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Sisters
07 February 2019A lunchtime lecture series celebrating sisterhood and specifically the lives and achievements of five familes of sisters who made their mark on Irish life.
What’s in a name? Seán Ó Maoil Chonaire and the Book of Ballycummin ~ RIA MS 23 N 10
01 February 2019This month's Blog post looks at the Book of Ballycummin, the subject of our 4th Irish Manuscripts Conference taking place 7-8 March.
Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova: the woman who broke through the ‘august sanctuary’ of the male-dominated Russian Academy
10 January 2019Dr Angela Byrne writes about Princess Dashkova for the fourth Blog post in our series on the five Honorary Members featured in our exhibition 'Prodigies of learning: Academy women in the nineteenth...
'Prodigies of learning': Academy women in the nineteenth century
From: Monday, 09 July 2018To: Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Exhibition exploring the varied worlds of five women selected as Honorary Members of the Academy in the nineteenth century
'"A little remnant of the work of the ancients" 23 N 10: the Book of Ballycummin'
From: Thursday, 07 March 2019To: Friday, 08 March 2019
Conference by the Royal Irish Academy Library in partnership with Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad.
'Two girls in silk kimonos': the Gore-Booth sisters, childhood and political development
When: Wednesday, 13 March 2019Dr Sonja Tiernan will give the first lecture in our series 'Sisters' celebrating the lives and achievements of five families of sisters who have made their mark on Irish life.
