Heritage Week 2023

12 – 20 August 2023

Join us in the Academy during Heritage Week for a cultural programme which includes the Library’s lunch-time lecture: ‘A century of Irish stamps’ with Stephen Ferguson, An Post Archivist and Museum Curator. Visit the Library’s current exhibition 'Window on the Irish soul – 100 years of Irish stamps', organised in collaboration with An Post Museum and Archive. The Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) are leading tours of some Dublin suburbs: South-East City, Drumcondra, Kilmainham, Rathmines and Clontarf. IHTA will also be launching a short video: ‘Placing our heritage’ previewing the forthcoming Irish Historic Towns Atlas of Cork, due to be published in November. Grangegorman Histories will present an illustrated lecture by Raymond Gillespie, MRIA ‘Grangegorman: a thousand years in the making’, focusing on the history of the unusual landscape that was Grangegorman before the institutions.

An Post Museum & Archive ‘Post Office Irish Postage Stamp Collection’ on DRI featuring an extensive range of stamps reflecting the development of the country, both historic and artistic, over the century since Irish independence.

Post Office Irish Postage Stamp Collection »

Stephen Ferguson, An Post Archivist & Museum Curator delivered a lunchtime lecture at RIA Library on Ireland’s stamps and changing national image.

A century of Irish stamps »

Exhibition at the Royal Irish Academy Library in collaboration with An Post Museum & Archive celebrating 100 years of Irish stamps

Window on the Irish soul – 100 years of Irish stamps »

Join Raymond Gillespie, MRIA for a talk about the history of the unusual landscape that was Grangegorman before the institutions, as part of Heritage Week 2023.

Grangegorman: a thousand years in the making »

For the Heritage Week 2023 theme 'Living Heritage', the Irish Historic Towns Atlas will hold five walking tours on Dublin Suburbs: Clontarf, Drumcondra, Kilmainham, Rathmines and the south-east city.