Trinity College Dublin (Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide, Bhaile Átha Cliath), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland. Founded in early 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I who issued a royal charter, it is Ireland's oldest university and was modelled after the collegiate universities of both Oxford and Cambridge. Named after The Holy Trinity, the epithets "Trinity College Dublin" and "University of Dublin" are usually synonymous for administrative purposes, as only one such college was ever established. The university was established to consolidate the rule of the Tudor monarchy in Ireland. Academically, it is divided into three faculties comprising 23 schools, offering various degree and diploma courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Admissions to the college are based exclusively on academic merit, with its courses in law, literature and humanities being highly selective. Trinity College Dublin is one of the seven ancient universities of Great Britain and Ireland, and it is a sister college to both St John's College, Cambridge, and Oriel College, Oxford. By incorporation, a graduate of either Oxford, Cambridge or Dublin can be conferred the equivalent degree (Oxon, Cantab et Dubl) at either of the other two without further examination. The Library of Trinity College is a legal deposit for Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is the largest library in the country and has housed the Book of Kells since 1661 and the Brian Boru harp since 1782. The university has produced many eminent poets, playwrights, authors, novelists and filmmakers, including Oscar Wilde (The Happy Prince), Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), Sheridan Le Fanu (Carmilla), Bram Stoker (Dracula), Oliver Goldsmith (The Vicar of Wakefield), William Congreve (The Way of the World), Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot), Sally Rooney (Normal People), Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), William Trevor (Felicia's Journey), J. P. Donleavy (The Ginger Man), Nahum Tate (The History of King Lear), David Benioff (Troy) and D. B. Weiss (Game of Thrones). Alumni also include 4 Presidents of Ireland and 4 Nobel Laureates, as well as academics, mathematicians and philosophers who shaped the intellectual heritage of western Europe. Notable faculty and lecturers at the university included Humphrey Lloyd, J. B. Bury, Erwin Schrödinger and E. T. Whittaker. Source: Wikipedia (en)