22 October 2020
After the book and the exhibition, we're now working on educational resources based around extracts from tales, poetry and historical texts composed in the Middle Ages.
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Read more about the RIAEducational Resources
The Royal Irish Academy has developed resources that are of use in the classroom. The goal is to motivate and inspire primary, second level and third level students on the island of Ireland. Each of the links below will bring you to a page that describes the resource, whether that is free access to Art and Architecture of Ireland and the Dictionary of Irish Biography, or the curriculum-linked lesson plans that can be found on the pages for A history of Ireland in 100 words, A history of Ireland in 100 objects, Judging Dev, Ireland 1922 (forthcoming), Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, or the Irish Historic Towns Atlas.
Latest News and Events
20 October 2020
RIA author Máire Ní Mhaonaigh on how to inspire pupils with stories of women in Medieval Ireland, of the Otherworld and Viking names.
12 October 2020
In the Royal Irish Academy's educational resources series, Rachel Murphy (University of Limerick) discusses how GIS and the IHTA can be used in third-level history.
06 October 2020
In the Royal Irish Academy's educational resources series, Ruth McManus (Dublin City University) discusses how the printed Irish Historic Towns Atlas and IHTA Online can be used in third-level geography.
06 October 2020
These teaching resources have been designed to be both stimulating to students and integral to the relevant school curriculum.
29 September 2020
This teaching resource for second-level history, based on the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) series, uses original documents to explore Ireland's experience of the Second World War; the 'Emergency'.
17 March 2021
First launched in 2009, the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) has moved to an ‘open access’ model making its entire corpus of nearly 11,000 biographical entries freely available to all users for the first time at www.dib.ie.
15 September 2020
Lesson plans based on our award-winning book for history teachers to use at Junior and Leaving Certificate levels.
08 September 2020
These teacher-written activities cover each of the five volumes, spanning from the early middle ages to the end of the last century.
Explore our Educational Reources
A history of Ireland in 100 objects »
A history of Ireland in 100 words »
Art and Architecture of Ireland »
Dictionary of Irish Biography »
Digital Repository of Ireland »
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy »
Irish Historic Towns Atlas »
Judging Dev »
Ireland 1922 »
Further resources
The Academy runs public lectures and events to which teachers and students are always welcome. You can get in touch via email at info@ria.ie in advance to check if the speaker will be delivering a talk that is suited to the students.