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Talks and chat from the authors of 'A History of Ireland in 100 Words'
Join Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and Gregory Toner, MRIA, for talks and chat about Irish words, tales and history.
Dublin Festival of History – Dublin 1847: maps and themes
As part of the Dublin Festival of History, Frank Cullen will discuss various aspects of Dublin from the Ordnance Survey town plans of 1847.
'Cultural heritage and recent armed conflicts'
Academy Discourse by international cultural heritage expert Dr Mounir Bouchenaki sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.
John Bell Day Lecture 2020: Quantum Reality
Eminent physicist, Professor Vlatko Vedral FInstP, Professor of Quantum Information Science at University of Oxford will deliver the 2020 lecture
Academy Discourse: Astronomy and Poetry
Join Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Hon. MRIA for this online Academy Discourse sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.
Man, maps and map history: John Andrews, 1927–2019
A lecture by Arnold Horner in honour of the life and work of John Andrews, cartographic historian and geographer.
Catching the Worm with William C. Campbell
Join us for a captivating conversation with RIA author and Nobel laureate William C. Campbell, as part of Dublin Book Festival.
IHTA, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán lecture and interview
To celebrate the release of Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán by John Martin, a lecture and interview will take place online.
Academy Discourse: Brain Mechanisms underlying Flexible Navigation
Join esteemed neuroscientist John O'Keefe, Hon. MRIA as he discusses one of the principal navigation systems of the brain. This Academy Discourse is sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.
Town and Country seminar series: Monastic tenants, Viking raiders and Hiberno-Norse people
Town and Country: Perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas is a seminar series taking place throughout May 2021.
