Trinity College Dublin question - nightlife

[booklover789]

Hello
Parent of a prospective Trinity College Dublin student here. My DS is v keen to accept an offer but we're trying to figure out whether it'll be the best place for him socially. He's gay, and loves clubbing in London in places like Heaven. We have read elsewhere on MN that you can't get into nightclubs in Dublin unless you're over 21. Is that true? TIA for any help you can give.

Legal drinking age in Ireland is 18 and most nightclubs are over 18s, there are a few that are over 21.

Dublin is smaller than London so the number of gay bars/clubs would be smaller than what he is used to.

George’s Street very near to Trinity and Capel St have gay bars.

There are student nights and student venues, gigs and clubs are also good. He won’t be bored.

Hi - did he accept? My child is off there next week but has accommodation dilemma (private hall vs a shared room in trinity hall that came up today!).
in terms of clubs, I think the issue is that at weekends, some clubs go 21+ to get the bigger spending tourist €€.

@Vermin did your DC go to Trinity and if so, how is it going? Would you have any advice re accommodation etc?

Our DC has applied for various engineering & maths courses at Trinity and UCD, but where we live this application is outside the norm and we have very little idea of what anything might be like beyond the official website (and accommodation limited/ expensive). I would be so interested to get your opinion or feedback. We have walked around Trinity once in DC's lifetime, but none of us have ever been to the UCD campus. Only thought to apply after the Nov open days. DC is predicted to score highly (who knows how things will go in the end, but they scored maximum points in both their GCSE's and 4 AS' levels - I say this only because we are obviously a different system and I have still no idea of her chances. Back in the day I applied and scored high enough for Trinity Law, but our results out the week after Ireland's and I never heard back and did not pursue... 18 and parents very much left everything Uni-wise to us back then... So I just can't work out the chances for DC). They have also applied and received offers from UK Uni's, but are more and more set on UCD/Trinity without ever having visited or anyone we know being able to advise.

Sorry to reignite old thread, but very happy to hear from anyone on any aspect. TIA

Hi - yes my child did end up at Trinity and it’s been a great success so far. Accommodation- you apply before March of the year you’re entering, even though places aren’t allocated until August (ie accommodation applications are way ahead of places). Even if you’re rejected at that point for halls, there’s a lot of shuffling in August / September because people who have halls places don’t end up at Trinity. We booked a place in one of the private halls and got uni halls at the last minute - there was a cancellation fee for the private hall of about €50 and that’s it - they too have a lot of September shuffling because of the multiple rounds of offers. You need to be prepared to do things very last minute and hold your nerve! You’ll likely also want to accept a UK uni place that you withdraw from when the trinity offers are out unless you have other Irish uni backups. It’s quite a lot to deal with planning for two different unis simultaneously. I would strongly recommend doing all you can to get the uni halls. PM me if you have any other questions @Becauseurworthit