The Donnellan Lectures are a lecture series at

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

, instituted in 1794. The lectures were originally given under the auspices of the School of Hebrew, Biblical and Theological Studies. But since 1987 they have been run on a triennial basis by the Department of Philosophy and are no longer theological in nature. They were endowed from the estate of Anne Donnellan.

Lecturers (incomplete list)

*1794 Thomas Elrington ''The Proof of Christianity… from the Miracles recorded in the New Testament'' *1797, 1801.

Richard Graves Richard Graves (4 May 1715 – 23 November 1804) was an English cleric, poet, and novelist. He is remembered especially for his picaresque novel ''The Spiritual Quixote'' (1773). Early life Graves was born at Mickleton Manor, Mickleton, Glouce ...

''The Divine Origin of the Jewish Religion proved from the… Last Four Books of the Pentateuch'' *1807.

Bartholomew Lloyd Bartholomew Lloyd (1772–1837) was an Irish mathematician and academic whose entire career was spent at Trinity College Dublin. As Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics there, he promoted significant curricular reforms, including the introdu ...

*1809 Richard Herbert Nash *1815–16.

Franc Sadleir Franc Sadleir 'formerly'' Francis(1775–1851) was an Irish academic and Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1837. Biography Sadleir was the youngest son of Thomas Sadleir, barrister, by his first wife, Rebecca, eldest daughter of William Wo ...

''The Various Degrees of Religious Information Vouchsafed to Mankind'' *1817. aniel Mooney D.D.*1818. William Phelan ''Christianity provides… Correctives for… Tendencies to Polytheism and Idolatry'' *1821, 1824. J. Kennedy ''The Researches of Modern Science… demonstrate the Inspiration of… Scripture'' *1823 Franc Sadleir ''The Formulas of the Church of England Conformable to the Scriptures'' *1838 J. H. Todd ''The Prophecies Relating to Antichrist in… Daniel and St. Paul'' *1839 J. H. Todd ''The Prophecies Relating to Antichrist in the Apocalypse of St. John'' *1851 Mortimer O'Sullivan ''The Hour of the Redeemer'' *1852 William Lee ''Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures'' *1853 W. de Burgh ''The Early Prophecies of a Redeemer'' *1854 Charles Parsons Reichel ''The Nature and Offices of the Church'' *1855 James Byrne ''Naturalism and Spiritualism'' *1855–56, 1859 J. MacIvor ''Religious Progress'' *1857 John Cotter MacDonnell ''The Doctrine of the Atonement deduced from Scripture'' *1858. J. Wills ''The Antecedent Probability of the Christian Religion'' *1860 Atkins ''Pastoral Duties'' *1861 W. P Walsh ''Christian Missions'' *1862 W. de Burgh ''Messianic Prophecies of Isaiah'' *1865 Ryder ''The Scripture Doctrine of Acceptance with God'' *1877

John Hewitt Jellett John Hewitt Jellett (25 December 1817 – 19 February 1888) was an Irish mathematician whose career was spent at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where he rose to the rank of Provost. He was also a priest in the Church of Ireland. Life He was t ...

''The efficacy of prayer'' *1878–9 George Alexander Chadwick ''Christ bearing witness to himself'' *1880–1 Charles H. H. Wright ''The Book of Koheleth, Commonly Called Ecclesiastes, Considered in Relation to Modern Criticism, and to the Doctrines of Modern Pessimism'' *1885–5 Mortimer O'Sullivan ''The Gospel in the Miracles of Christ, Man's Knowledge of Man and of God'' *1887–8

William Lefroy William Lefroy (1836–1909) was an Anglican Dean, mountaineer and author. Biography Born in Dublin in 1836, he was eldest of the four children of Isaac and Isabella Lefroy. William Lefroy was educated at its Trinity College and ordained in 18 ...

''The Christian Ministry: Its Origin, Constitution, Nature and Work'' *1888–9 J. H. Kennedy ''Natural Theology and Modern Thought'' * 1889–90 Thomas Sterling Berry, DD ''Christianity and Buddhism : a comparison and a contrast'' * 1890 Frederick Falkiner Carmichael, LLD * 1891 Thomas Lucas Scott, MA * 1892

William Malcolm Foley William Malcolm Foley (b Coachford 15 August 1854 – d South Dublin 19 October 1944) was Archdeacon of Ardfert from 1915 to 1922. Foley was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1878. He began his career with curacies at Easky and ...

, BD * 1893 Henry Francis John Martin, MA * 1894 Lewen Burton Weldon, DD * 1896

John Henry Bernard John Henry Bernard, PC (27 July 1860 – 29 August 1927), was an Irish Anglican clergyman. Biography Bernard was born in Raniganj, India. He was a scholar in Trinity College Dublin in 1879, graduated with a BA in mathematics in 1880. He was ele ...

, DD * 1899

Charles Frederick D'Arcy Charles Frederick D'Arcy (2 January 1859 – 1 February 1938) was a Church of Ireland bishop. He was the Bishop of Clogher from 1903 to 1907 when he was translated to become Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin before then becoming the Bis ...

''Idealism and theology: a study of presuppositions''

1900–2005

*1900–1 G. R. Wynne ''The Church in Greater Britain'' *1901–2

James Owen Hannay George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 – 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.Taylor, Brian (1995). ''The Life and Writings of James Owen Hannay (George Birmingham) 1865-1950.'' (Studies ...

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George A. Birmingham George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 – 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.Taylor, Brian (1995). ''The Life and Writings of James Owen Hannay (George Birmingham) 1865-1950.'' (Studies ...

) ''Spirit and Origin of Christian Monasticism'' *1903–4 Rev. Frederick W. Macran *1906–7 H. J. Dunkinfield Astley ''Prehistoric Archaeology and The Old Testament'' *1911–2

Everard Digges La Touche Everard is a given name and surname which is the anglicised version of the old Germanic name Eberhard. Notable people with the name include: People First name *Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps (1835–1857), English East India officer awarded the V ...

''The Person of Christ in Modern Thought'' *1913–4

''God and Freedom in Human Experience'' * W. Boyd Carpenter ''The Witness of Religious Experience'' *

Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock Rex Ingram (born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock, 15 January 1892 – 21 July 1950) was an Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor. Director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director".Soares, André. ''Beyo ...

*1920

Joseph Armitage Robinson Joseph Armitage Robinson (9 January 1858 – 7 May 1933) was a priest in the Church of England and scholar. He was successively Dean of Westminster (1902–1911) and of Wells (1911–1933). Biography Robinson was born the son of a poor vicar ...

''Barnabas, Hermas and the Didache'' *1921 A. A. Luce ''Bergson's Doctrine of Intuition'' *1922 Viscount Haldane *1923

Reginald Arthur Percy Rogers Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language. Etymology and history The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the Latin ''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning "queen". Th ...

*1924

F. C. Burkitt Francis Crawford Burkitt (3 September 1864 – 11 May 1935) was an English theologian. As Norris Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge from 1905 until shortly before his death, Burkitt was a sturdy critic of the notion of a dist ...

''The Religion of the Manichees'' *1929

C. D. Broad Charlie Dunbar Broad (30 December 1887 – 11 March 1971), usually cited as C. D. Broad, was an English people, English epistemology, epistemologist, history of philosophy, historian of philosophy, philosophy of science, philosopher of sc ...

*1930

John Scott Haldane John Scott Haldane (; 2 May 1860 – 14/15 March 1936) was a British physician and physiologist famous for intrepid self-experimentation which led to many important discoveries about the human body and the nature of gases. He also experimen ...

''The philosophical basis of biology'' *1931

Arthur Darby Nock Arthur Darby Nock (21 February 1902 – 11 January 1963) was an English classicist and theologian, regarded as a leading scholar in the history of religion. He was a professor at Harvard University from 1930 until his death. Early life Nock ...

*1936 H. Laski *1937 Arthur Salter *1943 Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany *1944

T. E. Jessop Thomas Edmund Jessop, (10 September 1896 - 10 September 1980) was a British academic best known for his work on George Berkeley.Talia Mae Bettcher'Jessop, Thomas Edmund (1896-1980)'in Stuart Brown and Hugh Bredin (eds.), ''Dictionary of Twentie ...

*1945 Robert Ditchburn *1946

E. T. Whittaker Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker (24 October 1873 – 24 March 1956) was a British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical scholar of the early 20th-century who contributed widely to applied mathema ...

''Space and Spirit'' *1948

H. H. Price Henry Habberley Price (17 May 1899 – 26 November 1984), usually cited as H. H. Price, was a Welsh philosopher, known for his work on the philosophy of perception. He also wrote on parapsychology. Biography Born in Neath, Glamorganshire, W ...

*1952 W. T. Stace *1954 H. Frankel *1989

Jerry Fodor Jerry Alan Fodor (; April 22, 1935 – November 29, 2017) was an American philosopher and the author of many crucial works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His writings in these fields laid the groundwork for the modu ...

*1992

Martha Nussbaum Martha Craven Nussbaum (; born May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosoph ...

*1995

Richard Sorabji Sir Richard Rustom Kharsedji Sorabji, (born 8 November 1934) is a British historian of ancient Western philosophy, and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at King's College London. He has written his 'Intellectual Autobiography' in his ''Festschrift' ...

*1998

Richard Rorty Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, he had strong interests and training in both the history of philosophy and in contemporary analytic phi ...

*2002

Stanley Cavell Stanley Louis Cavell (; September 1, 1926 – June 19, 2018) was an American philosopher. He was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. He worked in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, an ...

*2005

Jonathan Lear Jonathan Lear is an American philosopher and psychoanalyst. He is the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University ...

*2008

Robert Pippin Robert Buford Pippin (born September 14, 1948) is an American philosopher. He is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the College at the Univ ...

*2014

David Chalmers David John Chalmers (; born 20 April 1966) is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in the areas of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He is a professor of philosophy and neural science at New York Universi ...

*2017

Susan Wolf Susan Rose Wolf (born 1952) is an American moral philosopher and philosopher of action who is currently the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She taught previously at Johns Hopkins Universi ...

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