THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Cuireann Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann an taighde chun cinn. Tugaimid aitheantas do scoth taighdeoirí na hÉireann. Tugaimid tacaíocht don scoláireacht agus cuirimid an pobal ar an eolas faoin leas atá le baint as an eolaíocht agus as na daonnachtaí. Creidimid gur gá an dea-thaighde a chur chun cinn, a chothú agus a chur in iúl don phobal. Comhairle dá chuid ball a reachtálann an tAcadamh. Déantar baill a thoghadh agus meastar gurb é an gradam acadúil is airde in Éirinn é.
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The Library regularly organises exhibitions highlighting its rich collections of books, prints, drawings and manuscripts.
Latest exhibition
The Cathach of Colum Cille: The story of an ancient Irish manuscript
This exhibition begins by illustrating how the manuscript was made. It was written on calf skin, using quill and ink. The skill of the scribe who created this wonderful example of Irish majuscule script is illustrated. The exhibition also explains how the story of the Cathach of St Colum Cille was recorded in Irish manuscript sources from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. A map shows some of the best-known places associated with the Cathach manuscript through the many centuries since it was first written. The exhibition shows how and why this sixth-century manuscript survived as a relic from early Christian Ireland into modern times and how it has been conserved so that it can still be viewed by visitors to the exhibition, more than 1400 years after it was made.
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