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The Durdin-Robertsons, high priests of spaceship earth
Tuesday, 22 October 2019Read the DIB entries for the eccentric Durdin-Robertson siblings who established their own goddess cult in the bowels of Huntington castle in Carlow, and are among the subjects of a new exhibition 'Operating Manual For...
The DIB and the Rugby World Cup 2019: Ireland's All Black
Friday, 18 October 2019To mark Ireland meeting New Zealand on Saturday 19 October, in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup 2019, we are publishing the DIB entry on Dave Gallaher, the first captain of the New Zealand All Blacks, by...
The DIB and 'Renaissance Galway'
Tuesday, 15 October 2019To celebrate the publication of Renaissance Galway: delineating the seventeenth-century city by Paul Walsh, we publish the DIB entry on Walter Lynch, by Terry Clavin, below. A vicar of St Nicholas's collegiate church,...
The DIB and the RCPI St Luke's Symposium
Monday, 14 October 2019This Thursday 17 October, Turlough O'Riordan of the DIB, will be speaking to the RCPI St Luke's Symposium about the life and career of Dr Barbara Stokes. To mark his talk, entitled 'Every damn child can learn', we...
Cardinal John Henry Newman in the DIB
Saturday, 12 October 2019On 13 October 2019 John Henry Newman, cardinal and founder of the Catholic University of Ireland (now UCD), will be canonised by Pope Francis. To mark this occasion, we are publishing the DIB's Newman entry by Colin...
Thomas Moore in the DIB
Wednesday, 9 October 2019A new series of RIA lunchtime lectures on the immense achievements of Thomas Moore commences on Wednesday 9 October with a talk by Professor Harry White MRIA. Read White's comprehensive DIB entry on Moore.
The DIB and DFAT100: Josephine McNeill and Mary Tinney
Tuesday, 1 October 2019To mark the publication of Ireland: A voice among the nations and the current series of lunchtime lectures on Irish diplomacy, we're publishing the DIB biographies of Josephine McNeill (pictured above) and Mary Tinney,...
The DIB and DFAT100: William Warnock
Tuesday, 24 September 2019To mark the publication of Ireland: A voice among the nations, read about William Warnock below, Ireland's first ambassador to India.
The DIB and DFAT100: Harry Boland
Wednesday, 18 September 2019To mark the publication of Ireland: A voice among the nations, and John Gibney's lunchtime lecture on ‘Sinn Féin ‘diplomats’ and the Irish revolution, 1919-23’, we publish the DIB entry on Harry Boland, by the late...
The DIB and Christ Church cathedral: Sitriuc Silkbeard
Monday, 16 September 2019This coming Friday Terry Clavin will be speaking at Christ Church Cathedral on the many DIB lives connected to the institution throughout its rich history. To mark this event read the DIB entry on Sitriuc Silkbeard, by...