The Next Lord Chancellor of Ireland?

Yes, Conor Power of the Class of 2018 now moves in rarified company, joining the bishops, the parliamentarians, the lord chancellors and the Daniel Gilligans as Exhibition Scholars at Trinity College.  Conor’s achievement is even more impressive than the that of all the Anglo-Irish magnates who came before him: this is the first year that Trinity has limited the award to one honouree per secondary school.  589 LC points did the trick and now Conor has some spending money for books as he continues his study of Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Sociology.  (Afterwards, he immediately ran down to Hodges Figgis for a hardback copy of ‘The Art of the Deal’).  The ceremony itself was dignified and ye-olde-worlde-ly in a way that only Trinity can do properly.  We half expected Professor Dumbledore to take the rostrum and Nearly Headless Nick to come crashing through the portraits but Provost Pendergrast and Dean Mitchell filled in admirably, if less dramtically.  Of course, there was wine and hors d’oeuvres and plenty of pleasant conversation.  Conor felt very much at home, despite his hurley-playing, mass-attending and republican-sympathising past.   Seriously, we should be very proud of Conor and not just because he earned the points to win the award.  He was also one of the most well-rounded, honestly enthusiastic and just plain gentlemanly young men to ever grace the halls of St. Conleth’s.

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by Charles Latvis