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    Finding Common Ground, Building Community- New Report from RIA

    The Royal Irish Academy has published a discussion paper which examines higher education policy and provision across the North-west of Ireland.

    30 April, 2024

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Powerhouse of the West?: The possible wider influence of Irish Bronze Age material culture and ritual practices

This project re-evaluates the present Ex Occidente Lux paradigm for the origins of metalworking in Ireland.

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