Brief History of Front Square at Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin's The University Times published a sketch of, "The Haphazard History of Front Square: The Campanile has come to dominate Front Square. But Trinity's famous square could have ended up looking very different."

Senior staff writer, Holly Brown, notes that the, "...architectural history of the College dates back to 1592 when the first foundation stones were laid on the former site of Old Hallows Monastery."  She concludes that while the space provides a rare setting of tranquility and order in an urban setting, it wasn't by design...it just turned out that it works.