-reading society, meetings sometimes continue the format of responses to a paper rather than debate on a motion. Its rooms are within the Graduates' Memorial Building (GMB) of Trinity College, which it has shared with the ...
The history of the University Philosophical Society spans over three centuries, several guises, identities and name changes.
The Phil is governed by a Council elected by the members of the society each year. There are eight officers: President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Debates Convenor, Librarian, Steward, and Schools Convenor. All officers are directly elected. In addition to the officers are fourteen Members of Council. The Members of Council serve as deputies ...
In addition to its usual events, the society added a sub-group, the Bram Stoker Club (more commonly known as Bram), to its organization in 2011. Named after one of the Phil's most illustrious presidents (Bram Stoker), the club holds weekly afternoon paper-readings on a range of topics. These paper-readings have served to carry on the long tradition...
External debating competitions
The society has a presence on the competitive debating circuit. Having first won the Irish Times National Debating Championship in 1961 the society has gone on to win and place in several other well known debating competitions. These include the John Smith Memorial Mace, World Universities Debating Championship, Irish National Law Debates, Cork IV and the UCD Vice Presidents' Cup IV.[citation needed]. In 2022, Dylan McCarthy and Jack Palmer from the Phil won the European Universities Debating...
Internal debating competitions
The society runs several internal debating competitions each year.These consist of: 1. The Eamon O'Coine Memorial Maiden Speaker's Competition (or "Maidens"); for first-time speakers in college. 2. The Jeremy Clarkson Memorial Debating Competition (or "Clarkies"), consisting of a series of regular weekly debates.; satirically named after TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson. Formerly known as The Maggies, after former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher 3. The Elizabethan Society M...
Trinity intervarsity
Each year, normally in January, the society jointly with the Hist hosts the Claire Stewart Trinity IV. Before 2015 this consisted of the Trinity Invitational and the Dean SwiftIntervarsity. In 2015, the Trinity Invitational was replaced with Trinity Women's Debating Competition.
The 'Phil Speaks Debating and Public Speaking Initiative', commonly known as 'Phil Speaks', is a campaign aimed at promoting, as well as developing skills in public speaking and oratory. Formed by the society in 2004 the initiative combines in-school oratory workshops, with Pro–Am (Professional-Amateur) learning competitions to encourage these skil...
Annually, the society internally awards the author of the best paper and the best chamber speaker from its membership, medals of oratory and composition. The society also awards the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage and the Bram Stoker Medal to various guests each year.[citation needed] Among the awards received by the society are awards from the in...
Through its years in college, the Society has recorded the presence of many notable guests, the most distinguished of whom are named honorary patrons of the society. Included amongst these are multiple Nobel Prize laureates, both before and after their receipt of the Prize, such as W. B. Yeats, Heads of State and of Government, notable actors and m...
A number of guests, invited by the Phil over the years, have courted controversy.[citation needed] Contributors to its debates included Oswald Mosley during his residence in Ireland. In 1988, the Society invited then–Holocaust denier David Irving to speak. A large protest by students, staff, Jewish groups, socialists, and anti-Nazi activists result...
Academia
1. Robert Stawell Ball, ex-Sch., Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge. President, 1860–61. 2. Valentine Ball, geologist. Treasurer, 1863–64. 3. J.B. Bury, ex-Sch., historian, classicist, Byzantinist and philologist. 4. George Coffey, scholar of Irish history and cultural revivalist. President, 1880–81. 5. William Macneile Dixon, British academic and author, Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, Glasgow. Pres...
Arts
1. Norman Rodway, ex-Sch., actor. 2. John Butler Yeats, artist and father of William Butler Yeats.
Broadcasting and Journalism
1. Daire Brehan, Irish broadcaster, barrister and actress. Secretary, 1976–77. 2. Sarah Carey, columnist and broadcaster. Registrar, 1991–92. 3. Marc Coleman, economics editor of Newstalk and columnist for the Sunday Independent. Secretary, 1992–93. 4. Ken Early, journalist and sports broadcaster. Steward, 1998–99. 5. Alex Massie, prominent Scottish journalist. Steward, 1996–97.
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