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Important notice in relation to COVID 19
07 April 2020Due to Covid-19, the Royal Irish Academy is closed to Members and the public until 20 April. The following areas of the Academy have been impacted: library, events, publications and grants.
The First Seanad Éireann, women and the Senate Casket — Irishwomen appeal to a spirit of patriotism.
31 March 2020This month's Library Blog post by Academy Librarian, Siobhán Fitzpatrick.
Documenting a conquest: The RIA copies of the ‘Books of Survey and Distribution’
07 February 2020For this month’s Library blog post, Dr John Gibney, Assistant Editor with the Royal Irish Academy's Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series, looks at an important seventeenth-century document from our collections.
Online Exhibition: Creative women of Ireland: artists and writers from the archives
From: Monday, 09 March 2020To: Wednesday, 23 December 2020
Online Exhibition: From little known artists to well-established writers, this exhibition turns the spotlight on creative women from the Academy’s archives.
Event Postponed: "We have found a better way, boys": Reassessing Anna and Fanny Parnell
When: Wednesday, 08 April 2020Event Postponed: Library Lunchtime Lecture series 'Sisters II'. Dr Diane Urquhart, Professor of Gender History, QUB, will give the fifth lecture in this new series.
