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The Society has won a number of international debating competitions and has sent teams as far afield as [[Malaysia]] and [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. In 2005/2006 the society hoasted the [[World University Debating Championship]]. It also promotes and organises competitive debating in schools across Ireland. |
The Society has won a number of international debating competitions and has sent teams as far afield as [[Malaysia]] and [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. In 2005/2006 the society hoasted the [[World University Debating Championship]]. It also promotes and organises competitive debating in schools across Ireland. |
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*[http://www.ucd.ie/lnh Offical Site] |
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The Literary and Historical Society (L&H) is University College Dublin's debating society, founded by John Henry Newman at the same time as the College's predecessor, the Catholic University of Ireland, in 1854. Most of the College's other societies, including the Students' Union, trace their roots from it. It claims over 22,000 ordinary members, of which around 4,000 from the College are enrolled each year.
Traditionally, the Society gathers once a week to debate a topic of the day. Historical and controversial debates in the past have included Home Rule for Ireland and a ban on debating The Communist Manifesto in 1949. Throughout its history, the Society has been addressed by every President and Taoiseach since the foundation of the Irish Republic and by figures such as Pádraig Pearse, W. B. Yeats and James Joyce.
More recently, the Society has been addressed by Sir Bob Geldof, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Gary Lineker and Nobel laureates Dr. Seamus Heaney, F. W. de Klerk and Dr. John Hume. As well as debates, the Society has also diversified its activites, presenting comedy and nightclub events, two magazines, movie showings, guest lectures and the Strauss Ball.
The Society has won a number of international debating competitions and has sent teams as far afield as Malaysia and Toronto, Canada. In 2005/2006 the society hoasted the World University Debating Championship. It also promotes and organises competitive debating in schools across Ireland.
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