Professor Marianne Elliott speaking about Wolfe Tone’s time in the Hist

As announced last month, the Hist has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest student society in the world! The media coverage following this announcement can be found here.

Today, Official Adjudicator from Guinness World Records, Joanne Brent, presented Áine Kennedy (Auditor of the 254th Session) and Luke Fehily (Honorary Member and Auditor of the 250th Session) with the Society’s official Guinness World Records certificate.

With a panel of distinguished historians and scholars Patrick Geoghegan, Roy Foster, Marianne Elliott, and recent graduate and former Officer of the Society, Stephen Ryan, we journeyed through the annals of the Society's storied past. This Extraordinary Private Business Meeting of the Society took a moment to reflect upon the pivotal role the Society has played in shaping debates, narratives, and leaders for centuries in Trinity College’s Senior Common Room, the very room its first meeting was held in March 1770.