of Marshall Porter, a university graduate killed in the Boer War. First floor On the first floor is the College Historical Society's conversation room, used to provide its members with a relaxed meeting place. The society also has its committee room on this floor, which has a higher ceiling and larger windows the one below. Trinity College tradition holds that the rooms of the society's founder Edmund Burke, were in House 28 of Rotten Row, Library square, and as such, part of the location upon which the building stands today. The Hist Conversation Room was used as a location in the film Educating Rita. Second floor The second floor contains the Bram Stoker room, which hosts an office space as well as a small archival library. The room also houses the academic library and office space of the College Theological Society which is available to their members as a gesture of good faith between both societies. Beyond a pair large doors that exit off the foyer are the buildings and two large billiards rooms, jointly owned and operated between both The Phil and The Hist. Third floor The third floor houses one of the college's computer rooms. Directly opposite to which is a library owned the Hist, which contains part of the societies' large collections of books and records. Fire in 2000 The upper floors of the building were damaged by a fire on Friday 15 December 2000, for a time threatening the societies with bankruptcy. References External links Irish Arichectural Archive University Philosophical Society College Historical Society College Theological Society Buildings and structures of Trinity College Dublin