28 November 2022
The latest library guest blog post by Brian Patrick McArdle reflects on the Royal Irish Academy’s archive collection of William McFadden Orr MRIA, FRS (1866–1934).
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07 November 2022
The latest library guest blog post by Dr Eoin Kinsella, Managing Editor, Dictionary of Irish Biography reflects on the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) exhibition about the life and career of Professor Jan Łukasiewicz (1878–1956).
31 August 2022
The latest library guest blog post by Bill Mc Cormack, MRIA, explores the provenance of Bertrand Russell’s 1903 edition Principles of Mathematics (vol 1) and its annotations in the copy held at the Royal Irish Academy Library.
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01 December 2022
Library closure: 24 December 2022 - 3 January 2023.
27 October 2022
The Darley Collection of eighteenth-century chimneypiece drawings are now under the long-term stewardship of the DRI.
When 12 October 2022
An exhibition on Jan Łukasiewicz the noted Polish logician produced by the Polish Embassy of Ireland and hosted by the Royal Irish Academy.
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