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The Irish Stone Axe Project: Digital Collection has been made publicly available through the Digital Repository of Ireland under the RIA's Nowlan Digitisation Grant scheme.
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce that a new collection – Roses from the Heart – has been published in the Repository through South East Technological University.
If you missed our half-day event celebrating the cultural and linguistic diversity of Ulster you can watch it now.
Watch the footage of RIA Archaeological Research Excavation Grants scheme recipient Nial O'Neill's research-led archaeological excavation surrounding Ballymoon Castle in Bagalstown, County Carlow.
The call for nominations for the 2025 RIA Gold Medal in the Humanities and the 2025 RIA Gold Medal in the Life and Medical Sciences is now open.
Pat Fenlon, former Irish football player, will be interviewed by Colin Graham
How is Ulster Unionism defined and is it misunderstood in the Republic? A panel discussion exploring the different meanings of Unionism and how they can be explained to societies outside Northern Ireland.
Dr Máire Kennedy and Dr Jason McElligott share the history of private and institutional libraries in early modern Ireland.
This year's RIA Standing Committee for International Affairs conference seeks to interrogate the concept of “the West” in international affairs, particularly as it relates to positioning and identity.
Library professionals will share about the task of caring for early modern book collections in the present day.
