Social Programme

8th September 19.30 – State Reception in Dublin Castle

9th September 19.30 – Conference Dinner in Trinity College Dublin (entertainment by Anuna)

Complementary visit to the Book of Kells and the exhibition 'The best doctors in the world are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet and Dr Merryman' (Jonathan Swift, a Trinity graduate) in the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin

As part of Trinity's tercentenary celebrations of the School of Medicine (1711-2011) and the opening of the Anatomy House in 1711 an exhibition is held in the Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity. It draws on material from the Early Printed Books and special Collections, and from the Manuscripts & Archives Research Library held by the university, related to medical education and the practice of medicine in Ireland. Beginning with a 16th-century Irish-language manuscript, representing the Gaelic tradition, and touching on the Dublin Philosophical Society, the apothecaries, the barber-surgeons and domestic remedies, the exhibition seeks to place institution-based medical education and practice into a broad context. The exhibition also draws attention to the role of individuals who, whether through the invention or first application of scientific methods and tools, or by their benevolence in founding the great Dublin hospitals, brought international attention to the Irish school of medicine.